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HE GREAT WESTERN SUGAR CO

DENVER COLORADO

NUMBER I

VOLUME VI

Research and Chemistry
departments' edition

JANUARY 1Q22

Cfjesiter i&tepfjen Jltorep

HA Born March 3, 1847

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Died January 22, 1922

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C. S. Morey Gone

To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die.

C. S. Morey, chairman of the
board of directors of The Great
Western Sugar Company, died in
his Denver home, on Sunday, Jan-
uary 22, 1922.

Following a gallant struggle for
eight days against double pneu-
monia during which the thoughts
of every one of us paused prayer-
fully and anxiously many times
each day, Mr. Morey passed away.

When we think of the blame-
less days of his life, his helpful-
ness, his unselfishness and his loy-
al service to family, friends and
country we may take comfort in
knowing he found immortality in
the splendid example and inspira-
tion he left behind.

If to live in the hearts we leave
behind is not to die, then the spirit
of Chester Stephen Morey lives
on.

Still, his going out leaves with
every one who knew him a sense
of great personal loss. With an
accord that seldom honors a man
who has lived for 50 years in one
State, the whole community
mourned him as a builder, an in-
dustrial captain, a generous friend
of education and philanthropy, a
patriot and a man who left the
priceless heritage of a good, clean
name.

C. S. Morey was born in a log
cabin on a Dane County, Wiscon-
sin, farm, March 3, 1847. In Jan-
uary, 1864, before he was 17 years
of age, he enlisted in the Union
cause in the Civil War. His father

met death in the same cause.
Chester Morey was mustered out
with the brevet rank of lieutenant,
for gallantry in action, having
survived numerous battles, sick-
ness in camp and hospitals and
having escaped death from ene-
my bullets which struck his belt
and knapsack.

Even in youth he displayed the
loyalty to country and family and
devotion to work which marked
his character in later life. After
two more years on the farm he
entered the business world in Chi-
ago at the bottom of the ladder.
His health was undermined by his
application to his duties in the
wholesale grocery house of
Sprague, Warner & Company, and
he came to Colorado in May, 1872.
Following the prosperous conduct
of a cattle enterprise, during
which for three years he rode the
range and regained his health, Mr.
Morey established a branch of the
Chicago wholesale firm in Denver.
He later was taken into the firm
and afterward gained a controll-
ing interest, incorporating in
1884 what is now the Morey Mer-
cantile Company, one of the lead-
ing establishments of its kind in
the West.

During the panic of 1893 in Den-
ver he was one of the stalwart
public men who aided in keeping-
order and relieving distress. In
1891 Mr. Morey was elected a
member of the Denver Board of
Education and served three years.

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He again served on the board in
1916. He was primarily responsi-
ble for the erection of the Denver
Manual Training High School. In
1921 a new Junior High School in
the city was named in his honor
and both institutions stand as
monuments to his great service in
behalf of public education.

For many years he was the head
of the Denver Charity Organiza-
tion Society. His personal benev-
olences were numerous, but al-
ways unostentatious, and contin-
ued until the time of his death.

In 1902 Mr. Morey became in-
terested in the beet sugar indus-
try of northern Colorado. Three
years later he was instrumental in
organizing the Great Western
Sugar Company. He was its guid-
ing spirit, serving as general man-
ager, president and since 1916 as
chairman of the board.

During the world war he was
chairman of the Denver chapter
of the American Red Cross in
which he has always displayed a
great interest. He was command-
er of the Lincoln Post of the G.
A. R.

Such a sketch gives only a very
inadequate conception of Mr.
Morey's manifold activities on
behalf of his city, state and na-
tion and their people. No words
can express the fairness of his
judgments, the consideration he
showed others, the confidence and
loyalty he inspired and obtained
from those associated with him,
and his democracy and humble-
ness so often lacking in men of his
eminence.

This sketch is not needed to
bear witness to his goodness and
greatness, and while he lived he
forbade speaking of them. But it
is natural, now that he has gone to
his final reward, to beguile grief
by recounting them.

In our hearts there is inex-
pressible thankfulness for having
known him.

When that last fog and mist
steals over us in the eternal sleep
that medicines all pain we would
gladly die could we have the love
of our fellow men as did Chester
S. Morey.

CHESTER S. MOREY

Editorial, Rocky Mountain News, January 24, 1922

To his community the death of Mr. Chester S. Morey is more than
the loss of one steeped in business. Mr. Morey was a man of broad
sympathies and humanity, much more so than the common world
believed. To him money possession was a means of doing good to the
less fortunate, affording an opportunity to those who were willing to
take advantage of it to advance themselves. In business hours his
thoughts went to business ; in the longer hours off business his mind
was given to art, literature, the humanities. He chose the friends of
his leisure hours and vacation weeks with a catholicity that evidenced

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the broadness of his sympathies and his interest in the higher aims of
life. In his unostentatious way he made things easier for a whole lot
of people that were not built to stand the bufletings of a rude world.
Very young for such an adventure, Mr. Morey volunteered in the
Civil War as a duty; and duty to country, to man and to his guiding
conscience was his rule of life.

The brain and vision of the man who is rightly rated as the organ-
izer of the chief beet sugar manufacturing corporation in the country
brought great wealth to Colorado. The industry which Mr. Morey
had so much to do in building has wrought an economic revolution in
Western agriculture. His work in this direction is a monument to
him, but not the only one.

Mr. Morey's Funeral

Marked By Simplicity

The funeral of C. S. Morey was held on Tuesday, January 24, from
his residence, 1075 Race street, Denver. Services both there and at
Fairmount cemetery were simple and private, at the wish of Mr.
Morey expressed before his death.

The pallbearers were W. L. Petrikin, W. D. Lippitt, E. R. Griffin,
Caldwell Martin, W. L. Baker, of the Great Western Sugar Company,
and Tim Ryan, Donald Reid and J. G. Duncan of the Morey Mercan-
tile Company.

Friends of Mr. Morey gathered at the funeral hour in the direc-
tors' room at the Sugar Building where Dean A. C. Peck paid a simple
tribute to him and led the assemblage in prayer. Similar services were
held at the sixteen factories of the Company. The General Office and
the factories were closed for the day. Other sugar companies of Colo-
rado and wholesale grocery houses in Denver paid him the tribute of
stopping work and holding silent meditation during the forenoon of
the funeral day.

Mitchell Wins Efficiency Pennant

Race

By C. W. Doherty

The last bell sounded in the she at least ran longest. Had Per-

1921-22 Pennant Race at the inde- formance Factor been predicated

cent hour of four on a chilly Sun- upon sugar in beets as purchased,

day morning in Nebraska, Janu- Scottsbluff would have carried a

ary 15. We are all agreed that if position much higher in the scale

Scottsbluff did not run the fastest, because the excellent manner in

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which the crop was handled re-
sulted in a very creditable shrink-
age.

As it stands, however, the race
was won by Mitchell Factory, by
high daily sustained capacity
which fortunately seems year af-
ter year to be corollary to a high
Performance Factor.

If we could choose between
high Performance and high ca-
pacity, we would have elected
the former at Sterling and Brush,
which would have placed them
in first or second position. But
Sterling failed to top the list be-
cause of a high unaccountable
loss, while Brush's failure must
be attributed to a rather low
elimination of impurities combin-
ed with a high purity of molasses
produced.

Bayard's hopes for the Pen-
nant were sacrificed during the
last week of slicing because of a
series of regrettable mechanical
failures.

Many of the other mills which
succeeded in marking up new and
commendable records can find sol-
ace in the knowledge that the final
and determining percentages
merely represent a number which
bears reference to a pre-deter-
mined and arbitrary standard.
These standards have never been
represented to be infallible, but
have been published as represent-
ing a bogey which in the judgment
of a number of men most compe-
tent to judge is equitable as be-
tween factories. Their opinions
have been based on a study of past
performance, together with due
regard to the maximum capacity
of limiting stations.

The performance of the cam-

paign just closed is in some cases
inconsistent with previous rec-
ords and a revision of standards
may be necessary. However, the
fact that the first eleven factories
show final factors with a maxi-
mum difference of only about 6
per cent indicates that the stand-
ards of capacity as chosen were in
error, if at all, by only small
amounts.

Among the group representing
the half of our factories which
ended their campaigns in the eight
highest positions, we find exactly
half of the Colorado District, half
of the Nebraska District and half
of the Montana District. It ap-
pears that no advantage was gjven
to any District as such in the set-
ting of standards. We also find
three Steffen houses, which is
slightly less than half. There are
five factories with two batteries
each in our company, but only one
of these succeeded in getting into
the group of eight highest and
this one secured position number
eight in the list.

Only one factory finished with
an average corrected perform-
ance less than 95.0. This was
largely due to an extremely low
elimination of impurities, which
defied all efforts of correction.

In a non-Steffen factory, four
factors control the final efficiency
factor, to-wit :

1. Capacity

2. Losses

3. Molasses Purity

4. Elimination
Approximately 2Vz points in

elimination, 1-10 per cent sugar
loss on beets, 1 per cent molasses
purity or 10 tons beets per bat-

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tery per day have an equal effect years. There have been disap-

on the final factor. pointments to be sure, but few

This final factor is also affected "pets, and our whole Great

in Steffen factories by Steffen ca- Western organization shares in

pacity, Steffen losses and purity the flory of thl? abundantly

of saccharate cake. earned victory-a victory won by

the youngest of the sixteen, won

In general Steffen capacities by a factory designed and erected
were relatively lower than beet by our own Great Western organ-
capacity. Higher Steffen capacities ization, and won by a district not
during the last half of campaign heretofore represented in the first
would have been profitable even position.

at the sacrifice, if necessary, of BRIGHTON-BRUSH-MITCH-

some slicing capacity. Known ELL-WHO NEXT?

losses were well under control

with the exception of the lime T?# 1 P +1?

sewers, which at the majority of rmal rennant Kace

factories were disappointingly Standing

high. Reduction of this loss is Mitchell ..123 93

clear gain, in that its limitation Sterling- . ..123 28

occasions no compensating loss in Brush .. . 123 11

capacity. Unaccountable loss is, Bavard . !! 122.84

under a reasonable maximum lim- pQrt Morgan ' 120 99

it, largely an uncontrollable fac- Lovell , . 120.81

tor. A big advantage was gained Windsor . '. ............ '. '. '. 119.53

at several factories which were Longmont 118.03

fortunate enough to be listed in Eaton ............ '. 117*96

this class- Brighton' ...... '. '. ' '. '. .' .' ' '. .' ' 116*96

This race now ended, the third Greeley 116.31

annual conducted as such, has Loveland 115.37

through the numerous and unex- Fort Collins 112.49

pected changes in position from Gering 111.08

week to week, provided thrills Scottsbluff 110.83

that were unknown in previous Billings 107.95

Gering Offers to Fly Mitchell's Flag

By T. L. Cronin, Associate Editor for Gering Factory

Well, folks, it is all over and, all good losers, for if otherwise,

sad to relate, we didn't win, but we would have been unworthy of

then, neither did fourteen other entering the race,

factories. It matters not whether Colorado, with ten entries to

you held first place one, two or Nebraska's six, has reasons to feel

six weeks, or over night, it is the the loss more keenly than we do.

one holding it at the finish that We are highly elated over the fact

failed to lose. However, we are that three of Nebraska's entries,

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including the little "Kewpie" 'way
up in Wyoming, were out in front
at the finish. But personally, we
find more consolation in the words
of the little motto by Best which
hangs in the Boss's office :
"It isn't the winning that makes

the man,
But it's playing the game on the

good old plan,
As hard and straight as a mortal

can."
Mitchell, all Nebraska is proud
of you. You have modestly at-
tained more honor than you prob-
ably realize. You have not only
proven yourself to be the most
efficient in the Great Western
family, but the most efficient in
the world, for we are egotistical
enough to believe that the poorest
of the Great Western are better
than the best of the rest.

And as we said one year ago in
these columns, the texture of the
old blue flag will never receive the
crucial test until it sports in a
Nebraska breeze. But dire ca-
lamity! Mitchell has no flag pole
and chances of securing an appro-
priation during this wave of econ-
omy prompt us to offer her the
use of ours.

If an appropriation cannot be
secured, our pole may be moved
to Mitchell and returned to us
next year in time for our needs or,
lacking funds for the removal,
we will consent to allow' the pen-
nant to fly on the flag pole in its
present location, and in order to
be perfectly fair, we will attach to
said flag pole a typewritten no-
tice clearly setting forth the cir-
cumstances.

We trust this offer will be re-
ceived in the spirit as tendered.

ELIMINATION

By H. W.

After reading the excellent ar-
ticle on this subject in the last
Sugar Press, I was rather hesitant
about writing another paper on
the same topic. In visiting the fac-
tories, however, I find that the op-
erating men seem to be more in-
terested in battery and carbon-
ation elimination than in any oth-
er phase of their work, and it is in
the hope of creating even more
interest in these very important
steps of our process that I am
writing these few remarks.

Let us first consider battery
elimination. We might as well
admit right nt the start that we

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know less about how to get it
than we do about any part of our
process, with the possible excep-
tion of getting a low unaccount-
able loss. Up to the present time
we have been unable to find that
any very definite relation exists
between elimination and the
method of operating the battery.
Various ways of carrying the
temperature on the battery have
been tried without coming to any
conclusion as to the ideal pro-
cedure.

In attacking the problem of
battery elimination it is necessary
to know something about the type

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of impurities that we wish to
eliminate. For this reason I rec-
ommended some years ago that
the percentage of inorganic im-
purities, commonly known as
"ash", be determined in cossettes
and in diffusion juice, and this
was done during the campaigns
of 1919-20 and 1920-21. It is well
known that the impurities which
are eliminated in the battery are
largely inorganic (mineral) salts,
and a study of their composition
should therefore be worth while.
Complete analyses of the ash of
cossettes and diffusion juice were
made at the end of each of these
campaigns, and from these results
it is possible to figure the ton-
nage of each particular salt intro-
duced with our cossettes, and also
the tonnage of each eliminated in
the battery. One might expect
that the mineral salts contained
in beets would vary greatly in
composition due to the different
soils we have in Colorado, Nebras-
ka and Montana ; but as a matter
of fact that variation is not large.
The amount of salts contained in
beets of varying purities seems to
vary more than their composition.
We usually consider that the
salts which are most difficult to
eliminate and therefore the most
harmful ones, are the sulphates,
chlorides and carbonates of pot-
ash and soda. As an average these
"harmful" salts make up 80 per
cent of the total salts contained in
cossettes, and 83 per cent of the
total salts in diffusion juice. It
will be noticed from these fig-
ures that, due to their very great
solubility, these "harmful" salts
are extracted in the battery to a
greater extent than the other

salts contained in the cossettes.
Some typical figures from one of
our non-Steffen houses, showing
the tonnages of mineral impuri-
ties handled, may be of interest.
Tons Total Ash

In Cossettes 1078

In Diffusion Juice. . . . 837
In Molasses Produced 760

The elimination of mineral salts
is much greater in the battery
than in the carbonation stations,
while the elimination of organic
impurities is small in the battery,
and very large in the carbonation.
The importance of pure battery
supply water may be realized
from the fact that at several of
our factories 10 per cent of the
total ash handled comes from the
supply water. Since the elimina-
tion of mineral salts is so small
with our present carbonation
methods, it is very necessary that
we eliminate them as far as possi-
ble in the battery.

While we are not yet prepared
to say just how this is to be done,
in general it can be said that the
conditions most unfavorable for
high battery elimination are high
draft, and high temperatures for
any long period of time. This nat-
urally follows from the great sol-
ubility of most of the mineral
salts and the rapidity with which
they diffuse. According to one
authority, under exactly the same
conditions 2% parts of potassium

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Prosperity is a great
teacher; adversity is a
greater.

—Hazlitt

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sulphate and 2 parts of sodium
chloride will diffuse! through a
membrane in the same time as
will one part of sugar.

It should be remembered, how-
ever, that many of the impurities
in beets consist of combinations
of inorganic and organic matter,
and that these mixed salts may
not diffuse as rapidly as straight
mineral salts. For this reason
we can normally expect an in-
crease in purity in the battery, due
to the elimination of impurities.
I doubt if we ever have an actual
minus elimination in the battery
when pure battery supply water
is used, as it is hardly conceivable
that the pulp and pulp water are
of higher purity than the diffusion
juice.

In addition to the mineral im-
purities in beets we have the or-
ganic impurities, which we will
call "organic non-sugars." In to-
tal quantity the organic non-sug-
ars in beets far exceed the mineral
salts. In our territory beets of
low purity contain from 165 to
200 parts of organic impurities to
100 parts of inorganic salts, while
in high purity beets the ratio is
about 115 to 100. The organic
non-sugars in beets cannot be de-
termined as accurately as the in-
organic and the above ratios have
been calculated back from the
relative quantities found in our
molasses.

Probably fifty or more chemical

Prosperity proves the

| fortunate, adversity the

! great.

— Pliny The Younger

compounds of a very complex na-
ture are included in the group of
organic non-sugars and although
years of study have been devoted
to their identification we still
know much less concerning them
than we do concerning the miner-
al salts. In spite of this, by means
of lime and carbon dioxide, we are
able to eliminate them to a great-
er extent than we can the latter.

I believe that with the intensive
study which is now being made of
elimination, and the increasing
recognition of its importance, it
will not be very many years be-
fore we will insist on knowing
just what type of impurities we
are dealing with and what elimi-
nation can reasonably be expected
under certain conditions. For ex-
ample, we will want to know
whether the high carbonation
elimination obtained by a particu-
lar factory is due to the excellence
of this work, or whether it hap-
pens to be slicing beets containing
a large amount of organic impuri-
ties, which should be readily re-
moved at this station.

We may ultimately have to dis-
tinguish between organic and in-
organic elimination and place a
different value upon each of them.
According to some European au-
thorities they normally remove
14 per cent of the ash and 48 per
cent of the organic impurities in
the carbonation stations. Under
our conditions, with beets of high-
er ash content than European
beets, the spread is not so wide,
but it is still very marked.

It is fortunate for the sugar in-
dustry that the cheap reagent,
lime, is such an excellent purify-

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ing agent. It is of some historical
interest to know that the ancient
Egyptians used lime for the clar-
ifying of juice from the sugar
cane. Great efforts have been
made to find a better reagent than
lime and some 600 different chem-
icals have been proposed and tried
during the last century, but up to
the present time lime still reigns
supreme.

Lime was used in the beet sugar
industry from the very begin-
ning, but the methods of purifi-
cation were very crude. One of
the first methods consisted of
adding diluted sulphuric acid to
the juice and after standing 24
hours, neutralizing with lime or
limestone, heating until a heavy
scum formed, and then filtering.
The clarification was said to be
improved by the addition of skim
milk. Another method was to sat-
urate the juice with a small
amount of lime, heat to boiling
and remove the scum by hand
skimming. A third method con-
sisted of adding a small excess of
lime and precipitating the excess
with sulphuric acid.

These procedures sound almost
laughable to us now, and the qual-
ity of juice which they produced
can be imagined. It was not until
1840 that carbon dioxide was used
for saturation, and even then the
gas was produced by treating
limestone with sulphuric acid.

Our present system of double
carbonation and the use of 2 to 3
per cent lime on beets dates from
1863. Previous to that time much
smaller quantities of lime had
been used.

It seems surprising that no
great advance in our method of

purification has been made during
the last 60 to 70 years. While var-
ious modifications in the proced-
ure have been proposed, the ma-
jority of us have seemed to feel
satisfied that the ultimate goal
had been reached in this impor-
tant station in our process. When
we realize that the carbonation
station governs, to a very large
extent, whether we shall obtain
sugar in the form of molasses or
as granulated, it should follow
that we would exhaust every
means at our command before de-
ciding that our purification is per-
fect.

It was with this realization that
we started an attack on this prob-
lem last summer in the Research
Department and the results al-
ready obtained promise great
things for the future. We are
working every day on the general
problem of elimination, and dur-
ing the present intercampaign
hope to determine the effect of
the different variables, such as
time, temperature and quality of
lime in carbonation work. While
I could write at length on the
conclusions which we have al-
ready arrived at, I prefer to wait
with their announcement until we
have checked and rechecked our
results. Suffice it to say that I
consider 50 per cent elimination in
the carbonation station alone as
entirely within the range of fu-
ture possibilities.

The problem of battery elimi-

Adversity is the first path
to truth.

— Byron

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nation is more difficult of attack
than that of carbonation elimi-
nation, but we are already mak-
ing some general plans for this
work, even though we may not
be able to start it for nearly a
year. It will involve a great deal
of analytical work and careful
control of the variables in the op-
eration of a diffusion battery.

It should be self-evident that
the only way to do this work is to
do it on a small scale, with a very
small battery, such as we have,
and not subject a factory to the
delay and expense which is al-
ways involved when experimen-
tal work is attempted on a large
scale. The same rule applies to
all research work. In this con-
nection we should like to have
suggestions from the operating

men, giving their ideas of how
high battery elimination may be
attained, together with any obser-
vations they have made at times
when it was being secured in ac-
tual operation.

This is a critical period in our
business, a period when we are
all trying to get down to "brass
tacks" in the way of economics.
May I emphasize the even great-
er necessity of getting down to
the fundamentals of our technical
processes, in which we have a
long way to go before we reach
the irreducible minimum. Let us
not be content until we have
chased that last attainable pound
of sugar from its lair, and secure-
ly tied it in the sack labeled
"Granulated Sugar — The Great
Western Sugar Company."

Results of Our Program of Reduced
Laboratory Control

By V. L. Aikin

During the summer of 1921 the
need for a reduction in the oper-
ating cost in all branches of the
beet sugar industry became im-
perative. To meet this need the
Chemical Department put into ef-
fect a program that decreased the
number of employees and reduced
the volume of work to be done to
the point where it was the opin-
ion that any further curtailment
would seriously affect the service
to be expected of the department.

The steady increase during past
years in the work done and the
number of employees in the Chem-
ical Department was only an in-

dication of the increase in the
technical knowledge of the vari-
ous other departments. With this
increase came a demand for more
data from the laboratories which
was needed for improving the op-
eration of the factories. With this '
constant increase in the number
and variety of determinations we
encountered one serious difficulty
in factory laboratory control, viz.,
the tendency to require the con-
tinuance of tests of slight value to
various departments after the
tests have served their purpose.
Our reductions were in part of
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recognized value from an infor-
mation standpoint but of doubtful
value from a money return stand-
point.

The elimination of the work
handled by the Chemical Depart-
ment, together with a reduction in
rates, reduced our operating costs
during the past campaign to an
amount estimated to be fifty per
cent of last year's. With this re-
duction it is not the feeling of any
of those with whom the subject
has been discussed that the effi-
ciency of the various departments
in attaining a high grade of tech-
nical work has been lowered to
any marked degree.

A few of the criticisms that
have come to the attention of the
Chemical Department are con-
sidered worth bringing to general
attention and they should be con-
sidered in connection with next
year's program.

The result of more beet labor-
atory work just previous to the
beginning of the harvest season
would have been a slightly better
sugar content of the beets sliced
during the early part of the year,
according to the opinion of some
of those connected with the Ag-
ricultural Department.

The continuance of the boiler
house control work would have
made possible some coal saving at
various plants. The better grade
of help available the past cam-
paign should have made for a
more intelligent and accurate de-
termination and application of
the results of this class of work.
With high priced fuel and cheap
finished product, the value of boil-
er house control work should be
carefully considered.

The most radical change in loss
determinations was the substitu-
tion of lime sewer for lime cake.
. While all recognize that the sewer
represents the loss at the station,
not all the operating men at the
factories were familiar enough
with the relation between lime
sewer and lime cake to recognize
a high loss when they had only
the lime sewer by which to judge.
The need of both the cake and
sewer tests at press stations is
still felt by some of the operating
men.

Some tests are of value at some
factories and useless at others.
More leeway should be given in
deciding the value of determina-
tions to individual factories and
no effort made to continue this
class of work at the plant where
its value is doubtful, merely for
the sake of comparative infor-
mation.

At the time the program for
the past campaign was outlined
it was hoped that there was suf-
ficient elasticity to allow for some
increase in the volume of work we
would be able to handle after the
organization period was over. The
better grade of help available
made for a rapid attainment of an
efficient organization and we
were able to increase the volume
of work to meet the needs of the
factories. The character of this

Our grand business un-
doubtedly is, not to SEE
what lies dimly at a dis-
tance, but to DO what
lies clearly at hand.

— Carlyle

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additional work varied at each
factory but it was all needed by
the operating department to aid
them to meet the varied problems
constantly arising.

What of the future? The con-
tinued depression of the sugar
market makes more reductions
necessary. The elimination of so
many old and experienced men
from the chemical organization,
which it was necessary to make
during the past month, cannot
help but make for a marked dif-
ficulty in the ability of the labor-
atories to fill their place in the or-
ganization.

A survey of next year's labor-
atory program will involve not
only the question of reducing
work the value of which may be
still in question, but also the con-
sideration of how far it may be
advisable to reduce the general

volume of work for the sake of
concentrating upon fundamental
data of such importance that their
correctness must be the first con-
sideration.

While in the past close harmony
has existed between the chemical
and other departments, there has
also been much friendly criticism
exchanged which has been an aid
to all departments in developing
their lines of work. Intelligent
and constructive criticism — not
the other kind, which benefits no
one — will continue to help the
chemist in improving the labora-
tory work, and an even closer
and more intelligent co-operation
between the chemical and other
departments will do much to solve
the problem of maintaining an ef-
ficient organization worthy of
past standards and ready to set
new ones.

A Monday Afternoon Meeting in
the Directors Room

As It Does Not Happen

{Contributed)

The G. M. stepped exuberantly
into the Directors room and has-
tily surveyed the assembly, vari-
ous separate groups having form-
ed, McCreery in the center of one
group (of which George Rienks
was a silent listener) telling a
funny story, Ozzie regaling an-
other on how he had outwitted
(or out-driven) a speed cop, etc.,
etc. W. D. L. consults his watch
and remarks as how while it still
lacks seven minutes of two
o'clock, everyone seems to be

present and business may as well
proceed.

W. L. Baker, known to a few
intimates as "Bake", explains the
sugar market situation in clear,
concise and forceful language
(falling barometer). Harry Lam-
bert elucidates the situation with
generous remarks until silenced
by a significant glance from the
head of the table.

Mr. E. Morrison wishes to pre-
sent some pertinent data on bat-
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number of calculations, all of
which he has right with him there
in • the meeting (business of
searching through his pockets).
Unable to locate the desired rec-
ords he 'phones his brunette sec-
retary who promptly replies that
there is no such record on his
desk, in fact his desk is found to
be devoid of all encumbrances, in
other words, perfectly clean.

Sherm Saunders now rises im-
pressively to his feet. A scheme
has just been suggested to him,
and, while they are on the sub-
ject of battery losses, wishes to
inform those present that he has
definitely decided upon a scheme
that will positively reduce store
inventories, in brief make out a
new spare list. Mr. Miller's opin-
ion is considered important but
H. J., not having interested him-
self in the subject, has nothing to
at all to say.

Continuing, Joe Maudru has sev-
eral concrete reasons why it is
inadvisable to make any attempt
to maintain a low loss, viz. : you
wouldn't add molasses to the
white pan, therefore why add low
purity pulp water to the super-
eliminated diffusion juice. To
which George Shaffer agrees in
principle but holds to the opinion
(corroborated by his retiringly
disposed staff) that minimum loss-
es are paramount in the operation
of a diffusion battery.

A concealed jibe having to do
with the merits of U. P. coal at
Ft. Collins brings the majestic
Grif (alias E. R. Griffin) to the
defense of his traffic department.
His chair is brought firmly to rest
on all four supports, he deliber-
ately selects the most remote cus-

pidor in the room, measures the
distance casually, shoots and
misses. Having in this wise as-
suaged the anger of his anguished
soul, he tilts back to his sublime
repose and says no more. Moral :
Spit before you speak.

The moment was still tense as
Mendy, the great peacemaker,
nonchalantly tossing his half-
burned two-bit cigar into the
waste basket, gave his latest rec-
ipe for home brew.

Important business being all
disposed of, each of the high con-
tracting parties is given oppor-
tunity to bring up other items of
interest. Jamie takes occasion to
commend the factory superinten-
dents upon the accuracy of their
judgment in anticipating require-
ments of campaign supplies. Geo.
Rienks has just heard a new story
of high probability, Caldwell Mar-
tin, Charley Haskell, Bill Mitch-
ell, et cetera, et cetera. Henry
Dahlberg, having nothing of in-
terest to report on the super-elim-
inator, closes the discussion by re-
citing the following

ODE

By H. M. Endelson
I stepped inside and closed the

door,
Thinking the office was Brady's;
But turned when I noticed the

white tiled floor
And looked at the sign which read
"SEIDAL"

Whiz Bang.

..#..•..«........,.

.♦..•..«.....«.....«....

No man sees his shadow
who faces the sun

,..».. »..».. »..»..

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The Four Steps In Research
Investigations

By R. W. Shafor

Few people stop to analyze the
processes through which research
developments must pass on their
way to commercial feasibility.
Most of us look upon such things
as upon the dividends from oil
stocks — they either happen or
they don't. Unfortunately the
path is not so simple, especially
in comparatively highly developed
industries such as our own.

The first step in any investiga-
tion which is launched in our Re-
search Laboratory may be justly
termed "statistical investigation."
In our work no one wants to
spend either time or money on a
project which does not at best ap-
pear commercially feasible and
profitable. This step, therefore,
has for one of its objects a survey
of all available technical literature
on the subject under investigation.
Sometimes this literature is vol-
uminous and of considerable as-
sistance in understanding the
problem, but at other times it is
a negligible item.

An attempt is also made to es-
timate the commercial possibili-
ties, the probable gross return and
the percentage return on the in-
vestment which a commercial en-

-'

Herbert Hoover said:

"1921 was a year

of IU

quidation; 1922 will

be a

year of recuperation.

tf

terprise, based on further investi-
gation, might yield. Such eco-
nomic factors as supply and de-
mand, location and availability of
markets with relation to sources
of raw materials, cost of produc-
tion and marketing, etc., all enter
into this preliminary! statistical
investigation.

The mechanical engineer ap-
plies his "factor of safety" to the
strength of his beam design. So
must the statistician apply a fac-
tor to the results of his investiga-
tions, depending upon the extent
of the knowledge acquired during
his investigation. Human judg-
ment is always subject to error
and even with the use of "safety
factors" innumerable problems
will be allowed to pass this first
step in the research process only
to be "scrapped" after one of the
following steps has been reached.

The second step may be gener-
ally termed the "bench work"
and lies in the realms of the chem-
ist and physical chemist. The
work here is laid out so as to
check up the information obtained
from the literature survey, or in
case the knowledge from that
source is insufficient, to develop
the chemical and physical laws
which surround the problem. The
bench investigation should estab-
lish the controlling factors and
the effect of each upon the de-
sired result. This step is, of
course, basic to all chemical proc-
ess investigations, but is no more

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the end sought than is the foun-
dation upon which the factory is
to be built. Many, indeed, are the
errors in information and judg-
ment resulting from the first step
that are caught up in this stage
of the investigation. And likewise
many are the details, laws and
new ideas which arise in connec-
tion with the chemist's work on
the bench, which are later to spell
the difference between failure and
success in the commercial appli-
cation of the project.

The third step is that known as
the toy or experimental plant
stage and covers the transition
from the more or less abstract
scientific study to that of engi-
neering — chemical engineering.
The problem here is to find and
adapt mechanically operated ap-
paratus, agitators, filters, retorts,
etc., to the chemistry and chem-
ical laws which were proven in
the bench investigations with the
chemist beaker, filter paper and
furnace. Also it may be advisable
to change from the intermittent
or batch operations of the bench
to continuous operation, usually
with some accompanying compli-
cations. Expense in connection
with research work mounts with
sufficient rapidity, even with the
best of planning, to satisfy even
those most bloodthirsty. The ex-
perimental plant method of trans-
ition and development from bench
to commercial investigations is
not only the most conserving of
money, but likewise permits of a
closer observation of the things
that are actually going on in it in
a technical way. Thus it becomes

not only the cheapest road to
commercial feasibility, but also
the most instructive.

One very forceful example of
the results of omitting the exper-
imental plant step in research
work has occurred in our own ex-
perience— the potash refining ex-
periments at Brighton. On the
chemist's bench, using beakers,
kettles and tubs, this process
worked exceedingly well, but no
toy installation has ever been
made for a study of transplanting
it to a commercial plant. We be-
lieve that the failure at Brighton
was not due to chemistry, but to
the fact that sugar house pans,
crystallizers, mixers, etc., are not
designed to handle our potash re-
fining problems and that the suc-
cess of commercially refining pot-
ash depends upon engineering
rather than chemistry.

And fourth and last comes the
Pilot Plant stage in research work
— a stage never yet attained by
our Research organization in any
of our major investigations, al-
though at least two of them, the
Barium process and First Carbon-
ation Elimination, have reached
the point where this is the next
logical step. The pilot plant, as

"I think we can look forward
into 1922 with hope. We can-
not expect the return of pros-
perity all at once, but there are
signs that conditions are im-
proving. Surely 1922 should be
a much better year in a busi-
ness way than 1921.'*

—Henry C. Wallace,

Secretary of Agriculture.

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its name implies, is a "pioneer" in-
stallation and is designed on the
basis of the engineering data ob-
tained from the previous steps in
the investigation. It may be prop-
erly termed the "acid test" of the
whole project. In most cases its
capacity will be just sufficient to
pay dividends, theoretically. We
say theoretically because with all
of this investigation and estimat-
ing of cost, the error in judgment
or the mistake in transplanting
from the experimental plant may
enter disastrously. The one big
answer to the whole problem lies
in the success of this last step in
that "it does" or "it doesn't," "it
can be made to" or "it cannot be
made to" pay dividends.

MAZELTOPF, BRIGHTON

Rabbi S. Halpern, accompanied
by an assistant from Denver, vis-
ited Brighton Factory, December
21, and witnessed the production
of 100 bags of Kosher sugar,
which will be used in the celebra-
tion of the coming Jewish holi-
days.

(Editor's Note : "Kosher"
means clean. Mazeltopf — ask the
Editor, he knows. All Great West-
ern sugar is Kosher, but naturally
the presence of the Rabbi was
necessary because no good He-
brew would take Harbeck's word
for it, Harry being Hindustan.)

CLAY CASHIER

Effective January 6, E. H. Clay,
who spent several months in the
Denver office, was reappointed
Cashier at Scottsbluff factory,
Auditor S. P. Saunders formally
announced.

H. J. M. Addresses "Mass-
co" Sales Convention

During the annual convention
of the salesmen of the Mine and
Smelter Supply Company in Den-
ver the last week in December,
Henry J. Miller made an address
about which glowing reports have
come to us.

Mr. Miller's subject was "Sales-
manship from the angle of the
Purchasing Agent." The general
theory being, we presume, that
while a salesman who gets an or-
der thinks he knows how he made
the sale, the only person who is
really in on the know is the man
who did the buying.

We understand that one of the
points stressed by Mr. Miller was
optimism, suggesting that the
Massco men emulate the example
of their local manager, ex-sugar
tramp McSpadden. Mac, it seems,
had purchased a bottle of hair-re-
storer. As he was leaving, his op-
timism prevailed and he added a
comb and brush to the purchase.

In reply to our inquiry, ex-s. t.
Clyde Osborn said, "Well, I asked
Henry to use the thirty minutes
just before lunch that day. He
talked over forty-five — and we
were all sorry when he stopped.
I'm going to try to get him again."
Which suggests the editorial
query: Has H. J. M. been hiding
his oratorical light under a meta-
phorical bushel? Let's look into
this.

Gossip

Thy friend has a friend, and thy
friend's friend has a friend, so be
discreet. — Talmud.

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Thou Shalt Not Steal!

A Hot Tamale

The scene was laid some seven
years ago during apple-picking
time at Scottsbluff, Nebraska.
The villain was Harry Fletter,
now Master Mechanic at Lovell,
Wyoming. His accomplice was
John Tinn, formerly Warehouse
Foreman at the Scottsbluff fac-
tory, but now a shoe salesman
for the Fleisbach. Mercantile
Company of that city. The vic-
tims in the scenario were Gus
Hushman, now Assistant Superin-
tendent at Loveland, and Everett
Stone, a sugar boiler at Scotts-
bluff.

And this is how it happened:
John Tinn conceived the idea of
testing the bravery of Gus and
Everett by enticing them to for-
get the Eighth Commandment and
accompany him to a nearby apple
orchard where Harry Fletter,
made up as a Mexican desperado,
was already stationed with sev-
eral rounds of blank cartridges
and a ten-gauge pump gun.

The sacks were quickly filled
with nice juicy Ben Davis apples
while the pilferers discussed their
respective wives' ability to make
apple pie, after which the start
for home was made.

But, Shades of Carranza ! There
appeared not fifty feet away an
object, a mockery of a man, with
a red bandana handkerchief
around its neck, while two pierc-
ing eyes frowned from beneath a
huge sombrero. With "Chingado,
gringo, caramba, tamale," the
pump gun was brought into play.
Down dropped John Tinn as pre-
arranged, shrieking in a dramatic

but agonizing tone: "Boys, I'm
shot. Save yourselves."

'Nuf sed. A twelve-foot ditch
and a five-foot hog fence were
cleared by Gus and Everett at a
single leap (miraculous, but true,
ask Vern Babbitt). The cow lot
and several more fences were
cleared in "nothing flat," while
Harry, giving vent to all the Mex
at his command, climbed over the
fence, waded knee deep through
the cow pond, with the pump gun
belching forth harmless but
death-rending acclaim to the fly-
ing Gus and Everett, who, pant-
ing like lizards on a hot rock,
took refuge in the carbonation
tanks, where they remained for
the rest of the afternoon.
Very truly yours,

T. L. Cronin.

Nothing to Do But Work

Thomas A. Edison and the oth-
er long distance workers) have
nothing on Walter Rowe, who
worked on the sweeping gang
during his Christmas vacation.
Rowe is a student at the Agricul-
tural College, working his way
through school. On arising at 6
a. m. he attends to a few odd jobs
near where he rooms, eats break-
fast and answers roll call at 8
o'clock. He gets out of school at
4 p. m., carries a paper route until
6:30, eats supper and writes edi-
torials and news notes for one of
the College papers until time to
report for work at one of the all-
night restaurants, where he
"hashes" until 1 :30 a. m., after
which he turns into the "hay" un-
til 6 a. m., when his new day
starts — Ft, Collins.

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How I Reduced Consumption
of Laboratory Supplies

By E. K. Huleatt

While complete data regarding
the reduction of the breakage and
consumption of laboratory sup-
plies for the past campaign is not
yet available, there is little doubt
but that this year's records will
show a substantial reduction over
those of previous years. There
are several salient reasons which
made this possible.

The reduction of laboratory
control allowed a saving in lab-
oratory supplies by requiring
somewhat less apparatus and sup-
plies to be actually in use, and
more especially, by reducing the
amount of work to be done on
the benches, excessive breakage
due to hurried work was largely
eliminated.

Improved labor conditions gave
us a more efficient personnel in
the laboratories, with a lower
breakage record, and the policy of
retrenchment carried on through-
out the operating departments
made its effect felt in the control
of the consumption of laboratory
supplies. The method of this con-
trol is the subject of this article.

A short time previous to cam-
paign the Chief Chemists were
directed to work out individually
a scheme whereby a check could
be had on the amount of supplies
consumed by the laboratories. We
decided that the most accurate
and applicable method would be
to take inventory at regular inter-
vals. It was apparent, however,
that keeping an account of con-

sumption and limiting the amount
of consumption were two separ-
ate though inter-related tasks,
which would require the co-opera-
tion of the whole laboratory force.
Also, a system would have to be
worked out whereby the taking
of a number of inventories would
not work too great a hardship on
the Assistant Chemists, along
with their many daily routine du-
ties.

The reduction of consumption,
so far as laboratory supplies are
concerned, primarily resolves it-
self into the limiting of breakage,
though there are a few excep-
tional cases such as excessive use
of filter paper and supplies going
into the mill, which have to be
controlled. For this purpose we
have on the several "Bench
Notes" (forms used by the bench
chemists in recording their re-
sults) a special space reserved
for the recording of breakage.

The difficulty usually encoun-
tered by the Chief Chemist is to
have all breakage reported on
these records. A scheme tried out
in past years proved very satis-
factory in overcoming this dif-
ficulty. When the breakage re-
ports as taken from the "Bench
Notes" did not correspond to the
breakage as determined from the
inventory, for a given period, the
bench chemists were required to
take an inventory of the supplies
on their respective benches each
shift, for the succeeding period.

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One period, only, of this bench in-
ventory was found to be necessa-
ry in order to insure the reporting
of all breakage by the bench
chemists.

To control the amount of sup-
plies coming from the stock room,
it was required that the Assistant
Chemists alone procure such sup-
plies, and a side-record was kept
in a book located in the stock
room, of all supplies taken from
or added to store. We found this
record convenient in checking the
amount of supplies used during
any one period, and also in obtain-
ing information for making up
our breakage lists.

For convenience in taking our
periodical inventories, a form was
typed, listing in alphabetical order
the more important laboratory
supplies of which experience had
told us there is usually a high
consumption. The list was divid-
ed into three parts, one for each
Assistant Chemist, and the same
person took inventory of the same
supplies each period. A separate
column was used for supplies in
the laboratory proper, and an-
other one for supplies in store, to
facilitate the taking of the inven-
tory. Using this method, it was
found to require approximately
two hours of each Assistant's
time to complete the inventory.

One decided advantage of such
a system, was, that it kept the
storeroom in order. Everything
had its place and was kept there,
and it required only a casual sur-
vey on the part of the Chief Chem-
ist to tell him how his campaign
stock was holding out.

Inventory was taken every two

weeks and the data compiled on a
recapitulation sheet, showing
amounts on hand at the beginning
of campaign, amounts on hand at
the end of each period, amounts
used during each period and the
amounts used to date. From this
data our breakage lists were made
out and sent in monthly to the
General Chemist's office. In case
of excessive consumption on any
item, the breakage of each indi-
vidual chemist was checked over,
the apparent trouble determined
and steps taken to prevent its re-
currence.

The above system of controlling
laboratory breakage was in force
throughout the past campaign,
and aside from keeping us in con-
stant touch with the amount of
supplies actually on hand, we be-
lieve it had its influence on the
reduced consumption of labora-
tory supplies.

Serve Self

A Kansas Normal summer
school girl was entertaining an
Emporia boy. Her roommate
heard her say: "Don't be so con-
fectionery."

"All right," he replied. "Ill be
cafeteria and help myself."

He began with the spoons ! —
Emporia Gazette.

Eggs is Eggs!

A touring party were having
breakfast in Buffalo. When the
eggs were served, one exclaimed:
"What large eggs !"

Said another: "Yes, these are
Buffalo eggs." — Judge.

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The Chemist
Outside Of the Laboratory

A few years ago it hardly be-
hooved a Chemist to show him-
self outside of the laboratory, but
things have changed since that
time and the Chemist is free to
come and go as he likes.

Unlike Caesar's Gaul which was
divided into three parts, the
Chemist's life is divided into two
parts, that part in the laboratory
which is given over to the testing
of samples by standard methods
under standard conditions, the
outcome of which is of little spec-
ulation, and that part outside the
laboratory given to study and in-
vestigation where operations are
carried on with supposedly as well
standardized methods as those
used in the laboratory, but where
conditions are never twice the
same, and the results of a day's
work would give the most en-
thusiastic oil hound a thrill, as
far as speculation of the ultimate
outcome is concerned. All results
are made outside the laboratory,
i. e., most of them. Once in a
while a result finds its origin in
a bum Brix spindle or some bench
chemist has forgotten to divide
or multiply by two, but in defense
I wish to say that the Chemist is

By C. C. Crawford

a direct descendent of Father

Whatsoever thy hand
findeth to do, do it with
all thy might.

— Ecclesiastes.

Adam and so is quite human. Most
Superintendents prefer to hold to
the Darwinian theory of the or-
igin of man, as far as the Chem-
ist is concerned, but that is just
another small difference and, of
course, the chemist is right again.

The origin of the Chemist be-
ing definitely settled, let us come
back to the statement "all results
are made outside the laboratory,"
and since the process of sugar
manufacture is a chemical manip-
ulation the chemist finds a double
interest, that of results made out-
side the laboratory and the actual
process which offers a boundless
field for study and investigation,
and I may add speculation as to
what the next unaccountable will
be.

To consider the value of the
Chemist outside the laboratory
one has only to look back over the
past few years and note the won-
derful improvements in the Stef-
fen process which is the result of
the work of the Chemist outside
the laboratory. The field has only
been explored and greater devel-
opments yet to come must nec-
essarily be the outcome of inves-
tigations carried on by the Chem-
ist. Without the Chemist the Su-
perintendent would be working
in the dark ; he would know little
or nothing about his losses, his
elimination or extraction ; he
would have fewer troubles, and I
venture to say, less bags of sugar.

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I recall an incident that hap-
pened two or three years ago at
a house where vacuum filters had
been installed in the Steffen house,
which will serve to show how lit-
tle the Chemist regards the re-
sponsibility and how far he will
go if given authority. By some
accident a valve was left open on
the filters that allowed the finished
cooler solution to circulate back
through the coolers. On the third
trip around one needs no imag-
ination to know the results —
a mixture of sugar and lime so
thick that it could hardly be
pumped, to say nothing of being
filtered. After the Superintendent
had looked at the mess for a few
hours he turned it over to the
Chemist saying, "Go straighten
out the Steffen house, I have
looked at it for eight hours and it
hasn't done a bit of good."

The Chemist flushed with au-
thority and responsibility rushed
to the Steffen house, looked

things over and decided to run one
cooler to the sewer, which he did
without any hesitation, then
started diluting the rest of the
mixture with water and added
more lime. Within two or three
hours the Steffen house was go-
ing nicely.

Some time after the Superin-
tendent asked the Chemist how
he fixed up the mess in the Stef-
fen house. The Chemist noncha-
lantly told the Superintendent
that he had run a cooler to the
sewer. From that time on the
Superintendent did most of the
talking — "Send a cooler to the
sewer? That just shows what a
Chemist will do when given a free
hand. He howls more about un-
known losses than anyone else yet
the first thing he does when given
any authority is to run the sugar
to the sewer."

Moral: When in doubt ask the
Chemist but don't give any au-
thority.

The Fair Sex
In the Laboratory

By Geo. W. Atkinson, Jr.

In recent years we have seen
the sex question assume a contin-
ually increasing importance in the
selection of workers. This change
has not been entirely due- to the
war, because even before 1917 the
female of the species had taken
up many lines of work which
twenty years ago were consid-
ered adaptable only to men. It is
also quite probable that even with-
out the war, we should have had

girls and women in many so-called
"men's jobs" by this time. The
recent demonstration of Mars
simply hastened this evolution.

We have now come to the per-
iod of readjustment and recon-
struction, and we wonder whether
the female will withdraw from
the field she. has invaded. This
article is not to be a discussion of
this far-reaching subject, because
as far as the laboratories are con-

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cerned, the ladies have no choice
of their own. They do not make
the job themselves ; they are only
free to accept the opportunity to
work when it is presented.

The first campaign in which
bench girls were employed by this
Company was in 1917-1918, when
the Greeley and Ft. Morgan lab-
oratories each used six girls. At
that time the factories were oper-
ating with twelve-hour shifts, and
to conform with the law it was
necessary to institute eight-hour
shifts for the girls. That was a
trifle irksome, in that there were
actually five shift changes per day
in the laboratory ; the men chang-
ing at 7 A. M. and 7 P. M., while
the girls changed at 8 A. M., 4 P.
M. and midnight. However, the
girls who were employed showed
a remarkable interest in the work,
and a considerable adaptability to
it, with the result that the two
laboratories employing girls that
first year went along as smoothly
as, or more smoothly than those
in which men were employed.
There was, of course, a deal of
uncertainty when hiring young
men during the draft period.

The campaign of 1918-1919 saw
girls in most of the laboratories.
Indeed, men were not available,
and men and girls both suffered
so from the flu epidemic that a
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came a beautiful mirage. Since
the 1918-1919 campaign, girls
have been employed only in a few
laboratories, Sterling operating
the past two years with bench
crews made up entirely of girls.

When in 1917 it first became
necessary to employ girls in the
laboratories, there were those
who discounted the idea as well
as those who favored it. The same
is true today. Far be it from me
to attempt to state whether a
crew of girls surpasses a crew of
young men. Local conditions will
have to decide that point. How-
ever, certain things may be said
on the subject. From the stand-
point of the laboratory organiza-
tion, girls have proven far more
dependable, steady and conscien-
tious than was expected. These
virtues have been to a consider-
able extent dependent on the as-
sistant chemists under whose su-
pervision the girls were working,
and the same thing would have
been true with young men. Girls
in general have been neater in
their work, and have taken better
care of the apparatus than men,
although in this there have been
some glaring exceptions.

As regards experience, it has
been my observation that girls re-
turn to their position for several
consecutive campaigns, more of-
ten than do men. This has been
due to two things, namely, few
possible promotions and the de-
sire of some girls to work only
a part of the year. Men have been
more insistent on promotion and
desire all-year-round employ-
ment.

Perhaps the most marked ad-
vantage of girls over men has

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been in the relations existing be-
tween the operating department
and the laboratory. In this the
fair sex has had a fine influence
which ought not to be overlooked.
Many a time a mill man has head-
ed for the laboratory with a more
or less legitimate kick and a
mouth full of red hot and poorly
chosen criticism, only to be con-
fronted with a nice young lady
who is obviously anxious to
please, and in whose presence his
spoken thoughts would have
sounded a bit barbaric. The re-

sult has often been a cooler-
headed mill man and consequently
a better understanding of the dif-
ficulty.

Intelligent young women are
well adapted to laboratory work
in our factories, have given excel-
lent satisfaction, and I see noth-
ing to prevent them from finding
employment there in the future.
Still, I do not want to see girls
supplant young men entirely, for
that would remove our best train-
ing school for prospective assist-
ant and chief chemists.

Adjust 'Er First

The Efficiency Race as Viewed by a Greeley Tramp

On the return trip, late last sum-
mer, from our vacation, spent in
the North Park country, we were
traveling along through one of
the heaviest downpours of rain
this part of Colorado has seen
for years, and we met a party of
Greeley Factory boys, just start-
ing on their annual fishing trip.

A dandy combination it was —
a beet end foreman, a sugar end
foreman, a sugar boiler and a me-
chanic— all stowed away in a
Maxwell car. A combination that
has pulled us out of many a hole
in the sugar factory game and a
combination that is hard to beat
anywhere in times of adversity.

They had come thru Ft. Collins
enroute and, altho the muddy
roads caused the Maxwell to
leave a track similar to a pair of
snakes traveling in parallel, we
surmise the track would have
been the same had there been no

rain and the Laramie road in its
usual good condition.

And, be it said, here and now,
Ft. Collins has always contribut-
ed to the juvenile delinquency of
our Greeley boys. A Ft. Collins
lady took us to raise and we know
whereof we speak.

The Maxwell engine had died
just prior to our arrival and, as we
stopped to render any assistance
possible and to lighten their load,
we overheard the following re-
marks :

"What's the matter, Wadey?"

"I can't adjust the carburetor."

"Get 'er a-goin' first, then ad-
just 'er afterwards."

"But I can't get 'er a-goin' Bill."

"She worked all right on this
same trip last year, didn't she?"

"Yes."

"Then set 'er where you had 'er
last year 'til you get 'er a-goin'
and adjust 'er afterwards."

So they did and away they went

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with a standard extraction of gas,
eliminating distance, with a high
performance on the last hill going
into Tie Siding and a general effi-
ciency that gave promise of put-
ting them on the Michigan before
daybreak.

She was a good little car. As we
drove along through the night on
the rough road, realizing that our
summer's fun was over and that
the efficiency of our summer's
work was soon to be tested, we
could not help but compare in
fancy, the pending efficiency race
to cars we know so well.

Our hopes and faith were tied
to little Greeley factory "Max-
well" and to the organization that
was in it — the little car that goes
kicking along regardless of ad-
versities. Of course, we could not
expect to favorably compete with
the Longmont "Packard," the
Loveland "Cole" or the Ft. Col-
lins "Marmon." But we did have
hopes of making the Lovell "Ford"
eat our dust, of making the Wind-
sor "Auburn" sit up and take no-
tice and the Eaton "Dodge" dig
up the two talents they had had
buried in the earth so long.

The little Greeley "Maxwell"
had worked fairly good on the
same campaign trip last year. So
we "set 'er where we had her last
year and got 'er a-goin but we had
to adjust 'er afterwards."

We adjusted the trash catchers
to eliminate the excess of trash.
We adjusted the grizzly bars to
help do the same. We adjusted
the cutters so they might cut
rocks, fence wire, pieces of farm
implements, tin cans, coal, coke,

rope, farmers' coats, gloves, whips
and even watches as we have no
picking table or other device to
eradicate this material. We ad-
justed the battery chains every
day for two weeks and every time
an adjustment was made, we ran
a little faster.

We are glad you got the flag,
Mitchell, because you had obtain-
ed prior adjustments. But, you
had better look at it long and hard,
for, some day, when sugar is
again King instead of Vassal and
when we "get her adjusted first
and a-goin' afterwards," the Gree-
ley "Maxwell" will climb Efficien-
cy Hill so fast that you will see
that old flag only when you drive
by the Greeley factory.

Sabin Hooper, 4 years old ; Hel-
en Hooper, 11 ; children of H. W.
Hooper ; and Jean Carney, age 5,
daughter of C. T. Carney. Simply
another illustration of how fine
they grow 'em in the sugar-cured
Nebraska ozone.

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Hoover's Reasons For Hope
of Higher Sugar Prices

A prediction of higher sugar
prices, made by Secretary of Com-
merce Herbert Hoover, was re-
ported in the daily press recently.
As some may not have seen the
detailed reasons he cited for his
belief, they are reproduced here :

"1. There is an abnormal 'visi-
ble' world surplus of sugar
amounting to about 1,200,000 tons,
all congested in the Western hem-
isphere.

"2. The 'invisible' stock, that is,
sugar in the hands of distributing
trades, wholesale and retail, is far
below normal. The amount of
subnormality is variously estimat-
ed at from 300,000 to 400,000 tons
and is no doubt due to apprehen-
sion of further fall in prices.

"3. The probable world produc-
tion for 1922 is estimated to be
less by from 400,000 to 800,000
tons than the production for 1921.

"4. The consumption for 1922
is likely to be larger than in 1921
and with general economic recov-
ery should exceed production and
thus absorb some or all of the
surplus.

"5. The present price of 1.87c
for cost and freight raw sugar is
the lowest level for twenty years
and is below the cost of produc-
tion of about 90 per cent of both
domestic and Cuban sugar.

"6. This low price of sugar has
resulted not only from the fear of
the large visible surplus but also
from the apprehension of financial
difficulties in the sugar market

that have been current during the
past few months. It has been as-
sumed that in the falling market
there might be forced realization
of the loans made against existing
surplus stocks of sugar ; that there
would be difficulty in financing the
new Cuban crop ; that the finan-
cial difficulties of the Cuban gov-
ernment itself might not be read-
ily solved ; that there might be
bankruptcy among sugar produc-
ers ; that the dissolution of the
Cuban Sugar Commission on Jan-
uary 1 might result in consider-
able liquidation of sugar.

"7. The Cuban Sugar Commis-
sion was dissolved on January 1,
and it is now demonstrated that
no appreciable forced liquidation
is likely to take place. The banks
generally have been well covered
down to the low prices of sugar
and there is no likelihood of forc-
ed realization. There appears to
be sufficient money for financing
the new crop wherever it can be
produced on a reasonable basis of
cost and the Cuban government
seems to be in a fair way to solve
its financial difficulties.

"8. The market is now entirely
uninfluenced by any artificial con-
trol and the present low price lev-
el manifestly cannot long contin-
ue without restricting the produc-
tion of sugar below the world's de-
mands and again creating high
prices."

According to the Declaration of
Independence we are entitled to
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of
Happiness. A lot of us overlook
that word "pursuit." — Confec-
tions.

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THE SUGAR CITIES— III.

Lovell, Wyoming

By Reyn. Leedom, Past President Lovell Commercial Club

Third of a series in The Sugar Press on the cities near
which Great Western Sugar Company factories are located

Located in the heart of Wyo-
ming's agricultural section and
blessed with so many natural re-
sources and a working Commer-
cial Club, Lovell is rapidly devel-
oping into one of the industrial
centers of the Northwest.

Six years ago, with the location
here of a Great Western Sugar
Company factory, Lovell was
changed almost over night from
a hamlet of some four or five hun-
dred people to a thriving little city,
throbbing with the business en-
ergy and activity of some two
thousand people. New and impos-
ing blocks replaced the typical
"Main Street" shacks of yester-
day. Lovell became the mecca for
those desiring a location in a town
growing for permanency.

Its chief resource is natural gas
for domestic and manufacturing
purposes, of which there appears
to be an unlimited supply. With
this resource Lovell attracted one
of the largest tile manufacturing
plants west of the Missouri, and a
glass factory which is making a
superior quality of window glass.
These two industries were further
made possible by the fact that a
superior clay for making tile was
found ,in the hills surrounding
Lovell, and likewise a glass sand
of more than ninety-eight per cent
purity within four miles of the
seat of operations. The combined

cost of these two plants runs well
over the half million dollar mark.

Because of the gas, Lovell is
permitted to make the proud boast
of having the only sugar factory
owned by the Great Western
Sugar Company operated by nat-
ural gas.

Lovell looks well after the early
training of its youth, as is evi-
denced in $165,000.00 invested in
public school buildings. Her mor-
al welfare is guarded by a number
of churches. Her people are drawn
together fraternally through nu-
merous lodges and other organiz-
ations of a similar nature. The
business of the little city is at-
tended to by a large number of
business houses with stocks
which would be a credit to a town
several times her size. Two sub-
stantial banking institutions direct
the financial affairs of this sec-
tion, and all is founded upon an
agricultural basis, with sugar
beets as its principal crop.

And that crop is an attractive
one in this favored spot, for with
our fertile fields and long days of
streaming sunshine during the
growing season, we have attained
a record for a high sugar content
in beets

In the first paragraph of this ar-
ticle we spoke of a "working"
Commercial Club — and that is
very characteristic of this organ-

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Views in Metropolis of Big Horn Basin

1 — Lovell Schools. 2 — Looking west up Main street showing Sugar
Factory at end of street. 3 — Second street looking south. 4 — Big
Horn Glass Co. plant. 5 — Lovell Brick and Tile plant.

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ization. It has registered a hun-
dred per cent efficiency on every
self-assigned task for the develop-
ment of the town since its reor-
ganization some seven years ago.
This year the club is connecting
Lovell with the outside world by
highways, one of which is over
the Big Horn Mountains, a proj-
ect estimated at a cost of $25,000.
During the past five months the
club has financed the undertaking
and will have completed the proj-
ect by the time this article appears
in print.

Lovell, based on agriculture,
with its industrial side lines, ex-
tends an invitation to all seekers
of a permanent location in a good
thriving community.

That Chemical Dinner

By T.
Whereat-
hostess —

Swann Harding
-Ethyl Alcohol was

And there were present be-
sides—
Cassie Role
Addie Noid
Sal Icilate
Al Uminum
Mol Ybdic
Mag Nesium
Mollie Kule
Ethyl Acetate
Arthur Mometer
Al Cohol
Si Lose
Pete Roleum

And the table was tastefully
decorated with Flowers of Sul-
phur. Here it was that Copper
Sulphate kept order while the
guests regaled themselves on —
Bacto Beef Broth

Asparagin
Liver of Sulphur
Sugar of Lead
Milk of Lime
Alumina Cream
Dichloramine Tea

And other delicacies which re-
sulted in a general call for Salts.

And an application of Plaster of
Paris.

— The Chemist-Analyst.

Don't men have a serious time
with women ? And they just smile
at us ! Bobby Towse, in the center
of this picture, feels the respon-
sibility of escorting his sister Ros-
alie on his left and Betty Sue My-
ers at his right. Betty belongs to
Assistant Superintendent "Chief"
Myers of Gering, and the Towse-
rs are the children of Assistant
Superintendent Chas. Towse of
Mitchell. Tom Cronin says the
trio substantiates Nebraska's
claim of being a state of Class A
production.

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Chemical Control
Of Cane Sugar Manufacture

B. J. A. Lindsay

The chemical control of an in-
dustry is necessarily a function of
its complexity. In the early days
of the cane sugar industry, but
little work was carried on in the
laboratory. The crude factory
operations did not require any
marked degree of vigilance or in-
telligence on the part of the oper-
ators. In the last decade, how-
ever, the introduction of modern
machinery and the supplanting of
neglect and waste with efficiency,
have caused many improvements
to be made. In general, the con-
trol work in a cane factory may
be compared with that of a beet
sugar mill.

The following is in part a de-
scription of the work carried on
at Centrale Guanica, Ensenada,
Porto Rico. The process of this
mill was previously described in
detail by Mr. A. A. Clark.

A major part of the cane is
bought on a sucrose basis. This
necessitates the analysis of each
load or car of cane purchased
from the grower. In order to ac-
complish this, and in the mean-
time not disrupt the continuous
operation of the grinding mills,
continuous samples of crusher and
mill juices are obtained. A purity
and per cent sucrose are deter-
mined on both these juices, and
with the aid of a table and a
grinding factor the sugar origin-
ally in the cane is determined. The
grinding factor must be used be-
cause maceration water is intro-

duced after the cane has passed
the second and third rolls of the
tandems. The factor is obtained
by grinding several cars of cane
without adding maceration water,
the difference between the crush-
er juice Brix and mill juice Brix
giving the correction to be used.
These tests are run at frequent
intervals, and with variable canes
the factor should fluctuate ; but
the usual practice is to average a
series of tests and use a constant
factor.

The exhausted cane, or bagasse,
is analyzed for sugar, moisture
and fibre. A hot digestion meth-
od with or without reflux con-
denser is usually used for the sug-
ar determination ; while the ba-
gasse is shredded, digested with
water, and dried for the determi-
nation of fibre, and oven drying
at 105°C is used for the moisture.

Three samples in the form of
composites are at regular inter-
vals tested for purity and glucose.
These samples consist of: the mill
juice, the defecated juice (this
being the raw juice after heating
and adding a small amount of
milk of lime, .1 per cent to 1.0
per cent on cane), and evaporator
thick juice. The acidity of the
defecated juice is also determined.
The first and second massecuites,
the first and second green syrups,
and the third massecuites to crys-
tallizers are each composited, and
the analysis made for Brix and
purity once daily. There are no

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wash syrups. The third sugar
from the crystallizer is separated
from its molasses in the labora-
tory, before opening the crystal-
lizer, and the apparent and true
purity of the molasses are deter-
mined at once. This procedure is
necessary as this is the final mo-
lasses and if high in purity, is tak-
en back into the third massecuite.

The first and second sugars
from the centrifugals are mixed to
obtain a 96° sugar, and this in-
volves the most accurate samp-
ling and analysis. A sample is ob-
tained from each sack in the sack-
ing house, and the composite sam-
ple from each lot of 200 bags is
polarized at once. Every effort is
exerted to obtain a sugar of ex-
actly 96.0 polarization.

The sludge from the Deming
separators is caught in plate and
frame presses and is termed "ca-
chaza." This cake is not washed
as we wash press cake, but is
dropped into a mixing tank, elu-
triated with water and refiltered.
Both the first and second cachaza
cakes are analyzed for total sugar.

The milk of lime added to the
raw juice is not subjected to
chemical control, the ability of a
peon to cast another shovelful of
lime into the mixer at the oppor-

tune time being considered suf-
ficient. Indeed, much of the de-
tail and less important work in
the tropical sugar house is left to
native "muchachos" with the ac-
curacy of the results suffering ac-
cordingly.

Due to the isolation of the cen-
trales analysis of fuel oils, coal,
coke, fertilizers, waters, etc., is
carried on in the laboratory dur-
ing the run.

As a resume, it might be said
that the important analyses made
in the control are the following:
Sucrose content of the cane and
bagasse, polarization of the sugar
sacked, and the analysis of the fi-
nal molasses. Elimination is not
considered and the control of the
boiling is left to the sugar boilers.
In the tropical raw sugar house
there are no such things as sul-
phate controls, lime salt controls,
and the like.

Inventory of sugar in process
and a stock accounting are taken
every week, usually on Mondays
when there is no cane to grind. In
conclusion it might be stated that
miraculous figures appear on the
stock sheets of some cane sugar
factories — performance which
would cause even the most able
mathematicians to wax angry and
sharpen their pencils again.

These departmentalized Sugar Press editions are going great guns !

The February number will be the work of the Purchasing Depart-
ment, with H. J. Miller as editorial director.

The March issue will belong to the engineers, and little Georgie
Peorgie Reinks is already mustering his associates to a series of arti-
cles that will sound the tocsin for the best intercampaign period ever.

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evzoxmeX

EATON

G. J. KUEMPEL
Associate Editor.

January 2nd saw us all cleaned
up and put away after going
through a very successful cam-
paign. We hung up a few rec-
ords this year which would almost
have seemed impossible to estab-
lish before.

Miss Anderson, our stenogra-
pher, resigned on January 6 to
take up a job for life somewhere
in California. We all wish her the
very best of luck. Her place was
taken by Miss Lottie McWilliams,
of Ault, Colorado.

Don Gambill, of Longmont, has
been transferred to Eaton in the
capacity of Assistant Master Me-
chanic. We are glad to have you
among us, "Don."

We are glad to have Mrs. Carl
Peterson back with us again after
spending several weeks in the
Loveland Hospital.

SPECIAL: They say money
and women talk, but our own
George Kuempel must have "spo-
ken," because a diamond ring re-
cently appeared in the Ft. Collins
office. Congratulations, but who
would have thought that our As-
sociate Editor would come to this.
He always was lucky though, and
you can't blame him for losing
his head when you consider who
the Ft. Collins party is.

GREELEY

L. G. BURR,

Associate Editor

Billy Fields, one of the beet end
foremen, has returned to work
after a three weeks' seige of nurs-
ing a very sore arm caused from
vaccination. Glad to see you out
again, old scout.

The last of the beets were sliced
at 7:02 a. m., Dec. 27, and the last
sack of sugar sacked at 9 : 10 a. m.
Dec. 29, closing a very successful
campaign with very few accidents
and troubles too minor to men-
tion. Now everybody is busy
cleaning up and getting ready for
the repair work for another cam-
paign.

Lowell Mondt, the Kersey dis-
trict fieldman, and W. J. Long are
showing some skill as auto me-
chanics, having made a repair
shop out of the timekeeper's lob-
by. They are sure busy these cold
mornings overhauling the com-
pany trucks.

Paul Grissinger, the new "Sher-
lock Holmes" on the night shift,
has his hands full training "Jim,"
the watchdog, to leave other dogs
alone.

Everything is quiet around the
old mill. Since the big wheels
ceased to turn, only a few of the
old employes left and everyone of
them is right on the job. They've
got to be to get the old mill in
shape for another campaign, but
they'll do it, don't worry.

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L. G. Burr, Store Bookkeeper
and Associate Editor of the Sugar
Press for the past year, has left
the employ of the Sugar Company
and is now engaged in the bond
selling game for the Bond &
Mortgage Company.

WINDSOR

JOHN H. LEESEMAN.
Associate Editor

Windsor, having passed up the
Blue Flag, has not given up hopes
of it flying over Windsor another
year.

The business of going over the
list seems to be the main object
now. Maintenance must be cut
to a minimum, which means close
figuring on the part of our organ-
ization, but we have confidence
that we will have the old mill in
A-l shape and repair as much or
more per man and per dollar than
any other mill on the circuit.

W. E. Lawrence has gone to
California. We hate to lose Wiley,
but wish him success in whatever
undertaking he enters.

W. S. Rowen, assistant master
mechanic, was taken suddenly ill
last month, rushed to the hospital
and there was operated on for ap-
pendicitis. He is back at his old
job now.

A. D. Sylvester, former sugar
end foreman, has left for Greeley
to become District Manager of
the Russel Coal Company. Here's
luck to Tony.

We are glad to state that Mrs.
H. B. Ewing is again on her feet
after about six weeks' illness.

"I Can't" is a password that will
admit anybody to the poorhouse.
— Confections.

FORT COLLINS

W. L. GREEN and BYRON ALBERT,
Associate Editors

The young daughter of Ray
Brown is recovering nicely from
a broken collar bone, suffered in
an accidental fall.

Judging by the diamond ring
worn by our Comptometer Opera-
tor, Beatrice St. Clair, we are of
the opinion that George Kuempel
will soon be inviting us to his
home over at Eaton. This is a ro-
mance that started when George
was in the timekeeper's office at
Fort Collins.

Did you ever stop to consider
what railway equipment is need-
ed to handle the tonnage of beets
received each season? During the
season just closed 5,452 cars were
used in hauling 255,000 tons of
beets hauled by rail to the Fort
Collins factory. This number of
cars placed in one train would
compel the conductor to travel 42
miles to talk to his engineer.

Charles Read was detained at
his home for several days, due to
quarantine restrictions. One of
his children had a case of scarlet
fever.

On January 7th occurred the
sad death of the eleven year old
daughter of Yance B. Wilkes. She
had been attending school in Den-
ver where her death occurred, fol-
lowing an attack of diphtheria.

A. N. Bennett has been trans-
ferred to the Ingleside Limestone
Company's quarry laboratory at
Murke, Wyo., succeeding Geo. L.
Turcott, who is leaving the em-
ploy of the Company.

The many Ft. Collins friends of
R. M. Booraem are pleased to
know that he is going to make his

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home here. He has a wide ac-
quaintance here, formed when he
wa|s associated with the Com-
pany's technical staff when the
same was located at Ft. Collins.
For the past few years he has
been living at Denver.

There is no reported improve-
ment in the condition of the young
son of Harold McCutcheon. The
little fellow is suffering with spin-
al meningitis, and has been criti-
cally ill for several weeks.

LOVELAND

R. HENDERSON and V. V. HARTMAN,
Associate Editors

Messrs. Miller, Haley, Stev-
enson and Crist have been among
us for the last three weeks rear-
ranging and reducing store stocks.
Steve planned a big dance in our
Bull Pen but inclement weather
postponed the affair.

Stoves, salamanders and in fact
anything that would hold coke,
has been pressed into service dur-
ing our recent cold snap. We say
it was cold when steam lines from
the boiler house will freeze.

Former Assistant Chemists
Cowger, Lawrence and Jeffery
have left our employ and have de-
parted this city, Cowger to Cali-
fornia, Lawrence to Missouri, and
Jeffery to Denver.

Sugar at present is being ship-
ped at the rate of six cars a day.
A few sales of potash have been
made, which requires regrinding
owing to its absorption of water
and caking during storage.

Charlie Benson and Lohr, both
recently operated upon for ap-
pendicitis, are doing well and have
left the hospital.

Maintenance lists are requiring

all the time of our higher ups at
present. Every effort is being
made for an economical and ef-
ficient use of our appropriation.

Oscar Johnson is filling the
place of Superintendent's Clerk
during the inter-campaign per-
iod. Mr. Glendening, former
clerk, has accepted a position in
the First National Bank of this
city.

Pinky Grimes is on the look-
out for more and heavier cloth-
ing. Wef suggest more action
as a means of securing the de-
sired results. Andy Kintz is al-
ways warm without gloves and
only a jumper, so he says.

Mr. Roelkuetter of the Office
recently returned from St. Louis,
where he was called by the sud-
den death of his mother. He re-
ports miserable weather and lots
of idle men in that section.

LONGMONT

MISS CORA L. McGREW and FRED
WARNER, Associate Editors

The holidays at this factory
were saddened by the tragic death
of Jack Barr, who was instantly
killed at the Morey dump the day
before Christmas. Jack was the
son of R. M. Barr, Agricultural
Superintendent at this factory,
and had worked on the Company
farm and in the factory ever since
coming from Missoula three years
ago, and was a general favorite.
The Barr family have the deep
sympathy of the factory folk and
entire community.

In reading Sterling's account of
handling their beet payments for
the past season, we note the en-
tire crop was handled without an
error. Along the same line we

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wish to mention that the several
beet payments at this factory
were also handled without an er-
ror and E. M. Payne, head beet
clerk, deserves much credit as
beets were received from 54 sta-
tions and approximately 1,325
growers. (We decided to give our
horn a toot.)

J. B. Hitt, Cashier, and F. S.
Treadway, Superintendent, have
purchased their homes from the
Company.

About the proudest parent we
have seen for some time was our
general bookkeeper, A. M. Robb,
when he passed the candy and ci-
gars in honor of his son and heir,
formal cognomen William Allan
Robb, "Bill" for short. Bill ar-

Lana Nadine, age 2^ years, and
Shirley Loraine, age 8 months,
daughters of L. N. Phillips, As-
sistant Bookkeeper at Longmont
Factory.

rived January 2. We have re-
quested a family group picture for
the next issue of the Sugar Press.

Our popular side record clerk,
Tom Farrington, who was laid off
this month in the economy cam-
paign, is seriously considering
taking a course in a dental college
in Denver. We feel sure that he
will make a good dentist as he is
so thorough in everything he un-
dertakes. Later on we may be
saying tearfully : "Ouch, Tommy,
have a heart ; you are grinding
right on a nerve."

Others sadly missed by their re-
maining friends in the office are :
Gertrude Coslett, Helen McClung,
Lola Mayfield and Gilbert Greer.

D. M. Gambill, assistant master
mechanic at this factory, has been
transferred to Eaton factory as
chief electrician and assistant
master mechanic. Mr. Gambill
will be missed by his associates
in the mill, with whom he has been
a great favorite for a number of
years.

The superintendent, his assist-
ants and the master mechanic and
his assistants are toiling over the
making up of their Maintenance
Lists for the coming season.
Won't it be a "grand and glorious
feeling" when the lists are finish-
ed and approved.

Carl C. Crist, at one time store-
keeper at Longmont, and now
traveling storekeeper, was trying
the speed of his Dodge car on our
boulevard system. The speed cop
gathered him in and he contrib-
uted his "mite" to the upkeep of
said boulevards. As Carl still calls
Longmont home, he didn't mind
it so verv much.

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Cashier Hitt says he can prove
he got some ducks this month, be-
cause he can show some celluloid
ones sympathetic friends gave
him for Christmas.

Gilbert E. Greer, timekeeper for
this factory for the past year and
a half, has gone to Arizona to
work for a gold mining company.

BRIGHTON

W. H. PEABODY Associate Editor

The 1921 campaign, closed here
December 29, established new rec-
ords in work performed. The
slicing record of 1424 tons amply
reflects the spirit and loyalty of
the men from the beginning to
the end of the campaign. While
the machinery ran at record
speed, the factory was in such ex-
cellent shape at its close, it would
have been possible to have con-
tinued its pace for a month or
two had occasion demanded.

Interest during campaign was
centered on out-slicing Bayard
and Mitchell, whose rated normal
capacity of 1250 tons is the same
as Brighton's, but they set too
fast a clip. However, .we will
come back strong against this
crowd in next campaign.

Louis Jacques and family have
moved to Telluride, Colorado. A
farewell party in their honor was
held at the home of Charles Mil-
ford.

Clint 'Rockwell's Ford began
the New Year "quittin' " in the
middle of the road, just outside
the main entrance to the factory
grounds. Clint's distress signal
read, "Come quick — Out of gas."

Fred Center informs us that he

had a pleasant voyage to Cuba,
where he is now employed as as-
sistant superintendent at a 3000-
ton cane mill at Marcane, Oriente.
Fred said at the time he was writ-
ing that they expected to start
grinding about January 10th. We
would infer from his letter that
the usual New Year festivities
were not neglected. Wish he'd
send us a vest pocket full — of Ha-
vanas.

John Tracy, our pioneer assist-
ant chemist, has accepted a po-
sition at Casper, Wyoming, in the
oil industry.

William Orchard, sugar end
foreman, is now with the Denver
Tramway Company.

J. T. Twombly, battery fore-
man, has gone to Colorado
Springs to enter business.

"Clif" Scotland spent the last
day of the old year in Denver —
which seems all right. He left
Denver in the afternoon, but did
not wake up until he hit La Salle,
35 miles beyond Brighton. Some-
thing strange about this.

Grady Faulk, pulp warehouse
foreman, has rented a farm near
Henderson and expects to be a
beet grower in the next campaign.

Fred Warner, machinist, re-
turned to Denver where he is em-
ployed in the City Engineer's Con-
struction Department during the
summer.

Found in our mail box from an
anonymous contributor: For Sale
— One fine-haired, pedigreed po-
lice dog. Eats only cooked food,
sleeps, and drinks only distilled
water. Any offer will be enter-
tained.

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BRUSH

E. WARD. JR. and GEORGE HELPER,
Associate Editors

Brush Factory wishes to con-
gratulate Mitchell Factory for the
fine record made this campaign.
It was a close race and a speedy
one ; and while Brush tried her
best to keep the pennant, she has
no abilis to offer, and is only wait-
ing for the 1922 campaign to start
after the pennant again.

Never before in the history of
the Brush mill has such "pep"
been shown. The good natured
rivalry that existed between the
three shifts was in a large meas-
ure responsible for the fact that
all previous slicing records, both
daily and average, were broken.
There was scarcely a hundred
tons difference between the total
slicing of each shift.

The Club House has been shut
down. Its closing will call to the
mind of many sugar tramps the
good meals and exciting cribbage
games that made the Club House
famous.

At the present time the mem-
bers of the Agricultural depart-
ment are putting in most of their
time repairing beet sprayers.
They won't be able to pass the
buck to the mechanical force if
the sprayers don't work this sum-
mer.

We are sorry to report that
Fred Sager, side record clerk, has
resigned and has accepted a posi-
tion with a bank at Longmont.
Fred takes with him the best
wishes of all the many friends he
has at Brush.

Former head pipe fitter "Riley"
Heifer has left the employ of the
Company. When last seen he was

headed for Casper. His "Hoopy"
was hitting on all three cylinders.
"Bob" Reed has left Brush, and
has obtained a position with the
National Cash Register Company
at Dayton, Ohio.

SCOTTSBLUFF

MISS GENEVIEVE WEIDENHEIMER,
Associate Editor

The following employees have
left our service: D. L. Parker,
Jessie DuBois and Miss George.
Miss George was married Wed-
nesday, January 18, to Mr. Scott
of this city. They will make their
home in Scottsbluff for the pres-
ent. We extend best wishes.

Verne Huff is the father of a
son, born December 28th, named
Donald Yoder. Special trip was
made for chocolates for the ladies.

Jeff Morrison and J. B. Badg-
ley are thinking of going to Hon-
olulu or Northern Canada. We
think they are very wise in their
choice, as in either country they
could wear bare skins.

The Auditors are with us again,
checking Mr. Clay in as cashier.
Messrs. Hanscom and Cronin
think Scottsbluff is a fine place
to catch up on personal corre-
spondence— and, incidentally, on
sleep.

Mr. Crawford will go to Gree-
ley as Chief Chemist and Mr. Col-
well will remain at Scottsbluff as
Chief Chemist.

BAYARD

H. V. TOWNER,

Associate Editor

It is noticeable how little curi-
osity is evinced in the pennant
race standing since we dropped
seven tons on our daily slicing,

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due to the breaking of the cross
drive belt to beet end pumps. We
received some time before the
campaign closed an invitation
from Mitchell to attend the flag
raising at that place, and since this
event takes place in our immedi-
ate vicinity, we accept with
thanks, Mitchell. Inasmuch as
you are in the market for a flag-
pole and ours is on our Surplus
List, we will bring it with us.

Since the clean-up following-
campaign the greater part of the
factory force are grouped around
the long table making up the Pro-
posed Maintenance List. Nearly
everybody at Bayard is now fa-
miliar with the terms pre-cam-
paign, campaign and post-cam-
paign.

We are happy to welcome home
to Nebraska our old friend "Ed-
die" Clay.

W. J. Scrivner, who the past
campaign was one of our three
star sugar boilers, has been ap-
pointed inspector for the Western
Weighing & Inspection Bureau,
taking over the duties of the
warehouse foreman for the inter-
campaign period.

The Bayard force has been re-
duced to 25 men, and with the
exception of two men, all are
at work. W. B. Simons, who the
latter part of the campaign lost
a couple of joints off the index
ringer of the left hand, is expected
back at work Monday, January
23. "Hank" James, who has been
suffering from a severe case of
blood poisoning and who had to
have a finger amputated as a re-
sult, is convalescent at a Bridge-
port hospital. Friends of Jack
Smith will be glad to learn that

he is able to be about on crutches
and is looking something like his
usual self.

The Great Western family was
augmented on January 4 by the
arrival of a son, Leland DeLoss,
who has taken up his abode with
Store Bookkeeper Rath and wife.

Frances, the little daughter of
Cashier Towner, has been very
sick with pneumonia and is still
very sick as we write.

We are cheered by the news
that a large part of our pulp has
been sold in the east and that the
purchaser desires his purchase
"pronto." Arrangements are be-
ing made to ship at the rate of
eight or ten cars daily.

Real winter weather set in the
middle of January. Fortunately,
all of our sugar was in the bag.

Another picture of Sabin Hoop-
er, age 4, a full-fledged cowboy

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MITCHELL

R. I. BABBITT,

Associate Editor

The 1921-22 Campaign, now a
matter of history, was one which
may be long remembered as the
most successful campaign in the
history of this factory. Naturally,
we are glad we won the efficiency
flag, but we wish to congratulate
the other mills on their own fine
showing.

It was some race and was thor-
oughly enjoyed by all and every-
one worked toward the same end,
and there was no slowing toward
the last.

Our daily average was raised
on the last day and the first shift
on that day cut 571 tons, which
we believe has not been exceeded
in this type of factory, but once,
and that by the same shift on the
preceding day when they cut 577
tons.

This we believe gives us the
record for shift, day, and week
slicing. This merely shows the
fighting spirit, co-operation and
general ability of our bunch.

The above mentioned bunch, we
are sorry to say, is now sadly de-
pleted. Only the chosen few now
remain, but when another cam-
paign rolls around, another bunch
will be built up and will try harder
than ever to pass all previous rec-
ords and accomplishments.

It would be an impossible task
to give personal mention to those
who have gone from our ranks,
and their whereabouts, but we
hope they will all see fit to come
back with us next year.

As usual at this stage of the
game, there are several busy men

holding out in the Superinten-
dent's office, working on the list.

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O SI SIC OMNIA!

'The United States' beet
sugar crop is closely approach-
ing a total production of a mil-
lion long tons of white sugar"
said The Louisiana Planter And
Sugar Manufacturer editorially
in its issue of November 5, 1921.

"An essential feature of all
sugar production is that of
cleanliness from start to finish,"
continued the editorial. "Any
disturbing influences in the pro-
cess of manufacture must be
suppressed, any discoloration
must be sought out and re-
moved, and every impurity that
is removable is removed by
careful beet sugar manufac-
turers, and the result is that the
sugars are identical in their
final analysis with cane sugar."

This testimony on the identic
quality of beet and cane sugars
should be final and decisive,
coming as it does from the of-
ficial organ of the following
cane sugar associations: Louis-
iana Sugar Planters, American
Cane Growers, Louisiana Sugar
Chemists and Engineers*, Chem.
& Sugar Makers Association.

She Couldn't Use Him

"Rastus,''. said the judge stern-
ly, "you're plain no account and
shiftless, and for this fight I'm
going to send you away for a year
at hard labor."

"Please, Judge," interrupted
Mrs. Rastus from the rear of the
court room, "will yo' Honah jes'
kinder split dat sentence? Don't
send him away from home, but
let dat hard labor stand." — The
American Legion Weekly.

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PUBLISHED MONTHLY FOR THE EMPLOYES OF

THE GREAT WESTERN SUGAR pDMPANY

DENVER, COLORADO

Volume VI

FEBRUARY 1922

Number 2

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Purchasing — By H. J. Miller -

Market Conditions — By J. C. James

Romance of Our Raw Materials
By E. B. Staples -

Bag Factory — By E. R. Evans

Paint— By A. D. Cottingham - -

Paper vs. Beet Sugar Manufacture
By F. H. Carroll -

Re-Sale of Company Material
By H. R. Domby -

Looking Backward — By F. H. Ricker

"The Mourners' Bench"

By Gertrude L. Schaeffer

Greeley — By W. S. Garnsey, Jr. - -

Notes of Personnel -

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PURCHASING

By Henry J. Miller

Business in its various branches
has undergone many changes dur-
ing the past few years. This evo-
lution has placed purchasing, I
believe, on a plane equal at least
to any other branch of business
work. There was a time when
purchasing was not regarded as of
the importance that it is today,
and the work was handled in a
matter of form way. But as busi-
ness progressed and the present-
day methods of merchandising
were accepted and adopted, it be-
came quite evident that purchasing
played an equal part with selling
and that the purchasing branch
of business work required careful
and scientific attention in order
to produce that welcome and most
important requisite "PROFIT."
This is clearly exemplified in the
fact that a course in purchasing is
now offered at most of the leading
universities and colleges of the
country, likewise at most of the
branches of the Y. M. C. A. From
this one may conclude that pur-
chasing is now regarded as a pro-
fession, requiring scientific knowl-
edge and application.

The above facts were so evident
that some of the leading Pur-
chasing Agents of this country
organized some few }^ears since
what is now known as the Na-
tional Association cf Purchasing
Agents, for no other reason or
purpose than the promulgation of
the better and finer points of
purchasing. Much good has come
to the profession through the ef-
forts of this organization and my
own observation leads me to be-

lieve that the future work of this
organization will mean much to
the financial welfare of business in
general. The membership is
made up of men belonging to the
leading business institutions of
the United States and Canada, all
of which cannot help but produce
good and valuable ideas as well
as the development of more cap-
able men for the profession.

Purchasing with its numberless
ramifications calls for many vir-
tues in the person assigned for
that work. First: he must be
capable of sound judgment. Sec-
ond: he must be informed on the
various commodities required, the
source of supply and market con-
ditions, likewise, that satisfac-
factory service can be given by
vendor. Third : he must so regu-
late purchases that there will be
no criticism, either as to surplus
or shortage of stock. Fourth : he
must be affable either in contact
with vendor or business associ-
ates whom he serves.

I am a firm believer that right
buying means scientific buying.
No true Purchasing Agent can
correctly and efficiently purchase
materials unless guided by scien-
tific principles. Buying is a
science, notwithstanding the pop-
ular view that if the Purchasing
Agent had brains he would be-
come a Salesman. Of course, any
one can buy but it takes an Indus-
trial Scientist to buy right.

Ability to buy right is just as
essential to success in business as
ability to sell.

When conditions demand an

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economy campaign, the Purchas-
ing Department without question,
is the resultant factor.

Efficient Salesmanship cannot
overcome loose practices in pur-
chasing. The Purchasing Agent
must have a personal knowledge
of just what is required of the
materials he buys. He must not
be guided solely by the price of
an article for very frequently the
highest priced article today is the
cheapest one in the long run.

A great many concerns have
Purchasing Agents and Purchas-
ing Departments, but they are
such in name only. Individuals
throughout the organization are
pemitted to buy without consul-
tation with the Purchasing De-
partment and merely send their
requisition to the Purchasing De-
partment for confirmation. Such a
procedure discredits the Pur-
chasing Agent of any organiza-
tion and tends to limit his stand-
ing with the concerns from whom
his Company buys.

At this particular time with
general conditions so unsettled
and the outstanding feature on
every hand being the "waiting
policy," much can be said about
purchasing. The fact of its be-
ing a buyers' market does not les-
sen the problems by. any means,
and until conditions become stab-
ilized the average Purchasing
Agent Avill be looked upon by his
employer as the "watch dog" of
the treasury.

In closing I wTill take the lib-
erty of quoting from a recent ar-
ticle, written by one of the lead-
ing business men of the country:

"The watchword in business
management today is economy.
Never in the historv of business

has the reduction of expenses
been given more thought and to-
day, more than ever, has the Pur-
chasing Agent the opportunity of
showing the Managers of his com-
pany the fallacy of the time-worn
phrase, "necessary evil," that has
been so frequently and in most
cases unjustly applied to the Pur-
chasing Agent and his Depart-
ment. The Purchasing Agent of
the real executive calibre is meet-
ing this opportunity and is tak-
ing his stand among the officers of
his Company. Already we are
beginning to note a change in the
attitude of business men and in
particular those who employ men
to safeguard the purchases of
their Company. Business men to-
day realize that money can be
made in the Purchasing Depart-
ment as well as in the Sales De-
partment. More and more do we
hear from the economists and
business writers on the subject of
buying and its importance to pres-
ent day business."

Minatare Office Closed

The position of cashier for the
Minatare factory has been discon-
tinued and the accounts have been
transferred to the General Office.

The Scottsbluff factory office
will handle the Minatare store ac-
count. Anything relating to the
materials or supplies at Minatare
should be taken up with Scotts-
bluff. All other matters affecting
the accounting should be referred
to the auditor's office.

"Every man is the architect of
his own fortune," but how many
try to build a cupola before they
do the foundation.

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Market Conditions

By J. C. James

How does the commercial world
regard the immediate future and
its possibilities?

Business a year ago- stood sway-
ing in all four geographical direc-
tions. There was a decided feel-
ing of uncertainty in the atmos-
phere which was depressing and
which did cause a semi-depression.
But business as a whole in 1921
showed remarkable courage and a
fighting ability characteristically
American.

Today as we stand on the thres-
hold of a new year, we are about
to reap the results of a year's bat-
tle against odds which at times
appeared unconquerable. It is
generally believed that the process
of liquidation has passed the peak
and is largely on the decline.

A certain measure of confidence
has come into business delibera-
tions that gives the most desired
factor toward renewed manufac-
turing and agricultural activity.

Many features have contributed
to this much desired end — the ex-
cellent banking situation, the slow-
er rate of price declines, the par-
tial recoveries in many business
lines and the gradual improve-
ment in the international situa-
tion.

The last is a factor upon which
great value should be placed. The
results possible from the arma-
ments conference and from the set-
tlement of the Irish difficulty
have had powerful influence on
the popular mind.

The banking situation particu-
larly is good — loans are in moder-
ate amounts and the potentiality

for credit expansion within sound
limits is far reaching. One of the
first steps in an upward move-
ment toward renewed prosperity
is increasing bond prices, increase
ing thrift and declining interest
rates.

With increasing thrift is com-
ing a period of greater efficiency.
As more people are out of work
those who are employed give
greater attention to their work and
consequently do it with more ab-
sorbing interest and efficiency.

The impression should not be
gained that all market conditions
are favorable.

Export demand has decreased.

The tariff is in an unsettled con-
dition, making for uncertainty at
a time when there is great fear of
an invasion of cheap European
merchandise.

Most potent of all adverse fac-
tors is the plain fact that the pub-
lic is not buying beyond actual
requirements.

Efficiency in Buying

"How much vas dose collars?"

"Two for a quarter."

"How much for vun?"

"Fifteen cents."

"Giff me de odder vun."

Hey, Griff!

"What has become of the tin
locomotive and train of cars I
gave you on your birthday?"

"All smashed up," replied the
small boy. "We've been playing
government ownership." — Wash-
ington Star.

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Romance of Our Raw Materials

By E. B. Staples

When purchase of an article is
made one is more or less interest-
ed in its history. Various kinds
of commodities used in our factor-
ies for the purpose of making sug-
ar have to go through many and
varied processes before reaching
us. The history of a few articles

RUBBER

Rubber is found in the tropics,
the best being known as pure para,
from the Amazon region. Rubber
trees are grooved and a spigot is
placed at the bottom, from which
the sap or rubber flows. The gath-
erer prepares the fluid for market
by pouring it over a stick and re-
volving the stick in dense yellow
smoke given off by oily palm nuts.
The smoking process gives the
rubber its toughness. As each lay-
er hardens additional fluid is add-
ed to the growing ball until it is
about the size of a man's head.

These balls are transported to
the rubber factories in New Eng-
land, New Jersey, Ohio and Illi-
nois. Upon entering the factory
these balls are split in halves with
sharp knives and are put into
washers and beaters, much the
same as our beet washers except
the pounding is more severe. This
beating and soaking softens the
rubber so it can be run between
iron rollers to flatten the rubber
into sheets.

The secret formulae of chemists
are used to make rubber into dif-
ferent consistencies. Asphaltum,
red lead, scrap rubber, clay and
sulphur are used. Without" these
additions rubber would melt and

run under heat. Mr. Goodyear
solved the problem by accidentally
dropping rubber containing sul-
phur on a hot stove which caused
it to vulcanize.

This method of molding and
baking rubber reminds one of
mother's bread. While a great
many mothers use the same formu-
la, their bread tastes different.
And so with rubber. The amount
of heat applied determines wheth-
er it is under-cured or over-cured,
in other words, doughy, burnt or
just right.

PACKING

From rubber we get a great deal
of packing by vulcanizing it with
cotton cloth.

Asbestos is also a basis of pack-
ing and comes mostly from the
mines in Quebec, Canada. It is
picked up like nuggets, in buck-
ets. These nuggets are from three
to six inches long. From the long-
er fibre the better materials are
made, and price is gauged on the
length.

BABBITT METAL

From the tin mines in the Straits
Settlement and China, direct to
the furnaces in America, tin is
transported in the form of pig
tin. The pure tin is smelted out,
mixed with lead, copper, zinc and
antimony, all in a molten form.
The proportions of each metal
used, and the pureness of the met-
als, determine the value of the
babbitt obtained.

Babbitt, as you know, is used
for the wearing or bearing sur-
faces in our factories. Where the
wear is heavy and slow, babbitt

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consists mostly of lead to with-
stand the great loads. Where the
wear is lighter and speedier the
babbitt consists mostly of tin.

Babbitt can be made from scrap
materials or from virgin metals,
but for our purposes we insist on
best virgin metals being used, be-
cause a burned out bearing can
close down a factory, especially if
it occurs on a main engine.

IRON

Iron is one of the great basic
metals. At the blast furnace the
iron is smelted into bars or pigs, as
they are called. These bars or pigs
are mixed or alloyed with man-
ganese and other metals to form
steel. By mixing with scrap and
placing in blast furnaces between
layers of coke, it is melted and
poured into molds to form various
shapes of machinery.

The molds for cast iron pipes
are long steel tubes. The hollow
part of the pipe is made by insert-
ing a wooden wrapped core in the
center of these tubes and the mol-
ten metal poured around this core.

One of the most interesting-
sights is the pouring of steel cast-
ings. The sparks fly in all direc-
tions like shooting stars and are
full of briliant colors. Modern
steel furnaces are electrically
heated. The molten contents are
poured into ladles and carried to
the molds by overhead cranes.
Pouring steel into the molds is a
very important part of the work
and must be precisely timed. If
it is poured too fast, the air does
not escape completely from the
mold and forms air pockets in the
casting, which is a decided weak-
ness. If the metal is poured too
slow it cools more rapidly at one
part of the casting than the other,

which makes the casting uneven
in tensile strength.

The molds for casting are made
of wood and sand and the cores of
baked sand. When the casting has
sufficiently cooled it is taken from
the mold and cleaned with emery
wheels; it is then ready for a ma-
chine shop.

From the few illustrations pre-
sented, we can see that materials
come from all parts of the earth
to be assembled and put into con-
dition for the purpose of manu-
facturing sugar.

Volumes of romance have been
written about all commodities.
The vision and fortitude of men
and nations have made possible
this present day of industrial
progress and advancement.

Some Questions The

Purchasing Department

Might Ask Edison

Who discovered Billings ? Why ?

Is caustic soda a soft drink?

Do salesmen ever use the word
Quality ? Service ?

Where do you bicarbonate?

Isn't our surplus minus ?

What is a spare list? And
where ?

What is the R. P. M. of hootch?

Why don't we buy the coal?

How much Paris Green is need-
ed this summer?

Where is the Purchasing De-
partment of yesteryear?

Why is the Purchasing Depart-
ment doing the Radetsky?

How many bags next campaign ?

He — "There'll be a lot of disap-
pointed girls when I marry."

She — "For heaven's sake ! How
many do you expect to marry?"

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BAG FACTORY

By E. R. Evans

Industries of today are all close-
ly related, the sugar industry
seeming to depend more on other
manufacturers than any other we
know of. It is no wonder then
that our officials' interest should
journey far afield and be intimate-
ly and sometimes anxiously con-
cerned with a boll weevil epidemic
in the southern cotton states or a
flooded district in India.

The latter seems far remote un-
til it is recalled that from India
comes all the jute that is used in
the outside sugar bags.

It is especially essential that the
purchasing agent is kept informed
on conditions in these localities,
for when one realizes that our
Company consumes annually in
producing their sugar bags ap-
proximately eight and a quarter
million yards of burlap made from
jute fiber and eight million yards
of sheeting produced 'from the
southern cotton, the importance is
manifest.

Hessian cloth or what is better
knoAvn in this country as burlap
is used in the outside bag. This
cloth is made from jute vegetable
fibre, which grows similar to sug-
ar cane. It is of very quick growth,
maturing in about four months.
India seems to have the best adapt-
ed climate for growing this jute,
and cultivation is carried on prin-
cipally by small tenant farmers.

All of our burlap is shipped to
us from Calcutta, India, and
reaches us in bales of twenty bolts
of one hundred yards each. These
are covered with heavy bale cover-
ing and bound with four flat steel

bands. The commercial term ap-
plied in ordering our special size
and weight of burlap is 36-inch —
9 oz. to 40-inch burlap, and means
a piece 36 inches wide by 40 inch-
es long weighs nine ounces. We
find a great difference in the sever-
al mill makes received, some very
poor in weave, causing a waste of
time in handling while other
makes are of uniform construc-
tion.

The material for the inside bags
is commercially known as 36-inch
5.50 yard 48x40 count Sheeting.
The term 5.50 yard refers to the
weight of the cloth. Five and one
half yards 36 inches wide weighs
a pound. -48x40 refers to the num-
ber of threads to the square inch.

This goods reaches us on rolls
of continuous length of about 1,-
500 yards covered with paper and
burlap or in bales of about 2,000
yards. The latter are arranged in
bolts of from thirty to two hun-
dred yards, each covered with
heavy paper and light Aveight bur-
lap bound with four ropes or bale
ties.

The machines in our bao- factory
are motor driven and include fold-
ing, sewing, patching, printing
and baling machines.

For the first operation in the
manufacture of sugar bags Ave
lay the several bolts of burlap or
sheeting out on dollies, so the ends
can be seAved together making a
continuous length of cloth about
tAvo thousand yards long. These
dollies are placed behind the fold-
ers. The goods are pulled into
these machines bA^ tAvo rollers to

BAG FACTORY VIEWS

1 — Original bale of burlap and burlap laid out on dolly. 2 — Sheeting and ourlap folding
machines. 3 — Bag saving machines. 4 — Bag turning. 5 — Printing press. 6 — Interlining.
7 — Bags ready for baler. 8 — Baler.

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a double faced blade which travels
back and forth over a cutting ta-
ble, the cloth being gripped by
sharp tooth jaws on the top, sup-
ported from below by cloth cover-
ed jaws held in place by heavy
coil springs. These jaws are ar-
ranged so that the sheeting ma-
chine measures the goods forty-
two inches, the burlap is measured
forty-three inches. One hundred
and fifty folds are made on the
sheeting and one hundred on the
burlap machine, the count being
registered on an automatic coun-
ter. This also gives us a check on
the yardage in each bale. The ma-
terial is then cut through the cen-
ter by an electric cutting machine.
This gives us the cloth in bundles
ready for the sewing machine.
The bundles are stacked on trucks
with a brass chip on top of each
bundle, to give us the correct count
sewed by each operator at the end
of the day's work.

The sewing operation is one that
requires considerable skill and
speed on the part of the operator.
The •machines are driven at a
speed of approximately 2,900 R.
P. M. Power is controlled on each
separate machine by a transmitter
between the driving shaft and the
sewing machine head. A foot ped-
al is connected to the transmitter
for each operator. Many of our
operators have become so efficient
on these machines that they rarely
stop between bags, not even to cut
the thread, this leaves a short chain
between each bag which is cut and
bag inspected by an inspector sta-
tioned in front of the sewing oper-
ators. As the bag is inspected it
is again piled on trucks prior to
sending the burlaps to the print-
ing press and the white bags to

the interliners. On account of the
burlap bag being sewed with a
folded seam it is necessary to turn
it in order to get the seam on the
inside. This turning is done on
two five foot upright boards, side
by side, with prongs on top made
of maple to allow the bag to move
freely over them. Three girls are
required for this operation to
maintain the speed of one printing
press. Two girls are stationed on
one side of the turning stands
placing the bags over them while
the third girl is on the opposite
side and facing the other two re-
moving the bags. The bags are
then convej^ed to the printing-
press operator who feeds them in-
to the printing press. On the
press an automatic counter is in-
stalled where each bag is counted
as printed and piled on trucks of
five hundred each, then moved to
a set of interliners. Here the two
bags are combined. A set of inter-
liners consists of three girls, one
between and two on the outside of
two ironing board shaped forms
also prong shaped on one end. The
middle operator places the white
bag over the form while the out-
side girls draw the burlap over it.
Again the bags are rechecked as
to count at this station, each out-
side girl counting the bags into
bundles of twenty-five, laying
them on trucks alternating ends.
On completion of each truck the
bags are ready for baling. Here
chains are placed around the bale'
and it is lifted into the baler
where a pressure of one hundred
tons is applied to the completed
bags. The bale is covered with
heavy wrapping, bound with four
wires and is ready for shipment.
In the event shipment of a car

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cannot be made on completion of
an order, it sometimes becomes
necessary for us to stack the bales.
In piling, we make a practice of
always starting the piles with the
bales laid so that only one bag
touches the floor. The reason for
this is that should water get on
the floor only a few bags would be
affected, otherwise all would be
damaged.

Last January the Bag Factory
schedule was laid out to produce
20,000 bags per day, but owing to
the unprecedented results accom-
plished by the Sugar Factories it
was necessary to increase the pro-
duction to an average of 30,000
bags per day for the last month of
the campaign and on several days
we reached the maximum of 33,-
500 bags.

With all the factories depend-
ing upon us for bags, had a case of
smallpox developed or an accident

of any kind happened to our ma-
chinery no doubt more than one
factory would have been without
containers to hold their sugar.

Reports after the campaign
closed show our carry-over for the
sixteen factories is only 140,000
bags. This was unheard of in the
past and without the bag factory
accomplishment Avould have been
difficult. Our operators are to be
commended for their unfailing ef-
forts during the strenuous days of
the past campaign. A record was
made that will long stand.

We wish to take this opportun-
ity to congratulate Mitchell on her
success, but we wish also to say
that had the Bag Factory been in-
cluded among the Sugar Factor-
ies in the efficiency race, the blue
flag would now be waving in the
soft breezes over the Central
Warehouse, 21st and Blake Sts.,
Denver, Colorado.

PAINT

By A. D. Cottingham

A little paint covers a large
area and such a widesp reading
subject can be touched but light-
ly in a short article.

Painting as an art is thousands
of years old but commercial paint-
ing is of comparatively recent de-
velopment and it is paint for
commercial purposes that is the
subject of this article.

Paint now occupies an import-
ant place in the industrial world
and in recent years a great deal
has been added to our knowledge
of paint materials and of their
importance as a protective coat-
ing for wood and steel.

Paint consists of two parts, the
pigment and the vehicle. The
word pigment strictly used means
color, but the paint manufactur-
ers use it in a broader sense to in-
clude any insoluble materials
which are in suspension in paint.
The vehicle is the liquid portion
of the paint.

The pigment gives paint its
color, its covering capacity, its
hiding power and its protective
quality. The ancients knew only
the Avhite, red, yellow, black,
green, purple and blue pigments.
The white, red and yellow were
earthen materials, the black was

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obtained from charred wood, the
green came from copper mines
and the origin of the purple and
blue are unknown. White lead
is a later development though it
has been known for more than
two thousand years. In recent
years and particularly in the last
fifty years, a great many new and
valuable pigments have been
made available to the paint manu-
facturer.

In addition to the colors there
are other valuable materials
used which are known as ex-
tenders or fillers. The extend-
ers include materials like barytes,
silica, asbestine, clay, gypsum and
calcium carbonate.

The best known pigment is
white lead which is not only one
of the principal pigments used in
making white paint but serves as
the base for making many col-
ored paints. For hundreds of
years white lead was used almost
exclusively for making white
paints and even now there are
many Avho think that white lead
mixed only with linseed oil makes
the best possible white paint, and
the only pure paint. They look
upon zinc oxide, barytes, litho-
pone, silica, and the like, as adul-
terants which are added to cheap-
en the product. It has been
found, however, that when prop-
erly used the newer pigments are
very valuable, and some of them
are not less expensive than white
lead. Their presence in paint
does not necessarily indicate
fraud. The manufacturer may be
supplying the materials best ad-
apted to the particular service for
which the paint is required.
Mixed paint cannot be made
without the addition of some light

material to assist in keeping the
lead in suspension while the paint
is in the cans.

Through many tests, paint
manufacturers and chemists have
also learned tliat generally a sin-
gle pigment does not make as good
paint as a combination of pig-
ments. There is no denying that
white lead and linseed oil make a
very good paint for use under
some conditions, but the addition
of zinc oxide and silica in the
right proportions has been found
to produce a better paint. White
lead alone is soft and chalks eas-
ily, zinc oxide alone drys very
hard and cracks, but a combina-
tion of the two produces a paint
in which the defects of the indi-
vidual pigments are minimized.
Silica added serves to keep the
other pigments in suspension,
makes the paint work better and
gives it what is known as tooth, so
that the following coat will adhere.
Innumerable other examples
could be given to show the ad-
vantage of combining pigments.
The selection and combination
of pigments depends entirely on
how and where the paint is to be
used. Paint that is satisfactory
for interior use may not stand
exposure to weather, or paint
that wears well at ordinary tem-
peratures may break down if ap-
plied to a surface that gets very
hot. Paint that gives excellent
protection to wood may be de-
structive if applied to steel, and
paint that is otherwise good may
fail if exposed to acid fumes or
gases.

The paint manufacturers are
always glad to give users informa-
tion relative to the best paint for
any particular service.

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Important as the pigments are,
they would be of little value used
by themselves. Dry white lead
applied to a surface would afford
little more protection than so much
flour. The pigment grains or par-
ticles must be held together by
some sort of binder and that is one
purpose of the vehicle. The ve-
hicle generally consists of lin-
seed oil, oil dryer, and a volatile
thinner such as turpentine.

Uusually the greater part of
the vehicle is the oil, which car-
ries the pigment in suspension.
Linseed oil, which is produced
from the flax seed, is the princi-
pal oil used for paint, but others
such as soya bean oil, corn oil,
China wood oil and Menhaden
(fish) oil, have been found to be
very valuable. For certain pur-
poses the China wood and Men-
haden oils are superior to lin-
seed. The oil in the vehicle drys
with a gloss finish but sometimes
varnish is added to the vehicle to
make the paint dry with a very
high gloss and a very smooth sur-
face. If it is defeired that the
paint have a flat, lusterless finish,
the proportion of oil is decreased
and the proportion of thinner is
increased.

The driers are added to the ve-
hicle to make the oil dry more
quickly. They are known by vari-
ous names, but are usually lead,
manganese or cobalt in solution.

The only volatile thinner known
for years was turpentine, distilled
from the sap of the long-leaf
southern pine. Now there are sub-
stitutes that have proven quite sat-
isfactory. Refined petroleum or
mineral spirits is the principal
substitute though some coal tar
products are used. Turpentine is

considered to be the best thinner
for paint used as a priming coat
on wood because it penetrates bet-
ter, but for other paints the substi-
tutes are quite as good and are less
expensive. The thinner makes the
paint work easier and spread far-
ther and it evaporates soon after
the paint is applied.

In the case of whitewash and
hot or cold water paints, water is
the vehicle. The water, of course,
evaporates quickly and, it being
necessary to have a binder, some
material like glue or casein is add-
ed.

Of so great importance has
paint become as a protective agent
for wood and steel, as a decorative
material, and for other purposes,
that a great deal of time and
thought can profitably be devoted
to its selection. Its value is well
expressed in the paint manufac-
turers' slogan: "Save the surface
and you save all."

Right Kind of Girl

The Scot telegraphed his mar-
riage proposal. After waiting all
day at the telegraph office for a
reply, he received the affirmative
answer late 'at night.

"Well, if I were you," said the
operator, "I'd think twice before
I married a girl who kept me
waiting so long for an answer."

"Na, na," said the Scot, "the girl
for me is the girl who waits for
the night rates."

His Application

An alien filled out his natural-
ization blank thus:
Name: Jacob Lavinski.
Born: Yes.
Business: Rotten.

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Paper vs. Beet Sugar Manufacture

By Frank H. Carroll

Of all the multitudinous sta-
tionery and office supplies pur-
chased by the Great Western Sug-
ar Company, paper represents by
far the greatest portion, both in
volume and value, Every member
of the organization, without ex-
ception, uses paper in some of its
various forms, and many of you
no doubt have wondered how the
different kinds and grades of pa-
per are made. It would be quite
as impossible to explain in detail
the manufacture of paper in an
article of this size as to tell all
about the sugar beet industry in
the same space. However, that is
not necessary, and a few high
lights might be of interest.

In the first place, there is a very
striking similarity in the methods
or general processes of paper and
beet sugar manufacture, as will be
noted in the descriptions to follow.
Primitive man first wrote on rocks
with sharp instruments. Later he
began to use other materials such
as clay, bark, papyrus, skins of
animals, metal, wood, parchment,
linen and wax. But paper once
discovered outstripped them all.
The Chinese are credited with or-
iginating the manufacture of pa-
per from silk waste, but the Egyp-
tians made the earliest material
resembling modern paper from the
stem of the papyrus. Later the
Hindus and Persians developed
the Chinese art so that paper could
be made from the inner bark of
mulberry trees and the fiber of the
cotton plant reduced to a pulp.
The nomadic Arabs obtained the
secret of the art from the Per-

sians in 704 A. D., and then trans-
mitted them to the Moors of
Spain, whence paper-making rap-
idly spread to France and Eng-
land and other European coun-
tries.

In the modern manufacture of
paper, waste rags from the tex-
tile industries, and wood — mainly
spruce — constitute the principal
raw materials from which paper is
made, the former for the high
grade writing papers, and the lat-
ter for the lower grades, such as
cheap writing paper, newsprint,
wrapping, etc.

Vast forests of spruce trees are
cut over annually to furnish pulp
wood for the paper industry. Af-
ter felling, the trees are cut into
four-foot logs, which are either
hauled to the mills or conveyed
there by water (beet flumes.) The
logs are then barked or peeled
(beet topping), washed in hot
water (beet washer), and carried
by an endless chain conveyor
(beet elevator) to the chippers
(slicers) where they are sliced
into small pieces or chips. These
chips, after being sifted over wire
screen, are then conveyed on an
endless belt (cossette conveyor)
to the digester, an upright cylin-
drical boiler, forty-two feet high
and fifteen feet in diameter with
a capacity of sixteen cords of
wood (battery diffusion cell).
Here the chips are cooked in sul-
phurous acid heated by live steam
for eight to sixteen hours. After
cooking the pulp is blown from
the digester to a series of tanks
called "blow - tubs" (blow - ups),

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where the cooking liquor is drain-
ed off and the pulp thoroughly
washed. A screening process (Fil-
ters) then takes place to eliminate
coarse particles and dirt, and from
thence the pulp is pumped to a
thickener (Evaporators). As the
name implies, this machine is for
the purpose of eliminating some
of the water and thickening the
pulp the same as the evaps thicken
the juice. The method of thicken-
ing is different though, for it is
accomplished by a squeezing proc-
ess instead of by evaporation. Next
follows the bleaching of the pulp
in a large tank filled with electro-
lytic bleach liquor and equipped
with a screw propeller, after which
it is again washed and thickened.

Kag pulp is developed under
practically the same process as the
one just described for wood or sul-
phite pulp, except that the rags
are cooked in the digesters with
lime or soda ash instead of sul-
phurous acid.

Now comes the mixing of the
rag and the sulphite pulps accord-
ing to the grade of paper desired,
the more rag content the higher
grade paper will result. This is
accomplished in a large tub or ma-
chine called a beater (Mixer),
where the two kinds of pulp are
uniformly blended. Alum and
rosin sizing are added to the stock
here and it is then pumped to the
refining engine (White Pans)
where the pulp fibre is converted
into varying degrees of fineness
as desired.

From the refiner it goes to the
storage chest (Pan Storage
Tanks), thence to the stuff box.
Out of the stuff box through a
delicately adjusted gate it flows
in a wet sheet onto a wire- cloth

endless belt varying in width
from sixty to over 200 inches, and
from thirty to one hundred feet
long. The first resemblance to a
sheet of paper is noted here.

As the sheet of wet pulp passes
along on this wire-cloth belt the
water is drained from it (Centrif-
ugals), and by a lateral shake of
the belt the fibres are interwoven.
The sheet then goes under a cylin-
der called the "dandy roll" where
the Avater mark is impressed, and
from thence onto felt belts,
through press rolls, over heated
cylinders (Dryer), through sizing
baths, etc., until the finished sheet
comes out ready for trimming,
packing, and shipment into the
market.

The paper industry ranks sev-
enth among the leading industries
of this country, and paper itself
is now indispensable in the eco-
nomic life of the civilized world.

Back- Fired

When the clock struck "12", fa-
ther came to the head of the stairs,
and in a loud voice asked : "Young
man is your 'self-starter' out of
order tonight?"

"It doesn't matter," retorted the
young man, "as long as there is a
crank in the house."

Did the Devil Bid?

"Yes," said the specialist at the
Purchasing Agent's bedside, "I
can cure you."

"WTiat will it cost?"

"Ninety-five dollars."

"You'll have to shade your price
a little," replied the P. A. "I have
a better bid from the undertak-
er."

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Re-Sale of Company Material

By H. R. Domby

It is possible that the old saying
to the effect that "if you keep any-
thing* seven years you Avill find use
for it," applies to the box of old
screws, rivets, bolts, locks, keys,
etc., found in the basement or
workshop of the head of the av-
erage household, but it certainly
does not apply to the discarded
equipment of the modern manu-
facturing plant of today, for the
sooner machinery and supplies
that have lost their usefulness are
disposed of the better for the own-
er.

In a great many instances equip-
ment is removed from service due
to the installation of other ma-
chines having refinements and im-
provements that contribute great-
ly toward economy of operation
or increased output, or both, and
in such cases it is best to dispose
of the old equipment before it be-
comes entirely obsolete, provided
that same is not suitable, or need-
ed, for some other service within
the company's operations.

As a general rule, a piece of
equipment that is in service gets
much better care and protection
from the elements than one that
has been discarded and this is an-
other reason for disposing of such
equipment as soon as it has been
definitely determined that same
will no longer be needed for Com-
pany work.

Generally speaking, Ave are now
facing a downward trend in prices
and this should act as another in-
centive to sell surplus equipment
as rapidly as possible.

The sale, or re-sale, of used

equipment and supplies differs a
great deal from the regular sale
of standard and uniform products,
in that one does not have regular
channels or sources of outlet for
marketing same. The average
sales manager has to a large ex-
tent a few definitely outlined chan-
nels of consumption and his efforts
in a large measure are concentrat-
ed along these lines, making a
study of the needs and demands of
his customers and shaping, to a
large measure, the output accord-
ing to these demands.

The diversity of operations of
the Great Western Sugar Com-
pany are so great that the equip-
ment and supplies used are neces-
sarily varied and there is practi-
cally no limit to the number of
possible outlets for our re-sale ma-
terials. The road contractors and
the highway department furnish
a possible outlet for traction ma-
chinery and accessories as well as
blankets, bedding and field instru-
ments, and the nature of their
work also creates some demand
for gasoline engines and other
portable equipment. The farmer
is a prospect for agricultural im-
plements and traction machinery.
The foundry, machine shop and
factory are a possible outlet for
tools, motors, boilers and large
equipment. On the other hand,
there is the man just hanging out
his shingle who will buy a desk, a
typewriter, a rug, drafting equip-
ment, etc., and again, from a larg-
er standpoint, we have the public
utilities, the mine owner and the
building contractors.

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To reach these varied industries
and consumers one must have, at
least, a good general knowledge
of their operations and know what
kind of materials they can be in-
terested in. One of the easiest
ways of spending time and in-
creasing the revenue of the U. S.
Post Office Department, without
any material benefit to oneself, is
to send broadcast a list showing
ten thousand items for sale and in
which the recipient of the list may
be interested in five or ten items.
A business man should have placed
before him, in as personal a man-
ner as possible, such items as
he uses every day in his factory,
his shop or his mine, as the case
may be. Further than that he
must be convinced that you can
and Avill possibly save him some
money or that your goods will give
him some service that will be to
his benefit. The country is full of
houses that will buy equipment
on a speculative basis if they can
get it cheap enough and when they
say "cheap," they mean about 30
to 50 per cent of its actual value.
It would, of course, be no trick to
sell in this manner; in fact, that
would not be selling but giving
the equipment away and is cer-
tainly not a transaction of any
benefit to the company.

There is probably more re-sale
equipment being offered today
than ever before, part of same be-
ing war stocks, either owned by
the Government or by concerns
who had war contracts. To over-
come this competition, one must
have an advantage to show the
prospective purchaser, and this
need not necessarily be in price.
One of the advantages is a repu-
tation ;for a general [policy of

keeping equipment in first-class
working condition. We can con-
scientiously say that we have such
a policy and this is one of our
strongest talking points in the re-
sale work.

To properly price second-hand
equipment for re-sale, it is necesr
sary to have accurate data regard-
ing the market price on identical
new equipment, or if the identical
item is no longer manufactured,
to have prices on new equipment
that is approximately the same,
making proper allowance for age,
condition, lack of refinements, etc.
The question of further declines
or increases in prices of equipment
also affects the Company's policy.

In the care of stock it should
be borne in mind that due to un-
forseen conditions, or possible
changes in shop or factory equip-
ment, almost any article may at a
later date have to be offered for
re-sale and all items should there-
fore be kept in such condition as
to enable us to secure the highest
possible price for same. Drills,
tool bits, engine parts, cold rolled
shafting, etc., should be kept prop-
erly oiled to prevent rusting, and
smaller items should be placed in
either a dust proof container or
wrapped in paper after oiling.
Materials can be disposed of to
much better advantage if in orig-
inal cartons or packages and this
should also be kept in mind and
adhered to whenever practicable.

The results of our re-sale work
have so far been very satisfactory.
However, much material and
equipment still remains unsold
and the Purchasing Department
solicits the aid of all our factory
people in disposing of this sur-
plus material.

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Did This Ever Happen to You?

Dere Frend : i get the valve which i by from you alrite but |

| why for hevin sake you doan sen me no handle, wats the use of |

| the valve when she doan have no handle. I loose to nie my custo- |

| mer sure ting. You doan treet me rite, is my money not so good |

| to you as the other fellow i wate ten daze an my customer he hoi- |

| ler for water like hell by the valve. You no he is hot summer |

| naw and the win he no blow the mell. the valve she got no handle |

| so what the hell i goan to do. You doan sen me the handle pretty |

| queek i sen Her back and I goan order some valve from Joans |

| company, goodby. |

| Your frend, |

| ANTONIA SCHIMINIC DUTRO. 1

| since i rite thees letter i fine the dam handle in the bocks. |

j excuse to me. |

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Looking Backward

By F. H. Richer

In the May, 1920, Sugar Press an article was published calling
attention to the opportunity for profitable investment which existed
in the purchase of United States Bonds, particularly for people of
limited means.

This was followed in the August issue by a further reference to
the same subject, although there was at that time a discouraging ten-
dency to weakness in the current market. To emphasize the wisdom
of purchases made at going prices this expression was used : "For as
certain as the tides is the fact that sooner or later the situation will be
reversed and the present day buyer of these bonds will reap a hand-
some profit on his investment."

There is no suggestion intended that keen financial foresight
prompted what was written at that time, but it is interesting, none-
theless, to note how developments of the past few months have veri-
fied the opinion that the purchaser of government issues was assured
not only absolute security but an almost equally certain profit. The
Table below shows this at a glance :

Approximate Market Eecent

Issue May, 1920 High Price Difference

Liberty 1st 4's $83.50 $ 96.50 $13.00

Liberty 2nd 4's 82.50 96.20 13.70

Liberty 1st 4^'s 84.40 97.50 13.10

Liberty 2nd 4J4's 83.10 97.10 14.00

Liberty 3rd 4J*'s 86.60 97.80 11.20

Liberty 4th 4>4's 83.10 97.40 14.30

Victory 4^'s 95.20 100.20 5.00

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In round figures it is estimated that nearly $2,500,000,000 is repre-
sented in the advance in the market value of Liberty Loan Bonds and
Victory Notes. Because of ill advised sales, or those made through
necessity, not a few individual and corporation investors have failed
to participate in this enhancement, but a substantial percentage of the
holders of government obligations are now in a position to reap the
benefit of their patience and persistence.

It is perhaps not out of place at this time to emphasize the thought
which Avas previously brought out, namely, the fostering of a purpose
to save among the employees of this Company. The doctrine of syste-
matic budgeting to insure the saving of a fair proportion of the family
income is being preached as never before by banks and trust companies
throughout the country. The past two years have been a period of
readjustment and our people individually and collectively have been
compelled to assume a share of the burden that inevitably accompanies
a scaling down of inflated values. Incomes and salaries have been
reduced, and the times call for patience, hard work and careful living.
Normal conduct in individual and business affairs is needed to bring
the situation back to a new era of prosperity, and there is nothing that
will be more helpful along this line than systematic saving from
current earnings.

A Message from An Embryo P. A.

(With Apologies to Ring Lardner, et al.)

Ya know fellers, the Boss called and never rekwisishund, but i'll

me in on tha Axminster t'other tell the world tain't so. Evry

day an' sez ta me, sezze, "Tha Su- wunce in a while we Buyers read

gar Press Ed. has asked tha Pur- a rekwisishun all tha way threw,

chasing Dept. ta fork over copy an' when ya don't git just zactly

for tha Febuary No. an' it's up ta what ya aksed 4 theys usually a

you all ta git busy an' sIioav yure good phizical, legul or morul ree-

litrary talons. Now make it snap- son for it — that is, sumtimes it

py." aint so good, but like Grape-Nuts'

Guess "Ed" figured as how theez ad, "there's a reeson" anyway. Ya

other Deepartments round hear know Ave tryed explainin' ail tha

ain't got nothin' on us in tha way reesons wunct but we had ta put

of pedlin' bunk & Ave 'oughter on so meny xtra tiperiters & rite

have a chancta toot our horn as so meny letters Ave neA^er had no

Avell as them, spechially since time left for buyin'. So tha Boss

Avhen Ave furnish tha copy Avhy all AA^as smart enuff ta see tha way

tha brain Avorlrs done an' it makes things Avas goin' an' he allowed

his job eazier. as how if tha buyin' stopped thare

You birds in tha sticks thinks Avoodn't be nothin' more ta xplain

mebbe Ave don't do nothin' in this an' so he sez "S'no use, boys, it

hear offis 'cept order out a lot o' can't be did."

junk ya never did want nohow, Ya know fellers, Ave pur(se)-

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chasers ain't such bad guys after
all. i don't meen we r after all we
can git, but after you all gits to
no and understand us better. No-
buddy in this hole Dept. ain't got
no grouch on, we's jest kinda
watch-doggin' tha treshury like.
If we didn't do that they mite not
be enuff left at tha end of tha
mo. to go round and on "ghost1'
day Earl Shepard wood say, "sor-
ry, boys, but you spent it all for
the faktrees" an' so ya see thares
one good reeson anyway.

Ya know fellers, this old boat of
ourn has been a rockin perty durn
bad tha past yr. and our good
Cap'n says as how we wether tha
storm or we dont dependin on how
meny of us keeps our seats. An'
by way of elucidashun that dont
meen how many of us hangs onto
our berths, not bye a jugful — or
a half a pint iether. Mebbe ya
didnt read Mr. Lippitts new yr.
messige in tha Dec. Sugar Press
very caret' ulike, but i sure did read
tha same, an my deduckshuns r
sum uf us still is standin up, or at
least bobs up outn our seats 2 f ree-
qwently 4 smooth sailin.

Ya know fellers, sum of the
reks (short for rekwisishuns)
which usta cum in to this hear offis
reminded me of what tha nation-
al budget is goin ta look like.
Course i admit they haint acomin
thataway now but wunce in a
while Eddie Clay or Jim Hume
slips in a stashionary rek which
looks like a claim against tha
Tramway Co. for damages. (U no
what I meen — we'd oughter git
one 1000 so Ave better ask fer twen-
ty) Well of course when such
things happens we jest natcherly r
cumpelled ta "slash the rug" for
reesons which I needntt take up

no more of my valuble time &
Space explainin the same.

But thats all rite fellers, we're
glad to do them things 4 ya &
help ya keep from spendin more'n
yu'll ever git out'n your apropia-
shuns, even tho it does meen more
work in the P. D. its jest a little
xtra servise, which Henry J. is
mitey proud of an of corse we no
hoAv much you all apreeshiates it
2.

As i sed 134 we aint much on
tootin our own horn but let me
say in conklushun fellers we're
hear fer Servise & rarin to go any-
time ya wants sumthin spechial, i.
e., s'longs ya dont want it 2 spech-
ial cause Kongress aint seen fit tu
amend the 18teenth amendment so
far and Ralph Shafer at the Ree-
serch Lab sez he haint worked out
no good safe formula yit.

Frank H. Carroll.

Innocents Abroad

Any Reason Why This Should
Be Anonymous?
When we first considered writ-
ing an article for the Sugar Press
we thought Ave might Avrite about
the Sales Department, but all they
say is "Twenty million tons of Cu-
ban to be sold." Then Ave thought
Ave might write about the Engi-
neering Department, but their
only outburst is, "The boss says
the maintenance has to come
down." We visited the Assistant
General Superintendent Depart-
ment looking for the germ of a
neAv idea, but Avere greeted with
the woeful story, "It's a shame
that the Efficiency flag didnt stay
in Colorado," so after long days
of sleepless nights Ave decided to
Avrite a fable.

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One clay not so long ago a high-
minded gentleman with the edu-
cation idea in his heart took it
upon himself to treat the girls to a
bird's-eve view of a factory.

Now four girls don't seem to be
a crowd, but the fellow who can ex-
plain anything but an automobile
ride is going to be our candidate
to console Sterling for not winning
the Efficiency flag.

We believe we must have picked
the day before the visit of Mr. H.
because house-cleaning was in or-
der and it wasn't spring (no of-
fense). A word to the wise is
quoted as sufficient and relative to
that subject let all visiting parties
make note, that if a cross-eyed
sweeper is manning a hose the
Company is not liable for damage
suits. Most people declare that
they don't mind drowning, but
drowning on dry land and in your
visiting clothes makes the ladies'
self-importance shrivel to noth-
ing.

We won't attempt to tell you of
the awe-producing wonders of the
visit, but the disappointments are
more pertinent to the question of
sugar making.

(1) "Oh girls! We can't get
weighed on the beet scales."

(2) "That cranky old man says
Ave can't ride up in the beet eleva-
tor."

(3) "Raymond Mills has gone
home4 fco we can't see his new
sleeves."

(4) "The grauulator does not
make sugar grains, but it would
make a good hair dryer."

• Beside the pleasure derived this
factory visit was a benefit to at
least one office, for on the follow-
ing day the Pan Correspondence
found its way out of the "Domes-

tic Science File," into an Equip-
ment File, and the Condensor Leg
Scale parted company with the
Anatomy File which seems to have
gone into oblivion.
" That's all there is. There ain't
no more.

ALKALOID

Mamie often wondered why
Acids trouble alkali.
Mamie in a manner placid
Fed the cat boric acid.
Thereupon the cat grew frantic
Cutting many a curious antic.
"Ah!" said Mamie, overjoyed,
"Kitty is an alkaloid."

RUTS

Th' world is full o' ruts, my
bo}r,
Some shaller an' some
deep;
An' every rut is full o' folks
As high as they can heap.
Each one that's growlin' in
the ditch
Is growlin' at his fate,
An' wishin' he had got his
chance
Befor' it was too late.
Thej lay it all on someone
else, or
Say 'twas just their luck —
They never once consider that
'Twas caused by lack o'
pluck,
But here's the word o' one
that's lived
Clean thru, from soup to
nuts ;
Th' Lord don't send no der-
ricks 'round
T' h'ist folks out o' ruts.
— Anon.

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"The Mourners' Bench"

By Gertrude L. Schaeffer

If, as often observed, "our first
impressions are lasting," a caller
on the Purchasing Department
gains an opinion of the Company
by his reception when he comes to
interview a buyer.

Such salesmen become disciples
of good will toward the Company
when their reception is courteous,
pleasant and efficient, and the
sting of many a lost order is re-
moved by the feeling that the hall
attendant was anxious to put the
salesman at his ease and to expe-
dite his call upon the buyer.

The young woman in charge of
the reception room or information
desk ought to be familiar with all
phases of the business of her de-
partment so as to direct the caller
to the proper person without wast-
ing the valuable time of any one
other than the right official or em-
ployee.

We all realize the psychology of
a pleasant greeting and from this
approach the caller never hesitates
to give his name, nature of his bus-
iness and the party whom he de-
sires to interview.

Both salesmen and buyer wish
to conserve their time, wherefore
it is the attendant's duty to make
appointments with dispatch and
in case the official has forgotten
the appointment in the press of
other matters, to remind him of it.

During the wait, the offer to the
interviewer of a paper or a maga-
zine, the availability of a telephone
in case he wishes to use his waiting
time for business purposes and
even perhaps the placing of sta-
tionery- at his disposal while thus

waiting for the buyer, are thought-
ful conveniences which appeal
strongly to modern business men
who aim to utilize every spare mo-
ment.

And thus placed in a pleasant
frame of mind by small courtesies
the salesman is disposed to favor
the buyer to the limit.

There are instances where dis-
courteous treatment has lost op-
portunities of advantageous pur-
chases by companies, and of af-
fronted salesmen who spread dam-
aging reports. In one case, an
hour's wait because the attendant
failed to remind an official of an
appointment, the sequel was so dis-
astrous that a rule was adopted
that no one could keep a party
waiting over fifteen minutes with-
out stepping out and explaining
the situation to him.

New ideas should be incorpor-
ated in advance without first hav-
ing a sad awakening to the need
of service and attention.

Miss Bennet, Avriting on "Wom-
en in Work," lays great stress on
the right person for the right
place. The apparently simple po-
sition of hall attendant or infor-
mation clerk can be developed
along many helpful lines if the
employee is striving to grow with
the increasing demands of the up-
to-date commercial organization.

Misunderstood

"Will you come to the theatre

with me this evening?"

"Have you secured the seats?"
"O, come now, you're not as

heavy as all that."

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TIME

ByJOHNM.SIDDALL, Ed/for of the American Magazine

If You Expect Any Miracles in 1922
YOU Have Got to Perform Them

ONE of the silliest of
human delusions is
the idea that time will
bring everything out
all right. Haven't
you heard people get that off — ■
and then proceed to do nothing
whatever with time.

The most pitiable business fail-
ure I know of was due to a self-
deluded individual in the concern
who did nothing but counsel the
great things that time was going
to do for his business.

"Just wait," was his advice.
"What we need is time. Leave it
to time."

So they did. And in time the
business decayed.

Foolish people leave all sorts of
things to time. Some leave the
question of ill health to time.
Others leave the question of
thrift to time, Only today I
heard of a twenty-five-thousand
dollar-a-year man who at fifty is
spending every nickel he makes
— saving nothing. I suppose he
thinks that God cares for the
ravens, and that God will take
care of him. God will, no doubt,
care for him — just as He cares
for the ravens. But ravens don't
live until they lose their jobs be-
cause of old age. Neither do

they require steam heated apart-
ments, underclothes, and hair
mattresses to sleep on.

Left to itself, time is nothing
but a grand Little passer. Look
how it passes in the desert and in
the Arctic Circle. Plenty of time
— but no potatoes.

Don't leave anything to Father
Time. He won't do anything for
you. He can't. All he does is to
provide you room in which to
perform. If you sit in the corner
and wait for him to do your job,
you'll be disappointed.

Father Time is only a sort of
janitor in the employ of the Al-
mighty. He sees the tenants
come and go. But he has nothing
to do with any of them, cares
nothing about them.

When you enter the arena he
may bow and say, "Good Morn-
ing."

When you check out seventy
or eighty odd years later he may
say, "Good Night."

That however, will be the ex-
tent of his interest in you or
knowledge of you. He sees bil-
lions pass in and out the gate —
dunces, mediocres and bright
boys like Caesar and Willie
Shakespeare. But they all look
alike to him.

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The Sugar Cities~IV--Greeley

By W. S. Garnsey, Jr.

Fourth of a Series in The Sugar Press on the Cities near
which Great Western Sugar Factories are Located

Back in 1870, an Illinois editor,
upon his return from a visit to the
newly-established Greeley Union
Colony, advised his readers:

"There is one thing Ave can and
will say to our uneasy restless
readers : Don't go to Greeley, Col-
orado Territory. That is the last
place on the face of this terrestrial
ball that any human being should
contemplate moving to. It is lo-
cated— -if there be such a thing as
locating a baker's dozen of slab
shanties, as many tool chests, a
great ditch and twenty acres of
prickly pears — on a barren, sandy
plain midway between a poverty-
stricken ranch and a prairie-dog
village. No crops of any descrip-
tion (except prickly pears) can be
produced at Greeley for the next
three years — if indeed anything
but nrickly pears and prairie-dog
holes can ever be raised."

It is fortunate indeed that the
spirit and lack of vision so mani-
fest in the editor were not the pre-
vailing characteristics of the pio-
neers who chose to fight it out on
that "barren, sandy plain," which
is today the site of the prosperous
city of Greeley.

Nathan C. Meeker, who estab-
lished the Union Colony in 1870
and named Greeley for his friend
Horace Greeley of the New York
Tribune, gathered into his band of
colonists a group of sturdy folloAv-
ers who had the vision and de-
termination to stay with the Col-
ony and make it a success.

Out of the efforts of those pio-
neers there has grown an agricul-
tural empire knoAvn as Weld Coun-
ty, which ranks first in Colorado
and twenty-third in the United
States in the value of farm prod-
ucts.

The "baker's dozen of slab shan-
ties" have been replaced by mod-
ern beautiful homes which now
shelter the 12,000 people that com-
prise Greeley's population. It is a
far cry from the conditions exist-
ing in 1870 to those of today. The
steady growth and advancement
made by Greeley can best be real-
ized by a consideration of her pres-
ent advantages.

In educational facilities Greeley
Is richly endowed. yThe State
Teachers College, established in
1890, has grown to rank among the
leading educational institutions of
its kind. In addition to its 2,625
students from all parts of the
country, the Industrial High
School and the Training School
operated in connection with the
College take care of a large num-
ber of younger students. Nine pub-
lic schools, including the Greeley
High School, are supported by the
city.

Twenty-seven active churches,
all strongly supported, play their
part in furnishing religious in-
struction and in maintaining the
city's high standard of moral and
ethical codes.

Greeley is also proud of its fine
water supply, soft, pure mountain

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water from Cache-la-Poudre can-
yon 40 miles away and filtered
carefully.

Located in the heart of the city
and covering two square blocks is
Lincoln Park, bordering which are
public buildings which give the
city a civic center of distinctive
attractiveness. On one corner
stands the Weld County Court
House, erected at a cost of $400,000
and one of the finest court houses
in the State. A fine Elks Lodge
building, the City Hall and the
Public Library also face the Park.
A municipal auditorium is pro-
jected as an addition to the Civic
Center.

While Greeley is the center of
a rich agricultural and livestock
district, there are also several large
manufacturing plants located on
the city's outskirts, which con-
tribute to the community's growth
and help to maintain the city's
reputation as one of the best bus-
iness towns in northern Colorado.
These plants include the Emp-

son Canning Factory, Model Flour
Mills, Greeley Gas and Fuel Com-
pany, The Home Gas and Electric
Company, and a factory of the
Great Western Sugar Company.

Sugar beets are one of the best
crops in the Greeley district, The
beet growers in this district re-
ceive from $900,000 to $1,000,000
annually for their beets. The pay-
roll at the factory during the man-
ufacturing season is a big item.

Greeley is the center of the po-
tato district of northern Colorado
made famous by the "Greeley
Spud."

With fraternal orders, a Cham-
ber of Commerce, Rotary and
Lions clubs and a Country Club
boasting a 9-hole golf course,
Greeley continues to carry out the
high ideals of its founders. Its civ-
ic spirit, its shaded, broad resi-
dence streets, educational advan-
tages above the ordinary and the
lofty standards of its social life
make Greeley an ideal city in
which to live.

(mon

DENVER

MISS OLGA SCHMITZ,
Associate Editor

The brokers were here in Feb-
ruary and all had a gran' and
glorious time. Yesh, shir-ee.

There is only one real cure for
a cold, so wont some one please
give Charley Payne just a wee bit
o' 'ut.

Albert Gallatin is the proud
father of a boy.

The Three Musketeers, Rey-
nolds, Hanscom and Cronin, are
back again.

The sugar family are pleased
to learn that J. D. Pender is now
a member of the firm of Pons-
ford, Carnine and Pender.

Mr. Jenkins has left the com-

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pany's employ, to travel out of
Colorado Springs for the Alexan-
der Hamilton Institute.

Mr. Weeber and family have
gone to San Francisco.

Miss Barrowman is leaving the
company's service on account of
ill health. In her several years'
work here she made a host of
friends who sincerely hope she
will recover soon.

R. LeMoyne has accepted a po-
sition with the Library Bureau.

Poor Jolly thought her type-
writer and chair had been sold
when she was absent for a few
days. She was in favor of throw-
ing up the job until the practical
jokers returned with her furni-
ture.

Miss Baxter is a very welcome
acquisition to the general steno-
graphic force.

Jimmie Campbell — expert shop-
per. Ask Nellie and Margaret.

For bobbed locks see Jennie
Browne. Very becoming, too.

Miss Mohan and Miss Keenan
lost an ordinary chair by a re-
trenchment move but gained a
whole hall bench for their vis-
itors.

WINDSOR

JOHN H. LEESEMAN,
Associate Editor

Sewers frozen, piping frozen,
three feet of frost to dig through,
makes the life of the pipe gang
very enjoyable. Millen had the
pleasure of a visit from the pipe
gang, cause — frozen sewer. M. A.
Billing also was favored by a visit
from us and Jack Frost in the
vicinity of the sewer and water
line. Glory be unto Spring !

At the company farm, two and
one-half miles southeast of Wind-

sor on Feb. 14 and 15, was held
what was and will be known as
the greatest farm auction sale ever
held in northern Colorado. The
weather man seemed to work in
conjunction with Manager Clark
and his associates, the weather be-
ing ideal for such a sale — not too
warm to be stifling and not too
cold to be uncomfortable. Joe
Hayes and "Dutch" Heyler kept
the croAvd jnoving and buying. At
3 o'clock the first day the enor-
mous pile of farming implements
and accessories were disposed of
in due form, the sale of which
turned into the coffers of the
Company $6,900. This pile of
material had to be seen to appre-
ciate the job of handling it. The
second day was devoted to selling
horses and mules, receipts $12,700.
The crowd was estimated at about
3,000 people the first day and
about 2,000 the second.

Agricultural Superintendent Ed
Walter has been quite ill the past
month. He is improving.

One of the greatest shocks to
the community came when the
Farmers State Bank of Windsor
failed to open its doors. All de-
positors feel confident of a pay-
out of 100 cents on the dollar, ul-
timately.

Examining the catchalls and
baffles on condenser lines and
evaps seems to be a job that is
sought after by Ernest Primmer.
He says that going in is all right,
but coining out is a horse of an-
other color. According to Scotty
Galloway, after several attempts
to remove him, he decided to
shoot him and save his life, but
right here arrives the timely Punk
Hemmerle and saved Ernest. He
says he is o-oino: to train down be-

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fore entering such places again.

The two small children of H.
S. Brewer have been very sick
with influenza the past week, but
are now rapidly improving.

FORT COLLINS

W. L. GREEN and BYRON ALBERT,
Associate Editors

A comparison of weather tem-
peratures at Fort Collins and
Loveland would lead one- to believe
that our neighboring city is situ-
ated near the banana belt. After a
bit of investigating by one of our
local papers, it was found that the
official thermometer at Loveland
is the one at the Sugar Factory,
and it is located in the boiler room.
Why have any zero weather, Love-
land?

Hazel Cope, for several years a
member of our stenographic force,
was a recent visitor from Denver,
where she is employed in the Gen-
eral Office.

Charlie Lynn has been quite sick
for some time, having been con-
fined to his home with an attack of
pneumonia. He is now improving.

The fewT spring-like days have
brought out the golf bugs. Ferd
Klingenberg, however, has fur-
nished himself with arctics, ear-
muffs, gauntlet gloves and a heavy
sweater and can now be found on
the Country Club course every
Sunday regardless of weather. He
experienced considerable difficulty
at first with snow on parts of the
course, but this has now been over-
come by providing himself with a
half dozen red golf balls.

"Heinie" Heumesser,, although
on the job, is still suffering from
a campaign injury of the back.

Stick-up men have been plying
their vocation in Fort Collins this

winter, among the victims being
Wm. Henderson, pulp silo boss,
who was held up on the Poudre
River bridge a few mornings ago.
Bill put up a bold front and saved
his cash.

A. II. Edwards, formerly a
member of the Greeley laboratory
force, is now in charge of the lime-
stone quarry laboratory at Ingle-
side, succeeding C. J. Haven, who
has resigned to enter a local manu-
facturing proposition.

Dave Mahoney has been absent
for several days due to the serious
illness of his wife. We hope she
will have recovered by the time
The Press is out.

Walking is the popular pastime
now that the Municipal Street
Railway has discontinued inter-
campaign street car service on the
factory branch. The railway man-
agement has not given definite
notice with reference to car service
during the campaign, but it is be-
lieved that they will operate a car
during this period of the year.

LOVELAND

R. HENDERSON and V. V. HARTMAN,
Associate Editors

Shop Foreman Burke an-
nounces the arrival of another
daughter. Assistant Master Me-
chanic Starbuck is now tied for
the high honors each having seven
children and so the battle rages
with Bo Berry still in the run-
ning.

In our last Press we read with
considerable interest the gloAving
account of the big apple theft per-
petrated some seven vears ago in
the famous "Valley of the Nile,"
It reminded some old timers at
this Factory of a few incidents in
which the author of the aforesaid

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article was a leading character,
just a few of which are related.

In about 1894 the hero of our
story started his vocation as sugar
boiler in a small town in Califor-
nia. At that time to be a good citi-
zen it was necessary to partake of
a certain portion of the town's wet
goods. One evening after fulfill-
ing his duties as a citizen he re-
tired in the best of spirits, but
suddenly awakened with such a
headache ! Arising to look for a
suitable place to feed the fishes,
he spied an open window, but in
his haste he failed to notice the
screen, which gave with the force
of his head. Wishing to withdraw
his head from the window, his ears
and other portions of his anatomy
prevented the same from occur-
ring. A few war whoops from the
victim aroused the entire house-
hold and he was rescued from his
plight without serious injury.

Upon his arrival in the Gree-
ley organization the gentleman
proudly announced his birthday
upon a certain date. He was im-
mediately informed of the usual
custom on such occasions to give
a little party at which a light
lunch and a barel of beer were al-
ways appropriate. The party was
a howling success and all pro-
nounced the gentleman a royal en-
tertainer, but needless to say after
this event no one else ever had a
birthday.

Gus Hushman, veteran Assist-
ant Superintendent, was agree-
ably surprised by his fellow work-
men at an oyster feed given in his
honor at the Lovelander Hotel,
the evening of Feb. 3rd. The oc-
casion celebrated his 39th birth-
day, also the fact of his leaving
the Company to engage in busi-

ness in Long Beach, California.
Upon a request of G. M. Shaffer
for an interview at the hotel be-
fore his departure, Gus was lured
into the dining room only to be-
hold the smiling faces of his
many friends.

After the feed Mr. Berry acted
as toastmaster and told of Mr.
Hushman's entrance into life on
Ground Hogs' Day 1883, his ar-
rival in Loveland in company
with a nearby Superintendent in
C. & S. car number 16482, after
which he started his career with
the Great Western in 1901.

Mr. Shaffer spoke of Gus'
sterling qualities, his . pep, ambi-
tions, knowledge of the sugar
business which he stated helped
to raise the capacity of the Great
Western from 500 tons per day
in 1901 to its present capacity.

N. R. McCreery spoke of the
loss of Gus to the Company and
community. Messrs. McCreery,
Shaffer, Hushman, Berry and
Timpke of those present started
their careers with the Great West-
ern at that time.

Other talks were made by
Messrs. Mooney, Sykes, Sunder-
land, Scilley and Timpke, all be-
ing reminiscences of the old days
in which, apparently, John Bar-
leycorn seemed to play a leading
part.

Eddie Catlett presented Mr.
Hushman a small remembrance
from his co-workers, after which
Gus thanked the boys and told of
his pleasant associations at the
Loveland factory.

Late reports find Gus in New
Mexico motoring through to Cali-
fornia, so far having had no tire
or motor troubles.

The following report from our

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Secretary shows our Mutual Bene- the total claims allowed were
fit Society still making progress $310, the largest amount paid out
financially, although last month in one month since organization.

RECEIPTS

Receipts from dues (20 months) $3,411.25

Interest from saving account •. 8.00

Total $3,419.25

DISBURSEMENTS

Total amount paid on claims $2,283.80

Total amount paid Sec. stationery, etc 209.43

Total $2,493.23 $2,493.23

Balance on hand Feb. 1, 1922 $ 926.02

Cash in Bank $ 418.02

Certificate of deposit 508.00

Total number of claims paid, 71. $ 926.02 $ 926.02

Average amount per claim, $28.91.

LONGMONT

MISS CORA L. McGREW and FRED
WARNER, Associate Editors

We fail to understand the real
reason, but it seems it was neces-
sary to get a second wind before
final authorization of appropria-
tions for this year's maintenance
was made. We hope to profit by
the lay-off. ■

Storeroom Keeper Franz now
says, "Myself and gang." The
gang consists of one 225-pound
blossom of health and good nature.

A new, but not unknown mem-
ber has strengthened the Long-
mont organization. V. L. Aikin
(Van) is the party. It may be
taking an unfair advantage of
others, but he is certainly a popu-
lar addition.

C. C. (Broad) Hunter has just
recently purchased one of the Com-
pany's bungalows where he and his
wife will make their home.

They say the "last are best,"
meaning in our case, the remaining

members of the organization.
"Them's our sentiments."

Charley Mayfield, who has been
associated with the Longmont field
force off and on for the past eight-
een years, has resigned to take a
position in Wyoming. Charley al-
ways has been very popular with
his associates at the factory, and
we will miss him very much.

A. C. Maxson, Experimentalist,
has just returned from a five weeks
trip to Utah and California. He
says the weather was very bad all
the time he was away, and from
his remarks we infer that he
thinks, with the Denver Post, that
"It's a privilege to live in Colo-
rado."

Noblesse Oblige

Mistress — "I saw the milkman
kiss you this morning, Jane. I'll
take the milk in myself after this."

Jane — "It won't do you no good,
mum. He promised not to kiss
nobody but me."

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BRIGHTON

W. H. PEABODY Associate Editor

Cold and near zero temperature
has been a steady record the past
month and signs of spring will be
welcome. Much interest is being
manifested by the farmers in the
announcement of the contract
price for beets. Demand for beet
pulp is excellent.

Cashier Hume and Joe Slaby,
who have been ailing from slight
indispositions, have fully recov-
ered and returned to work.

One day last summer while in
the country, Agriculturist Hous-
ton was talking with a beet grower
of Scotch descent, who was going
to attempt to replant his field by
drilling in new seed in the scat-
tered spots where no beets had
appeared. The farmer had his
team hitched to the drill and was
ready to tear up things generally.
The following conversation took
place :

Mr. H. : "What in are you

going to do?"

Farmer: "Replant thum spots."

Mr. H. : "But how are you
going to do it?"

Farmer: "With a tame and a
dhrill, and turn the tame aroun' on
the groun', you canna turn 'em
aroun' in the air."

It is not reported what Ed said
in reply.

George McDougal, for some
years pumpman at this factory,
recently purchased a farm near
Darlow and left the employ of the
Company.

Miss Margaret Mahoney, the last
of the girls in the office force, re-
turned to her home in Denver. She
was offered a position before leav-
ing here with the Wolff Manufac-
turing Company.

Charles Milford, Assistant Sup-
erintendent, was transferred to
Sterling. C. M. Rickert of the lat-
ter factory took his place here.

I. Tana'ka, Consulting Engineer,
of Osaka, Japan, representing the
beet sugar industry in Japan,
Korea and Manchuria, accompan-
ied by K. Mayeda, a Japanese
farmer of Longmont, visited with
Mr. Houston, our agriculturist, on
January 28. According to Mr.
Tanaka, there are four beet sugar
factories, each of 500 tons capacity,
in the company for which he is
consulting engineer. He stated
that he enjoyed the trip through
the factory and extended a cordial
invitation to any of us to visit him
in Japan when touring the Orient.

Lee Taylor, another of our old
time employees, has gone to Gree-
ley to work at gardening on the
grounds of the State Teachers Col-
lege.

Charles Smith, Assistant Chem-
ist in past campaigns, is now sub-
stitute instructor in the Denver
public schools.

Frank Clarkson, our veteran
watchman, had the misfortune to
fall on the ice two weeks ago and
sprain his back. He has fully re-
covered and returned to his duties.

Bruce Petrikin attended a ban-
quet in Denver last week. Details
were not forthcoming.

STERLING

G. W. ATKINSON and G. W. SPEER,
Associate Editors

C. M. Rickert, Assistant Super-
intendent at this factory, has been
transferred to Brighton while
Chas. Milford of Brighton, for-
merly General Foreman at this
factory, has been returned here to
take Rickerts place.

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Mars. Guindon, Senior Assist-
ant Superintendent of the Ster-
ling1 Factory, has been transferred
to Loveland.and while we regret
to see him go Ave wish him luck
in his new home.

James R. Mason, Fieldman,
spent several days at the home of
his parents in eastern Kansas.

Mr. Welsh, our Superintendent,
says moving is the first phase re-
moved from the hot place. Twice
in two months is his record, but
the other morning he arrived at
the office in such a condition and
in such a smiling mood that
we came to the conclusion that
he had found a gold mine,
broken into a still, or had a new
boy at his house, but upon inquiry
he informed us that he had pur-
chased the best little ol' house in
toAvn.

Messrs. Welsh and Walters
spent four days the early part of
the month at Fort Morgan "re-
ducing" the list.

The field force has been spend-
ing the last feAv weeks loading
pulp and mixing beet seed. From
the groans and sighs heard, one
would come to the conclusion that
it Avas hard labor but the boys say
only light exercise. More pow-
er to you, boys.

All the employees of the mill
and office forces were invited to
attend a fareAvell party for C.
M. Rickert and Harry B. Wilson
at the home of R. C." Welsh. It
Avas a surprise party as far as
Welsh Avas concerned, and when
the gang walked in on him, he
Avas sure beat. Dancing, cards
and baseball Avere the amuse-
ments of the eATening and at a
very late hour refreshments Avere
serATed and the guests left. Avish-

ing Harry and Rick success in
their neAv locations.

Several employees have pur-
chased homes from the Company.

N. A. Baer has resigned his
position as Superintendent's Clerk
to go into the office of J. D. Blue
as private secretary.

E. A. Froese who has been em-
ployed as a student the past feAv
years has entered the service of
the York Manufacturing Com-
pany of Denver.

.V neAV baby arrived at the
home of B. H. foreman, Jas.
Cummings.

C. H. Linden has been ap-
pointed Superintendent's Clerk.

BRUSH

E. WARD, JR., Associate Editor

We are sorry to announce the
death of the factory's police dog.
She had been in the best of health
until the end of the campaign, but
the news that Mitchell had taken
the pennant away from Brush Avas
too much for her, and in spite of
the kind treatment she received
from her keeper, she cashed in her
checks on February 14.

Walter Harding, farm superin-
tendent of the Amalgamated
Sugar Company at Twin Falls,
Idaho, formerly farm foreman at
Brush, paid a visit to Brush a few
Aveeks ago. We Avondered what the
attraction Avas, but did not know
until a few days later when Ave
heard that he and Mrs. Belle Isom
of Brush had been married at the
home of Asst. Supt. Rickert at
Sterling.

Riley Heifer is back from his
wanderings in the oil fields of
Oklahoma and Texas. Rile}^ says

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that the sugar business suits him
better than the oil game.

Beet End Foreman John Han-
son receievd a serious injury a few
days ago, when a piece of pipe
with which he was working struck
him in the eye. The seriousness of
the injury necessitated his going
to Denver to an eye specialist. We
are glad to report t^hat he is about
well again and has recovered his
sight in the injured eye.

Superintendent Cummer and M.
M. Lackner spent the week ended
February 11 at Fort Morgan going
over the Maintenance List with the
District Manager and the District
Technical Staff.

A rush order to ship 2400 tons
of discard molasses has made most
of the mechanical force put in all
their time lately making radiators
to sink in the molasses tanks.

"Mac" McClintock and his gang
of sugar loaders have made a con-
siderable impression on the sugar
in the warehouse. During the past
month from 3 to 8 cars have been
loaded each day.

The locomotive crane has been
busy since campaign unloading
coal into the coal pit, "Joe" Lack-
ner has been wreathed in smiles
lately, as the traffic department
is shipping us some C. & S. coal
instead of U. P. coal.

The members of the agricultural
department report the sprayers
have all been overhauled and are
now ready for a web worm out-
break.

FORT MORGAN

F. M. BAKER and A. C. WHITNEY,
Associate Editors

Our mill is quite busy at this
time trying to load all the empty
cars the Burlington can furnish
with suo;ar and molasses.

Superintendent Miller has mov-
ed into the house on Ensign street
lately vacated by Asst. Supt.
Whitney who has moved out on
East Platte avenue where he says
he can raise chickens.

Manager Giese is around again
after wrestling with a light at-
tack of the "flu."

Messrs. McCreery, Morrison,
Shaffer, Rienks, Maudru and
Hartburg of the Denver office, "en-
tertained" the superintendents and
master mechanics of the Morgan,
Brush and Sterling factories at the
Morgan office during the week of
February 6.

The wife of General Foreman
Marion Shaffer is visiting her par-
ents at Windsor. Marion says he
doesn't know whether he likes to
be a bachelor again or not.

Mrs. B. E. Foster, wife of our
beet end foreman, who was obliged
to undergo an operation at the
Boulder hospital recently, has re-
turned home and we are glad to-
say is getting along very nicely.

Jack Horner, our genial pipefit-
ter, says the reason the boys around
the factory cannot understand him
better these days is on account of
the fact that he is trying to break
in a new set of dies for an upper
plate.

Superintendent Miller and Mas-
ter Mechanic Martin, after doing
some Sherlock Holmes work, suc-
ceeded in nabbing a man stealing
coal and made him return the coal.
When he asked why he undertook
to steal coal in the dav time, he
said, "The d—cl dog!"

Cashier Dixon has been trying
to have the "flu" but after thinking
the matter over seriously decided
he would rather take a sweat.

During the campaign Mr. Hul-

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eatt, our esteemed Chemist, had
several young lady assistants.
Since they have left, Mr. Huleatt is
becoming so forgetful that he locks
himself out of the laboratory and
is obliged to borrow coats and hats
in order to go home after his dupli-
cate keys.

The field force has the beet
sprays in such good condition it
looks as if the worms had better
pass this district up this year.

"Cheer up, the worst is yet to

come.

GERING

SCOTTSBLUFF

MISS GENEVIEVE WEIDENHEIMER,
Associate Editor

Paul Bartling, formerly of this
office, is now employed at the Polar
Bear factory of this city.

Effective March 1, C. A. Rhoads
was made Store Bookkeeper and
Verne Huff was made Timekeeper
at this office.

Our Basketballers still have
their wonderful reputation of
"never having been beaten.7' Mon-
day night, February 13, they play-
ed the Kimball team, and won by
a score of 36 to 33. It was a fast
and furious game, and we must say
that Kimball has one wonderful
team — but they cannot quite come
up to the Sugar Tramps for speed.

M. Leitner, Jr., Assistant Book-
keeper at this office, has resigned
his position, and expects to leave
March 1st.

A. B. Hodgson, of the Engineer-
ing Department, will leave March
1st for Chicago, where he will en-
gage in raising "chickens" — the
feathered variety. Mrs. Hodgson
is already in the East at this time.

With annuals, inventories, spare
lists and miscellaneouses, Ave are
unable to think of anything that
might be called clever at this time.
However, we are still able to say,

T. L. CRONIN, Associate Editor.

Roderick McDonald, who has
held the position of Cashier at this
factory since 1916, resigned Febru-
ary 1st to engage in the banking
business, having purchased an in-
terest in the First National Bank
of this city. Mac, as he is famil-
iarly known, will be greatly missed
his genial, cosmopolitan spirit hav-
ing made him a favorite with all.
It is understood that Mac has also
been studying architecture of late
and must have completed the
course, as he is now supervising the
construction of an all-modern
bungalow in the west end of toAvn.
We extend heartiest — well, per-
haps Ave had better "bide a Avee" — '
best wishes for a successful bank-
ing career and, Avhile we regret his
departure from our midst, Ave wel-
come Mr. Clay, avIio now. has the
distinction of being Cashier both
at Scotts'bluff and Gering, to say
nothing of doubled pleasures (?)
incident thereto.

The Auditors, Messrs. Reynolds,
Hanscom and Cronin, paid us their
annual visit during the month,
going from here up the river to
give the Champions the once over.
While here Mr. Reynolds per-
formed the impressive ceremony
of checking Mr. McDonald out as
Cashier and Mr. Clay in.

Just before their departure a
pin became lodged, by some mys-
terious means, in a perpendicular
position in brother Hanscom's lit-
tle felt cushion, Avhich required the
services of a vuclanizer to repair
the punctured "felt."

The local American Legion post

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under Vice Commander John Lenz
will hold a wolf hunt Wednesday,
February 22nd. This timely act
on the part of the legion boys is
hailed with great joy in sugar cir-
cles, as indications are that wolves
will become very bold about March
1st.

The general and district staffs
from Colorado, together with the
local staff, spent several days going
over the lists. The returned copies
bear evidence of having been
roughly handled, considering the
number of black and blue spots
and red patches in evidence on the
once spotless sheets.

How is your vaccination? This
greeting has supplanted the time-
honored "How do you do?" tem-
porarily, at least. The query is
usually answered by a show-down.
Most of us got it by way of a shot
in the arm, while others took
"hers" in the doctor's office. It all
came about by our Master Me-
chanic, Will Warren, contracting
smallpox shortly after the close of
the campaign, which confined him
to his room for three Aveeks.

LOVELL

"CORPORAL. KEEPE"
Associate Editor

frend al

well al I sipose you have thunk
bekos our name hasnt appert in
the persnawl of the sug. press for
a few mos we have been ded or
sum wares but it is not so there
has been sum severial storms up
in this nek of the woods and it
keeps a man bizzy trying to see
ware he is at and keeping the
peece but now i think spring has
sprung so to speke and the lite is
shoing up so all shd be to the
merry but you never can tell

this year of wurk will brag of 2
endings 1 in augst & 1 in feby
fisikly spekeing and the asstron-
mers i sippose will have sum new
fangeld kalender to give to us
for the seezons greetings shoing
2 yrs in 1 like the shoo polish de-
rived from the greke "to shine"
(2 in 1) grammer all wTays was
my meet al & it cums out sum-
times unbenonst but i no you will
look over my edication & not take
it for a slam or sum such thing
as i no you do the best you kin.

since i rote to you the last time
sum of the old heds from around
here has left the gwsco employ on
a/c of the cutting down of the
forces and on a/c of the retrecht
& sum of them is just dillandal-
lyng along until the big boom hits
us in a few mos or such like wen
there will be work for each in
every 1 & the money what has bin
tyed up will be cut loose and o
boy it will be a wurse skrambel
than the last day of be4 probiton.

sum of these fellos up here wat
runs autos & fords had firgot that
the lisens had to be got for this
high price doodad and 1 of them
was hank sammon & he was called
up be4 his honor & i sipose pd his
fine as he shoed us a blank check
with sum writin on the back of it
wat sed he had appert be4 w w w
wich is the jedgs initls & that he
wTas all to the merry so far as
bein pinched again was conserned
this hank sammon is tikled % to
deth bekos he is going to have a
lot of grass on the factory lawn
wich will not be kut and he will
have sumwon send up some ram-
ble A sheep to chew it up and
keep it looking y2 way decent
anyhow and then this smart alek
down there at ft morgan wat takt

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the sheepish grin onto him will
have the laff again.

we were reeding in the sug
press a wile back about the sistem
of the fello what never made a
mistake down there at sterling
and how sumwon out in California
was enquiring about his sistem
and we rote to sum doktor in ster-
ling colo if there was sum sugar
fello who was very sick and he
rote bak and sed no there wasnt
in the last issue longmont was
simpithizing with him and sed he
was going to toot his horn about
none of the farmers being in error
and sed mr pain was the big mo-
gul in it so it seems the pain
has now settled in longmont and
this other fellos sistem isnt both-
ering him eny more so wen we
figir out the kost per beet clerk
per beet or per kristal of sugar in
the bag or per kik per farmer we
will let him no abt it and the re-
sult will be the sum of all the
telephon numbers in the book di-
visible by the number of fashal
revolutions made by the telephon
operator in chewing 2 bits worth
of gum

this is all for this time al as i
must go down to the store and
get me sum gum as above men-
tioned made me hungry for gum
heres hoping i will here from you
soon and let me no wats doing in
the training camps for the big
shoAv this summer

your old pall

keefe.

So Informal

Wife — "I must dress at once,
dear, the Browns are coming over.
Shall I put on the percolator?"

Husband — "Don't bother. You
look all right the way you are." —
Chicago Tribune.

BILLINGS

W. C. .ADLER

Associate Editor

With the reduced forces at Bill-
ings the few left are exceedingly
busy. However, someone found
time to post a very good likeness
of Alva Powell, Assistant Master
Mechanic, on the bulletin board
with the title "janitor" attached.
This was occasioned by the fact
that Alva has recently assumed
the duties of janitor for the Mas-
ter Mechanic's office along with
his other duties.

Special Attraction — Weybright
& Fosgate in "The Overall
Twins." You know that old adage
"You can fool some of the people
part of the time, etc."

Miss Ward, the stenographer in
the Sales Department, has been
confined to her home for a week
with tonsilitis. We are glad to
learn she is improving rapidly
and will soon be back on the job.

Mrs. J. T. Davis, wife of our
Chief Chemist, has also been on
the sick list but is on the road to
recovery again.

With only four men left in the
cashier's office there is no visiting
done in that department. Some of
them have been guilty of working
Saturday afternoon.

Mr. Scherer, our Master Me-
chanic, missed his calling. He is
continually making sales of vari-
ous scrap articles that some of us
could not get hauled away from
the premises.

The Agriculture Department is
putting on a series of illustrated
lectures around the district.
Messrs. Maier and Hedke are do-
ing fine work in educating the
farmer on how to raise more beets
per acre and helping to correct

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mistakes of the past. The meet-
ings are being well attended and
doing an immense amount of
good.

Jack Davis was in Lovell a few
days assisting the Lovell Glass
Company in their operations.

H. B. Webster, Sales Manager,
made a hurried trip to Denver
after an absence of about ten
months.

Our old friend Peterson of the
Laboratory is now teaching at the
Billings High School and also
coaching basketball. E. L. Gut-
berlet has accepted a position at
Greybull with the refinery there.
Catherine Lynch, formerly a sten-
ographer here, is now employed
up town doing public stenograph-
ic wTork.

Simon thinks he is a careful
driver but even good drh^ers can-
not keep the other fellow from
running into him. F. P. figured
in a collision that caused some
damage to the Hudson but as he
says "you ought to see the other
fellow." The car is running again
and our fears that our friend Ham
would take to walking are dis-
persed and we are all riding as
usual.

Ham of "Banking" Dog fame
has abandoned the pipe and taken
to cigarettes and is now the proud
owner of a $2.00 cigarette holder.
Strange things will happen.

F. P. Simon announces a new
girl at his house. "Doing fine"
and a credit to the family.

Entire Steno. Force
at Scottsbluff

Left to right: Genevieve Wei-
denheimer, Dora Hardin and
Marv Broderick.

Eddie Spreads Out

Effective February 1, 1922, Mr.
E. H. Clay has been appointed
cashier for the Gering factory to
succeed Mr. R. McDonald, resign-
ed. Mr. Clay will also retain his
present duties as cashier for the
Scottsbluff factorv.

Not a Life Preserver

I asked the boss for an increase
in salary. Told him I couldn't live
on the sum I was getting.

What did he say?

Told me it was a business, not
a life-saving institution he was
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INCE I BELIEVE that the
position of purchasing agent
is honorable, worthy, respon-
sible and calls forth the high-
est ethical principles in rela-
tionship and dealings with
men, I pledge myself to
emulate in all of my daily duties the lofty, yet
practical, ideals set forth in the following creed:

/ BELIEVE absolutely in honesty and sincerity —
in thought, action and deed.

I BELIEVE it is my duty to elevate the standards
of my profession by study and service.

/ BELIEVE in the ideals embodied in the Golden
Rule — "All things whatsoever that men should do unto
you, do you even so unto them." Therefore, I believe in
courtesy and good will toward all.

/ BELIEVE in the "square deal" toward the company
I represent, with myself, and toward the men with whom
I do business.

/ BELIEVE it is the duty to refuse and renounce
gifts or perquisites from those with whom I transact
business.

/ BELIEVE in enthusiasm, progressive methods, and
success ; in the exchange of ideas and association among
fellow purchasing agents and in fulfilling all my obliga-
tions like a man.

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Early Gwesco Engineering

By Edwin Morrison

THE first engineering task presented
to the writer was the problem of
satisfactory foundations for the Fort
Collins factory. Evidently at some
time there had been a running stream
over this site. It
left the gravel
strata under the
factory in a very
uneven deposit.
The problem re-
solved itself into
the expe n s i v e
task of going deep
enough at all
points to reach
this underlying
strata of gravel.
This was reached
and the concrete footing placed there-
on. One can scarcely conceive of a
better foundation.

A more insidious condition existed
at the same time at Longmont, which
proved very costly later. The Long-
mont factory was built on a dry cactus-
covered hill, inhabited by prairie dogs
and owls. Later, as irrigation became
more prevalent, the Longmont factory
footings during its first campaign be-
gan to soften and sink. Remarkable
service was obtained from the iron
transmission shafting furnished by the
Kilby Manufacturing Company, which
continued to function although out of
line as much as seven inches in places,
due to the settlement of the founda-
tions. After the first campaign the
whole central part of the house, prin-
cipally those columns carrying the
evaporators and battery, had to be
jacked up. Larger footings were put
under, also additional columns. Since
then little or no trouble has been ex-
perienced by settlement, and none at
Fort Collins.

Those early campaigns were "some
campaigns." Longmont was operated
first and completed its campaign that
year before Collins was started. Both
houses were equipped with belt driven
triplex pumps, many with ball valves.
In a short time these balls wore egg-
shaped and one can imagine the result-
ing efficiency. We first changed the

valves to flat rubber valves and later
took these pumps out altogether and
replaced them with centrifugal pumps.

All of the centrifugal pumps used in
our factories have been installed since
that time. What a vital change and
boone the centrifugal pump has been
to the beet sugar business. The pulp
pumps replaced clumsy, expensive, un-
reliable systems of elevators or scrolls
and drags, which dragged the pulp out
to the silo.

The early Steffen apparatus was en-
tirely different from that used now.
The lime was originally ground by a
ball mill, followed by a pebble mill, the
first being a large rotating drum con-
taining steel balls four to six inches in
diameter, in which the lime was par-
tially ground, and then finished by the
pebble mills, large rotating drums con-
taining flint pebbles. Lime that would
all pass a 100 mesh screen was consid-
ered good. We also used an ice ma-
chine to keep the temperature of the
coolers down. The Sturtevant Crusher,
followed by the Raymond Mill, sup-
planted these mills after the first cam-
paign.

In those first campaigns all the cut-
ter knives were filed by hand, using
an ordinary hand file, which was slow,
laborious work as compared -with the
present rotating fraizing machines.

Another great problem was the best
method of storing and burning the
available coal. In the early days coal
was used from Wyoming (Hanna),
Southern Colorado and Northern Colo-
rado. The latter field had a small out-
put and did not meet with general fa-
vor among our factory men at first.
Also, some claimed that it was impossi-
ble to burn slack coal, and it was a
long, hard pull to get the factory staffs
to use northern lignite slack. The de-
velopment of the method of burning
coal which resulted finally in the adop-
tion of the chain grate stoker, passed
through various stages of extension
furnaces with constantly increasing
arches and combustion chambers. It
passed through the stage of alternate
firing, that is, firing one side of the
furnace alternately with the other side

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in order to ignite and burn the volatile
gases, and finally developed into the use
of the chain grate stoker.

It was learned early, to our sorrow,
and at some loss, that northern lignite
coal could not be stored in the usual
way in large piles. Spontaneous com-
bustion took place and started fires all
through the pile.

Knowing of the Navy's success in
storing coal under water, the writer
obtained the consent of Mr. C. S. Morey
to store a quantity of coal under water
in an abandoned concrete molasses silo
at Fort Collins. The experiment was
such a success that now each factory
stores a certain amount of coal at the
site in specially constructed concrete
coal pits.

Another development which even pre-
ceded the stokers, was the experiment
by the writer at Fort Collins with a
flume and pump for pumping ashes.
This also proved a labor saving device
and has become general practice. With
the advent of the chain grate stoker
came also the pumping of drippage
coal for reuse.

The early factories had no systemat-
ic way of handling return condensed
waters. The result was a lot of cold
water had to be used in the boiler feed
and the quality of this water was so
poor that it was common to find scale
three-eighths to one-half inch thick on
the heating surface, also to find con-
siderable oil on the inside of the boiler.
Through constant improvement and
changes, these difficulties are practi-
cally unheard of now.

One of the most nerve-racking cam-
paigns ever put in by the writer was
the campain at Loveland when, in or-
der to finish the campaign, it became
necessary to operate the Loveland boil-
ers in a dangerous and leaky condition,
caused by oil in the feed water. These
boilers had large bags and blisters and
leaky seams. One after another was
let down, cleaned, tightened and fired
up, only to again become leaky. Mr.
Rienks and the writer spent a month
in this boiler house fighting this con-
dition and finally got through the cam-
paign without accident, except the
bursting of a gauge glass, which dis-
turbed the former's high-strung nerves
and caused a hurry-up visit for the
great outdoors. (George says he didn't

BAGGY BOILER AT LOVELAND

want to be run over by Mr. Morrison.)
Prior to this campaign, trouble oc-
curred in the Greeley boiler house,
caused by inattention during the inter-
campaign period to the removal of
scale. It became evident at that time
that the number of factories and prob-
lems were getting so numerous that a
subdivision of the work was necessary.
Thus started the system of Traveling
Engineers. This system finally brought
the technical heads of the business, and
through them the financial heads, into
closer co-operation with the factory
staffs and operating crews, and won-
derful small and large improvements
resulted. This system is largely re-
sponsible for the interchange of ideas
from factory to factory and the co-oper-
ation of the whole for improvement.

In the early days low steam for pow-
er purposes, with a simultaneous high
exhaust pressure, sometimes almost
stopped the engines from turning over.
This difficulty was overcome by the
separation of the steam systems into
two systems, one for power and one
for boiling, the excess steam from the
power system passing over into the
boiling system. Many economies in the
use of steam have been added. A usual
system in the early days was to use
a "U" seal on the hot water returns,
called a "Chapman" seal. These were
constantly failing and blowing steam
directly through and when replaced by
large traps of the Dyer type stopped
an unusually large loss.

The use of the Locke regulator in
beet sugar factories for controlling
steam pressures was first tried in Fort
Collins after the first or second cam-
paign, and they are now largely used
by all beet sugar factories.

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From the seeming unimportant idea
of wooden cross bucks placed in the
battery cells to facilitate circulation,
was developed the use of chains in the
battery. This development has been
going on for years and the end is not
yet. However, the increase made pos-
sible in the output of the battery open-
ed up a large field for increasing the
capacities of the factories, and by add-
ing here and there, mostly to the less
important stations, it has become pos-
sible to develop over 200 per cent of
the original contracted capacities of
the factories.

One of the important features of this
sustained capacity was the doing away
with the periodic clean-up day, when
the factory was completely closed down
for ten or twelve hours to boil out the
evaporators and make many mechani-
cal repairs. A studied effort to devise
a scheme whereby the evaporators
could be boiled out while running was
so successful that the periodical clean-
up day was no more.

Incidentally, and largely helpful to
the improvement in the capacity of the
battery, are the many devices devel-
oped by the Great Western personnel

to clean the beets and free them from
foreign matter before they reach the
cutters, and the great care given the
cutters.

With the increase in beet capacity
there was required more and better
lime. This led to the adoption of the
open bottom kiln with steel grate. I
believe the latter improvement was de-
veloped by John Westine. The writer
added the booster fan on the kiln to
augment the gas pumps which were
being more and more taxed in capac-
ity.

Another improvement which has
come since the early days has been the
DeCluy Baffle, which was adapted from
the French. The novelty is that this
device has been placed directly inside
the evaporator, while the French had
an entirely separate body in which the
baffles were placed and consequently
were very much more expensive to in-
stall.

There are many other improvements
that might be mentioned, but space for-
bids. There is room for many improve-
ments yet and may the good work go
on.

MAINTENANCE

By George W. Rienks

THE maintenance lists annually
consume about two months of the
engineering department's time, and
probably a month for the staff at each
factory. It has been suggested that per-
haps too much
time is spent at
this "indoor
sport." Consider-
ing the effort put
on the lists, the
savings accom-
plished and the
benefits of the dis-
cussions for the
participants, w e
believe the time is
well spent. Expen-
ditures in other
lines might well be as thoroughly and
carefully scrutinized.

Last year for the purpose of obtain-
ing closer control on maintenance work

as it progressed, the authorized appro-
priations were divided into three peri-
ods, Pre-Campaign, Campaign and Af-
ter-Campaign. As everyone felt this
was a beneficial change the Superin-
tendents were this year asked to pre-
pare their lists in the same fashion.
The labor appropriated under "Cam-
paign Period" is the amount which
will pay the normal maintenance crew
during the operating period. This is
fairly easily determined by a scrutiny
of the normal maintenance crew. The
material for campaign has this year
been placed under the same account,
and can only be arrived at by a study
of previous years' experience. It is of
considerable advantage to have the ma-
terial appropriated here rather than
scattered through the entire list as
heretofore.

The After-Campaign Period labor and
material should equal about two-ninths

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of what might be called "rock bottom"
total maintenance from end of cam-
paign to start of next campaign, and
should be appropriated on accounts
where work can best be done during
cold weather, and only on absolutely
necessary work. No work should be
undertaken in this Period which might
be cut out of the maintenance lists.

The Pre-Campaign Period finishes
what is left to be done after March 1,
prior to start of next campaign. This
Period is now a definite division, be-
ing the appropriation necessary to put
the machinery in shape to start oper-
ating.

Our maintenance is comparable be-
tween our factories and not with other
companies, due to differences in the def-
inition of maintenance. Some compan-
ies have no maintenance charge during
campaign, all charges during that per-
iod of the year going to Operation.
Some of our operating men think there
are charges in our maintenance lists
which should go to operation. With
the present definition fixed by the Aud-
iting Department the point should be
remembered that if our maintenance
as compared with some other compan-
ies appears large it may be due to dif-
ference in definition.

The factories this year co-operated
heartily in producing, as per our re-
quest, a rock bottom maintenance list.
However, having just spent six weeks
in scrutinizing maintenance lists, one
is forced to believe that too much "pa-
per maintenance" is done by some fac-
tories in lieu of actual investigation of
the condition of machinery and a care-
ful estimate of the work required to
put the individual machines in shape
for efficient operation. "Paper main-
tenance" means arriving at amounts
by comparison with other years' ex-
penditures and guessing at the cost of
small items. The fundamental law
governing the amount of maintenance
required is simply the amount required
to put the individual pieces of appar-
atus in condition to operate, which can
only be determined by inspection of
the machinery, and a careful estimate
of the cost of doing the work found
necessary.

On going over the lists this year we
took out any betterment items, either
maintenance or plant improvement,

and put them in a "Subsidiary List."
In this way the amount left in the
maintenance list would represent
"rock bottom" maintenance to put the
factories in as good shape as they
were at the start of the last campaign.
In the past a few "betterment" or "sub-
sidiary" items have been left in the
maintenance, and these to a consider-
able degree have been responsible for
improvement in slicing capacity and
general efficiency. It may be that the
most practical way to obtain this bet-
terment is to leave such items semi-
concealed in the maintenance list. This
year, however, they were put in a sub-
sidiary list with the idea, according to
the slang phrase, of placing all cards
on the table.

Dividing . the list into three parts
has resulted in some confusion and
differences of arrangement of lists be-
tween factories. It has been deemed
advisable that a standard, or model,
form for arrangement of lists be pre-
pared, and that all future lists follow
the same arrangement, resulting in
easier comparisons of individual items.
Going a step farther, during the inter-
campaign period money expended
might be classified and kept according
to subdivisions set up in the standard
or model list, because in going over a
list some attempt to criticise individual
items or subdivisions of different ac-
counts and no one has any very accu-
rate information on the cost of the
various subdivisions if the accounts
are kept only according to the account
numbers. Further, individual factories
should learn the cost of a great many
of their standard jobs, as for instance,
the cost of labor and material for pack-
ing individual pumps, etc.

The superintendent's office at the
Greeley factory has kept a very accu-
rate record of the amount of labor and
material expended under various sub-
divisions, and this record is a strong
argument in defending the amount of
money asked in its appropriation list.
Other factories should be as thorough
as Greeley in keeping these cost rec-
ords, and all should use the same sys-
tem, which could be largely based on
the Greeley system. We have heard the
comment that while this is possible for
a small factory like Greeley, it is not
practical for a large factory such as

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Fort Collins, Longmont and Loveland.
However, this is false reasoning, as the
Greeley factory has kept track under
this system of as large a crew as now
remains at the large houses. The main
obstacle is to overcome the inertia of
getting the whole thing started off cor-
rectly.

The Eaton and Greeley factories
should be especially praised for the
thorough and careful estimate of labor
and material they compiled in making
up their lists, and for the splendid
form in which this information is kept.

Storeroom material and second-hand
material should be used up as far as
possible, as was done last summer,
even if they are slightly below what
we would term 100 per cent of present
practice. For instance, Fort Morgan
and Sterling are relining their lime
kilns with boiler brick left over from
the time we used dutch ovens. This
will not make quite as good linings,
but if the brick is not used up in this
way it will finally deteriorate beyond
the point of usability, and the money
invested will be lost.

Going Over Maintenance Lists

By V. H. Babbitt

REPRESENTATIVES from several
factories stood around the arena
with grim, determined expressions, and
maintenance lists and notes in hand.
Presently a tall gentleman from the
General Office en-
tered and in a
cool, stern voice
commanded: "Just
be seated." We
next listened to a
few remarks by
Mr. Morrison in
which he outlined
the policy of the
Staff, stating the
maintenance lists
must be "rock-
bottom ones" and
that betterment items over last cam-
paign must go into a subsidiary list.
This policy was followed, and various
items were transferred from the main
list to this "Postponed Agony List." It
seemed to have the same effect on the
factory Staff that a local anesthetic has
on a patient having a tooth pulled.
They realized they were being hurt but
could not feel it.

After reducing the totals of an ac-
count, Mr. Morrison inquired, "Is that
all we can deduct?" The reply was,
"I don't believe we can do all the work
with the money left." "All right, Joe,
what's the new total?" Immediately
the reply came, "$2075.00." Totals
were being written down when Honest
Ed Nugent noticed a circle had been

drawn around a certain $300.00 item.
His conscience pricked him and he
whispered, "Boss, didn't they overlook
that $300.00 cut out?" This reply was
heard in an undertone: "For Lord's
sake, Ed, SHUT UP; those birds don't
need any help to reduce this list."

Mr. Rienks inquired, "Harry, what's
the trouble with the turbine boiler
feed pump? Plenty of people with no
more brains than we have use that
type." Mr. Johnston replied: "I don't
believe they have as many brains as
we have or they wouldn't use them."

After three days and two nights of
strenuous work the meeting began to
drag, conversation drifted back to prac-
tices used at Longmont some eighteen
years ago. It was here the popular
phrase "On with the race" was first
associated with the sugar business. It
was introduced by that person who
bears the distinction of being the only
member of the engineering department
who wears a mustache (?).

Mr. Garnsey had read an article
from the News announcing the ap-
poinntment of a receiver for the Indus-
trial Sugar Company. In comment on
the article some one said, "Possibly
the farmers realize now that they can't
run a sugar mill any more successfully
than the Great Western Sugar Com-
pany can run a farm."

A $50.00 item on the Greeley list, per-
taining to changes on Locke Regula-
tor, had been cut out. Herm inquired,
"Mr. Rienks, don't you think that

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should be done?" Mr. Rienks: "Yes,
we expect the work done, but there is
so little to do the $50.00 is cut out."
Herm, in anger: "Well, if that's the
case you had better send a more trusted
slave up to do the job."

In cutting a $125.00 account on the
Gering list in two, Mr. Morrison liber-
ally allowed it to stand $65.00. Dannie
said, "That's fine. If Mr. Hooper had
been doing that it would have been cut
to $60.00." Mr. Morrison quickly re-
plied, "All right, we will make it
$60.00." Dannie never spoke again.

Durnin and Powell sat tight, would-
n't give a dime from the account. Chat,
takes the bull by the horns and said,
"Make that $60.00 item $25.00 and that
$25.00 item $10.00," etc., through sever-
al pages of the list. Powell whispered:
"Say, our boss cuts even lower than
Dannie Kussey's sights when he gets
started." Floyd did not attend the
third day's meeting. Mr. Morrison was
trying to have Ernest cut a certain
item. Ernest, feeling himself incompe-
tent to make the cut as it was strictly
a mechanical job and Floyd had made
the estimate, recommended that Mr.
Morrison make an arbitrary cut. This
was done. You should have seen the
expression on Ernest's face. It is need-
less to say no more arbitrary cuts were
recommended by him.

George Walters had been shaving the
Sterling Centrifugal account. Mr.
Rienks inquired, "George, have you got
that account down?" George. "Yes, I
have cut it to $1,451, and by Jing, the
work can't be done for that money."
"Don't worry, George, if you get the
fit on centrifugal spindles that Rosco
has on his union suit they should run
forever."

During the meeting the loquacious
Nebraska Sphinx uttered twelve words,
two of which were superfluous. Say, he
sure likes to talk, but we will forgive
you, Harry, as we all have our faults.

Mr. Shaffer inquired of Frank Miller:
"Can you hold your present crew with
the money shown in your precampaign
list?"

Frank: "Yes, I think we can if we
are favored with about $2,000.00 worth
of sickness, as time of employees off
on account of sickness is charged to
another account."

On asking reticent Bill Barber after

the meeting how he felt about the mon-
ey left in the list, Bill said: "I feel
lucky to think I got away from that
bunch with all my clothes."

Avery Clark: "Just a minute, gentle-
men, I would like to say another word,
if I may, before you cut out that item."

Criss: "I am perfectly willing to cut
our normal number of operating me-
chanics two below present normal pro-
viding we will be allowed to carry four
men as miscellaneous extra mechan-
ics."

Klingenberg: "Last year we had $2,-
000.00 appropriated on this account and
spent $5,000.00, and will have to charge
time of three assistant superintendents,
three assistant master mechanics, one
boss pipe fitter, superintendent's clerk
and several other men to this account,
all of whose time was charged to Sal-
aries last year. If you feel it must be
reduced, I recommend you do it arbi-
trarily."

Mr. Shaffer: "Teddy, have you a su-
perintendent's clerk?"

Teddy, turning his head from side to
side and looking down: "Well, I don't
exactly know. I rather hate to say
without looking at my normal list, and
I haven't it with me."

There were no painless tactics used
in taking the last $6,000.00 from the
Brush list. Every dollar extracted
caused Ole real pain. After it was all
over he said between sobs, "I wouldn't
mind their cutting the list if I wasn't
afraid that in about two years they will
say that Ole Cummer let the mill run
down."

Mr. Morrison: "Dannie, explain why
you should have a new crane gear."

Dannie: "At present I pump the
drippage from my boilers into a pit on
my factory property. This pit is con-
siderable distance from my mill, mak-
ing it necessary for my crane operator
to go down one mile of my railroad
track to a switch leading back to my
present drippage pit. This wears my
crane, making it necessary for me to
renew my driving pinion for which I
must pay $13.00."

Mr. Shaffer, in doubt of the accuracy
of a certain statement, made his
thoughts known by that frequent re-
mark of his: "Huh — Mebby."

Joe, almost asphyxiated and strug-
gling for his breath: "If I had known

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G. M. was going to smoke that incense
burner I would have brought a gas
mask."

After removing most items of conse-
quence to the Sub-list, and reducing the
remaining items, the Staff bowed,
scraped, apologized and took the train
for Denver.

The Nebraska meeting, after lunch,
generally opened with the query:
"Where is Chat?" Wherefore, he was
referred to as "the late Mr. Chatfield."

No Man's Land in the
Engineer's Office

Where once the embattled Gwesco
engineers crowded each other there is
today only vast; silent space. It must
in fairness be said, however, that
Rienks had given orders to clear this
space just before the camera man got
into action.

May the two views shown here of
the once busiest room of the General
Office soon take on their wonted as-
pect of a bee-hive, is everyone's earn-
est wish. Business is better, thank
you, and we've hopes.

In the lower panel, Mitchell is talk-
ing long dfstance to Gunther in the
far corner.

Miss Mary J. Henry

The letters you get from the Engin-
eers probably are signed in the lower
left hand corner like this: MH/R.
That little piece of code means that
George Rienks, Babbitt, et al have been
trying to concentrate while dictating
to the subject of the picture above.

Miss Henry is the Engineers' stenog,
an oasis .surrounded by a sea of to-
bacco, mustaches, stories,, ruffed hair-
cut, baldness and blueprints. We don't
want to start any complications at the
fireside of any Engineer but the whole
staff felt the issue wouldn't be com-
plete without her picture.

How an Engineer Got Rich

We have just learned of an engineer
who started poor 20 years ago and has
retired with the comfortable fortune
of $50,000. This money was acquired
through industry, economy, conscien-
tious efforts to give full value, in-
domitable perseverance and the death
of an uncle who left the engineer
$49,999.50.

Eating with your knife does not
sharpen the appetite.

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Carbonation Filtration Station at

Mitchell

By N. L. Chatfield

THE performance of the carbona-
tion nitration station at the Mitch-
ell factory consisting essentially of six
Kelly filters of the "1300" class and four
Portlands each 8% feet diameter by
10 feet face has
been very satis-
factory and a
brief description
of the apparatus
and the method of
operation may be
of interest to
those who have
not' seen the in-
stallation.

This station dif-
fers from the car-
bonation filtration
station of other houses in that the
Kelly filters are used as thickeners for
both first and second carbonation juice
and from these filters the unwashed
cake from both the first and second fil-
ters is dropped in the same hopper and
this unwashed cake after proper mix-
ing and heating is again picked up by
the Portland vacuum filters and
washed.

This comDination has proved to be
not only practical but also economical
both in labor and in filter cloth con-
sumption and more economical in the
use of wash water than a station
equipped with Kelly filters only. In
addition to the above there is a de-
cided saving in sugar lost in lime
cake.

In operating this station the juice
from first carbonation enters the Kelly
filters and the filtrate proceeds to
second carbonation in the usual man-
ner. As soon as the proper thickness
of cake is formed in the filter, how-
ever, the filter is drained and the un-
washed cake containing approximately
7.6 free sugar and 56 per cent mois-
ture is dropped into the lime mud
hopper below. A hose line using sweet
water from the Portland filters is used

to help remove the cake from the
cloth.

From the mud hopper the cake is
discharged into a special beater scroll
of considerable length where it is
thoroughly broken up and mixed, then
discharged into two mixing tanks
where it is more thoroughly mixed and
heated to a temperature of about §0
or 85 degrees and sufficient additional
sweet water added to bring the mix-
ture to a density of about 32 degrees
when read with a brix spindle.

These two mixing tanks were orig-
inally arranged to be worked alter-
nately, but by connecting them in
series the station is now run continu-
ously with very little watching.

From the mixing tanks the lime
mud solution is pumped to the Port-
land filters where the cake is again
picked up and washed and finally dis-
charged to the sewer.

The cake as discharged runs ap-
proximately 57.0 per cent moisture and
0.57 total sugar, the lime sewer for
the past campaign averaging 2.5 sugar
to 100 CaO.

In operating the Portlands a slight
overflow is maintained to take care of
any foam which may occur, the over-
flow returning, to the beater scroll
where it aids in mixing the cake from
the Kellys.

The hot wash water after being me-
tered is applied to the cake through
several perforated pipes extending the
full width of the filter and supported
close to the cake so the hot water can
drip onto the cake without undue cool-
ing.

The filtrate from the Portland is
pumped to the sweet water tank for
use in the lime slacker, the excess be-
ing returned to first carbonation
through the foam header. The filtrate
brix runs from 5.5 to 6.0 and the wash
water but slightly less. A portion of
the wash water from the Portlands,
as before stated, is used through the
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the unwashed lime mud mixing tanks,
the balance being returned with the
filtrate. The wash water for the cam-
paign averaged 133 per cent on first
and second press cake combined.

On account of the filtrate and wash
water being hot there is a certain
amount of the liquid which flashes
into steam when it enters the vacuum
maintained on the Portland.

To take care of this flash and to
take care of air leaks and air which
filters in through the cake, a con-
denser and vacuum pump are provided.
The vacuum pump is an Ingersoll-Rand
duplex having 20x12 vacuum cylinders
and runs about 100 R. P. M.

Two receivers are also provided, one
for filtrate and one for wash, the
vacuum line to the condenser being
connected to the top of each receiver,
while the filtrate pumps are connected
to the bottoms.

A vacuum of 23" or 24" is main-
tained on the filtrate receiver and 15"
or 16" on the wash receiver.

The addition of the Portland filters
to a Kelly installation increases con-
siderably the capacity of the station,
for the time'consumed in washing Kel-
lys is available for filtering and based
on observations made at Bayard in
which the washing and draining of
excess wash consumed 29.2 minutes in
a cycle of 123 minutes is equivalent
to an increased capacity on a given
Kelly station of approximately 30 per
cent. This is borne out by the fact
Bayard requires seven Kellys on first
juice while Mitchell operates on five
Kellys with no difficulty. Though
Mitchell is eqquipped with four Port-
land filters they are rarely all in use;
in fact, when the cloths are clean two
filters will handle the juice.

It is the practice to wash the cloths
about once every twenty-four hours
with a fibre brush without the vacuum
or air pressure being on during the
period.

Occasionally a weak solution of mu-
riatic acid is used to remove the scale
which forms in the weave of the cloth.

The average life of Kelly bags at
Mitchell for the past campaign was
25.73 days, compared with 22.78 days
at Bayard. The average life of the
Portland cloths is about 46 days. The

total cloth consumption for the cam-
paign at Mitchell on first and sec-
ond filters, including the Portlands,
amounted to 15.8 sq. ft. per 100 tons
of beets sliced, while at Bayard the
total cloth amounted to 18.44 sq. ft.
or 2.64 sq. ft. per 100 tons beets sliced
in favor of the Mitchell installation.

Drawing No. 5-271-27 which is on
file in the Denver office is a flow
shut diagram showing the path of the
juices graphically and may be had
upon request to the Denver office. Mr.
Edwin Morrison has applied for pat-
ent on the process in use at the Mitch-
ell Factory.

Questions the Engineers Are Asked to
Answer

What is Hoyle's Law?

Determine the "probability factor"
of a correct figure on a factory main-
tenance list.

How many pigs in a litter of cast
iron?

What relation is Cy Ence to Miss
Management?

What is Jamaica and in what pro-
portion is it used?

What is the current flowing in the
Orpheum circuit?

Where is the "lost chord?"

What is the speed of rumor?

Ask Edison.

New Officers

The annual business meeting of The
Beet Sugar Technical Society was held
Tuesday evening, March 21, 1922, at
the Hotel Metropole. The new officers
elected to the Executive Committee are
Messrs. S. J. Osborn, H. Mendelson and
G. W. Rienks, who met later and
elected Mr. Osborn chairman, and Mr.
Mendelson vice-chairman of the Soci-
ety. The retiring officers are Edwin
Morrison and H. W. Dahlberg.

Hereditary

Music Teacher — "Your son is improv-
ing, but when he gets to the scales I
have to watch him very closely."

Mamma — "That's just like his fa-
ther. He made his money in the groc-
ery business."

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Motors and Lighting

By W. A. Mitchell

TX7HEN most of our factories were
W built, electrical apparatus was
not in its present stage of development.
The gradual progress along this line
explains why we have so many different
systems in our
factories. When
Lovela n d was
built the 110 volt
D. C. two-wire sys-
tem was consider-
ed ideal for iso-
lated plants hav-
ing a small motor
load, principally
lighting. Eaton,
Greeley, Sterling
and Windsor also
came under this
class.
The next development is shown in
the Fort Collins, Longmont and Bill-
ings factories. These were designed
with a larger number of motor drives
and on account of the large copper con-
ductors necessary for current at 110
volts, especially for large sized motors,
a 250 volt D. C. three-wire system, with
balancer sets, was installed. This gave
250 volts for the motor lines and cut
down the size of copper required, and
by the use of a motor-generator balanc-
er set to balance the current between
the neutral and outside legs a voltage
of 110 volts for lighting was obtained.
About 1906 when Port Morgan and
Brush were built, there was a marked
improvement in the making of 230
volt lamps and presumably for that
reason and less first cost, a 250-volt
two-wire D. C. system was installed.
This necessitated the use of 230 volt
lamps, which lamp we later found,
due to introduction of tungsten fila-
ment and nitrogen-filled globes, had a
short life. This is on account of the
required resistance against the larger
voltage. The filament necessarily has
to be very small and consequently
breaks easily. When we were using the
old carbon filament, the difference in
breakage between the two systems was
not so noticeable. A similar system
was wished on us when the Ames fac-

tory was moved to Scottsbluff. We also
inherited a 110 volt two-wire system
when the Lovell factory was purchased.

When the new factories, beginning
with Gering, were designed induction
motors in industrial plants had been
used for a number of years and their
design and adaptability had been ma-
terially improved. Consequently on
account of the many advantages, out-
weighing the disadvantages, an alter-
nating current system was decided up-
on. The system being 440 volt, three
phase, 60 cycle, a 440 volt generating
unit was selected, as 440 volts is about
as high as consistent with safety to
life. Also this voltage is one of the
standard voltages for induction motors
and is also the smallest voltage at
which one can buy commercial step-
down transformers to get 110 volts for
lighting. Three phase system was
selected on account of the starting
torque for motors and 60 cycles was se-
lected on account of the lighting, as a
lower frequency would cause an ap-
preciable flicker in the lights. This
frequency is used by the outside pow-
er companies for the same reason.

Any alternating current motor of
the induction type is a constant field
machine and therefore tends to run at
a constant speed.

However, the D. C. motor using a
field rheostat to weaken or strengthen
the field and thereby increase or de-
crease the speed without the expense
of losses due to resistance in the arm-
ature circuit, has a distinct advantage
over the A. C. motor and is therefore
much preferable for work requiring
variable speed. To offet this advantage,
however, are the advantages in A. C.
equipment of less first cost, both for
motors and for line, no commutators
to get dirty or gather moisture, and
the ability to stand a good "shot" of
juice or water frequently if the leads
are well insulated. Also the ability to
step up voltage for going long dis-
tances, also to step down for 110 volt
lighting.

The company has at the present time
700 motors in service at the various

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plants; these range from % H. P. to
150 H. P., with a total rating of 14,000
horsepower. To operate these motors
and furnish current for lighting we
have a generating capacity of 7,795
k.w. or 10,445 horsepower. These gen-
erators range in size from 20 k.w. to
825 k.v.a.

Why High Costs

Story in Two Letters

Editor Sugar Press:

We are inclosing a copy of a letter
just received which is self-explanatory
and probably throws some light on the
excessive costs of farming operations
and factory operations in this locality
for the past few seasons.

With a view toward reducing future
costs Hogarty is trying to start a
movement among the local churches
to the end that a series of old-time
camp meetings be held in Billings and
surrounding towns during the latter
part of the month of August.
Yours truly,
H. S. BARRINGER,

Superintendent.

The Great Western Sugar Company,
Billings, Montana.

Dear Sir: I am going to join the
church of God and I want to make
good all wrongs I have done, and lead
better life. When I was cooking in
Fromberg, I carried away one blanket,
and one pocket note book, and then
when I was working in sugar factory
at Billings, I carried away about 4
yard of cloth and 8 or 10 small sugar
sacks. This I confess to you, so I may
find peace for my soul, and I beg you
to forgive me and if you request me
to pay for it, please wright me. I
hope that you forgive me and I am
respectfully.

(Signed) Lambert Jando,

Halstead, Kansas.

Rastus Was Right

Ephriam: "What you call it when a
girl get married free times — bigotry?"

Rastus: "Lawsy, boy, you suttinly is
ignoramus. Why, when a gal gits mar-
ried two times, dat am bigotry, but
when she marries de third time, dat am
trigonometry."

How to Keep Your Auto from Heating

Ask the three old Master Mechanics
who were traveling to Denver for the
February Technical Society meeting.
The auto in which they were riding
kept on heating after repeated filling
with water. Looking the car all over
they couldn't see anything wrong.
When they reached Lafayette they
drove into a garage and asked the man
what was the matter.

The garage man told them that if
they would close the drain cock at the
bottom of the radiator, it would hold
the water and the engine wouldn't
heat.

This substantiates the old adage — a
shoemaker should stick to his last- •
consequently a Master Mechanic for a
sugar factory is no good as a Master
Mechanic for an automobile, or else a
Master Mechanic isn't a good judge of
moonshine.

The Fort Collins Press correspon-
dent while in quest of news ran across
the interesting scene pictured above.
From left to right. Harvey Riddell,
Chas. Willcox, Jack Houser and Joe
Williams. This refutes any statement
that a fieldman's work is mostly va-
cation between the closing of the har-
vest and the contracting season. The
other members of the Fort Collins
field force, Clarence Osborn and Al-
fred Williams, missed out on the
sprayer repair work due to living in
outlying territories. However, they
have not entered complaint that they
were not included in this expert re-
pair force.

Gold is tried by fire, brave men by
affliction. — Seneca.

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A Trip to Nebraska

By H. H. Johnston

EARLY in February we received
word to gather up our appropria-
tion lists and any data or alibis we
might have and go to Nebraska, where
the lists of Mitchell, Bayard, Gering
and Br ighton
would be discuss-
ed in a joint meet-
ing.

M r . Harbeck
and the writer
wandered into
Denver Sunday
evening, February
12, and, after sur-
veying the Wel-
come Arch and the
bright lights of
the city for awhile
managed to get through the depot gate
to the Pullman.

In the party were Edwin Morrison,
George Shaffer, George Rienks, Joe
Maudru and V. H. Babbitt. We arrived
at the Lincoln Hotel in Scottsbluff in
time for lunch, after which we met in
the Nebraska District Staff office and
proceeded to organize the "Disarma-
ment Conference."

As stated in the call for this meeting,
they went over the lists. They went
over them with one of those machines
known to all who have watched the
laying of an asphalt or macadam street.
After they had gone over an account
Mr. Shaffer, Mr. Rienks, Mr. Hooper
and Mr. Chatfield would very carefully
trim up all the uneven edges, and just
as Mr. Morrison was about to o. k. it,
Joe Maudru would rear up and call at-
tention to a high corner somewhere,
and they would back that old steam
roller around and do it all over again.
In my boyhood days my grandfather
used to tell of his nerve-racking ex-
periences and hairbreadth escapes in
the Civil War, and I have marvelled
that so many men lived through it;
but since this trip to Nebraska I am
convinced the old-timers knew little of
real trouble.

Of course, there is another side to
the story. We know the sugar business
is having rough traveling at present

and it is imperative that the factories
be maintained and operated at a mini-
mum cost. Our officials are earnestly
trying to keep the output as high as
possible and the expense as low as pos-
sible. All who have worked with them
know they are meeting and mastering
harder problems than we at the fac-
tories handle. Some day the clouds
will break and this great industry
will roll down the business highway
"hitting on all six" and strengthened
by the experiences we are passing
through.

This year will develop the resource-
ful man at the factories, too. That will
be highly beneficial to both the man
and the Company. We used to have
more money to take care of some jobs
than we have now. Still this year
must not see any decrease in capacity,
so Mr. Superintendent and Master Me-
chanic, it is up to you and your little
crew to get it done some way or some-
how and stay inside the money. Don't
try to put anything over on the Cash-
ier.

During the week in Nebraska the
Bayard boys, Babbitt, Harbeck and my-
self went to Mitchell every evening,
sleeping in the rooms over that office
and returning to Scottsbluff every
morning before breakfast. Mr. Sim-
mons placed the big Cadillac car at
our disposal and Mr. Babbitt was to
act as chauffeur.

Mitchell is about fourteen miles from
Scottsbluff, in good weather. This
whole district looks like a coming em-
pire, and is another evidence of what
a wonderful influence a beet sugar fac-
tory has in the development of an ag-
ricultural community. As we came into
Scottsbluff one morning from the north
and were commenting on what a won-
derful growth the town had made, Mr.
Babbitt reminded us<; that when he
went up there a few' years ago, there
was not even an electric light plant
in the town.

That the Mitchell valley is the great-
est place in the world for things to
grow was certainly proved to us the
first night we went up there. We were

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prowling around the front door trying
to get the watchman out to unlock the
office for us, and I got one look over
Babbitt's shoulder at that police dog.
He is the biggest thing I ever saw not
set on a concrete foundation or run-
ning on steel rails. Needless to say
when we got in that office we made
sure the door was shut and we stayed
in until morning.

The first morning we drove to
Scottsbluff was cold, and Harbeck com-
pared the fellow who said it was 14
miles from Mitchell, to the namer of
"Nearbeer" who was, as we all know,
a mighty poor judge of distance. But
the ride made that breakfast excel-
lent, and the way Ralph Bristol went
after the coffee made one think it was
"spiked."

Another result of that cold ride was
that Babbitt hustled around and ex-
posed himself to an invitation to stay
in Scottsbluff that night. It fell on
me to drive the next round trip. My
gloves were made out of material about
as heavy as that in the costumes for
Sennett's "Bathing Beauties." And it
was a whole lot more than 14 miles to
Mitchell.

We finished the lists Friday night
and Saturday Babbitt, Harbeck and
myself visited the Mitchell, Gering and
Scottsbluff factories.

We visited Bayard factory Sunday
after a regular honest-to-goodness
breakfast with Mr. and Mrs. Danny
Kussy and Mr. and Mrs. "Chief" Mey-
er. Sunday was sure a red letter day
for us, with a chicken dinner with Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Bristol and the drive
with them to Bridgeport where we
caught the "flyer" for Denver and
home. This train is too fast. Harbeck
got scared; said there should be a law
against running a train so fast in the
dark, got off at Brush and came on the
next day in daylight.

As I look back at this trip and sum
it up, it looks good. Of course they
took all kinds of liberties with our pet
items in our lists, but at the same
time when we get together, understand-
ing that it is for the common cause, we
come away with a determination to put
it across.

You know, the first thing a good sug-
ar man does when he starts in the
business is to erase from his dictionary
the words can't and impossible.

Power, Fuel and Water

By H. L.

THE value of nearly everything can
be reduced to the dollar basis.
Few of us visualize in dollars and
cents the things we consume, especi-
ally when we are not paying the bills.
For this reason
we are inclined to
become lax and
waste things,
which converted
into money)
amount to q u i t e
an item. This has
been substantiated
by recent investi-
gations of power,
fuel„ and water by
the Engineering
Department.
The cost of this account for one
year for all factories before suggested
economies became effective showed

Hartburg

that if converted into a stack of sil-
ver dollars it would make a column
nearly twice as high as the Woolworth
Building. The economies effected for
one year, if converted into silver dol-
lars, could not be hauled away with
less than a three-quarter ton truck.
This amount added to the Company's
coffers at this time is most welcome.
Of course, this saving cannot be ac-
complished without the co-operation
of the factory employees.

It is interesting to see how a dollar
spent for the power, fuel and water
account is divided. Figure 1 shows
this as found berore the economies.
Note that the coal items total 62.92%,
in other words nearly sixty-three cents
of every dollar spent for this account
is for coal.

We find 44.8% spent for the inter-
campaign boilers, and it is here we

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FOR BLACtCSMlTH
.68%

FIG 1

should first concentrate our efforts to
secure economy. It has been common
practice to operate intercampaign boil-
ers with little or no attention to econo-
mies so much in evidence during cam-
paign.

It is not the purpose of this article
to treat boiler economy technologic-
ally, but more as a reminder that the
same general rules in vogue during
camapign can be applied during inter-
campaign.

Where these boilers are used for
live steam heating, care should be ex-
ercised in the use of radiators. As an
illustration: an ordinary radiator of
50 sq. ft. used one hour requires about
10 lbs. of coal into the boiler furnace.
Imagine the number of radiators use-
lessly in service at our sixteen fac-
tories and you get some idea of the
coal that might be saved through this
avenue alone.

The heating of tower ta>nks has
been done in a more or less haphazard
fashion. Water has been found in
these tanks in all three states, solid,
liquid and gaseous. It is of no use
to us except in the liquid state. It
is hoped by the installation of record-
ing thermometers on these tanks to
assure us water in the liquid state, the
only one to combat fire.

Heating molasses for the farmers is
another drain on the boiler. For every
ton of molasses heated approximately

25 lbs. of coal are consumed. Mana-
gers please note.

Another 6.46% of each dollar goes
for coal for the locomotive cranes, a
necessary but inefficient apparatus.
However, why there is an average vari-
ation of 50% in their coal consump-
tion is a mystery. No doubt the dif-
ference is due to types of grates, coal,
dirty flues, variation in boiler feed
water, etc. Master Mechanics please
note this and look your crane over.
Are you using an injector or a steam
pump?

Coal and coke for stoves and sala-
manders forms 6.37% of each dollar
spent on this account. We believe that
coal burned in stoves in the factories
is the most efficient method of heat-
ing. Coke burned in salamanders is
not only expensive but obnoxious.

Coal for heating the offices consti-
tutes 4.61% of the total money spent
on this account. This would not be
so high but it seems the office fur-
naces have a champagne appetite—
they can't burn anything but anthra-
cite. We would prescribe a diet of
lignite, a little more cleaning of flues
and ash pits, radiators off when not
in use and then watch this percentage
reduce. Cashiers please note.

Blacksmith coal sets a mark of .68%
for all the other items to shoot at.
This coal is expensive if the best grade
is purchased, but the best is none too
good for this job.

Figure 1 shows us that water makes
up 7.91% of each dollar spent on the
power, fuel and water account during
intercampaign. The amount of water
consumed daily during the intercam-
paign period at the sixteen factories
would supply a city of 5,000 inhabit-
ants. There are not this number in
the factories at this period nor are
there any processes going on, unless
it be wasting water via running foun-
tains, leaky valves and fittings.

Welding gas looms up at 4.71% in
Figure 1. We believe that this item
is ordinarily handled efficiently ex-
cept when used as a stove and heat-
ing a 6" dia. shaft to straighten same.
"However, we should be on the look-
out for leaky connections, poor hose,
and faulty torch tips.

In the item of electric light and

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power, which is 10.03% of the total
account, needless use of electric light-
ing requires special attention. What
is easier than to switch on a heating
element to warm your feet on a cold
morning, fry a steak at noon, leave a
light burning all night, or keep your
pet automobile warm. We can see a
motive for these things but we are
at a loss to explain why lights are
left burning in broad daylight.

This brings to mind an incident of
the power, fuel and water investiga-
tion. Messrs. Rienks, Supt. Master
Mechanic, et al, were walking through
a factory and noting the different ap-
paratus using electricity. In the ma-
chine shop it was noted that the lights
were burning amid sunlight. Mr.
Rienks requested the Superintendent to
shut the lights off so he could see the
effect. The Superintendent glanced
about, called the Master Mechanic and
asked him to snap the lights off. The
Master Mechanic cast a perplexing
glance around and then hailed an As-
sistant Master Mechanic. The Assist-
ant Master Mechanic hailed another
Assistant Master Mechanic. The lat-
ter hunted up the shop foreman and
he in turn called the lathe man and
finally they found the seventh man
and he proceeded to look about and
found the switch in an obscure corner
where no one could even reach it. To
economize it is at least essential first
to know where the switches are lo-
cated.

One 60-watt lamp burning one hour
requires about *4 lb. of coal. If we
are buying or making our own elec-
tricity during intercampaign it does
not take long to run into a ton of coal
at this rate. Wht makes this item
high is probably the rates charged per
connected horsepower. The heating of
booths is a hit and miss proposition
as it is now being done. We are in-
vestigating the possibility of an auto-
matic thermostatic control for the
heating of booths. Should this prove
satisfactory further savings can be an-
ticipated.

The fireman expense is 14.52% of
each dollar spent. This percentage
seems high but it is really worth while
if the fireman can handle the firing
of the intercampaign boiler efficiently.
We would suggest that he interest him-

self in literature on the elementaries
of combustion. Combining this theor-
etical knowledge with the practical pe-
culiarities of each installation a fire-
man can accomplish results that the
outsider with his advice could not ap-
proach.

The figures used here are based on
the Colorado District about February
1, 1922. The averages are applied to
all the factories, and should be fairly
representative. They illustrate where
our deficiencies lie so they may be
remedied. The important things to
remember which determine the ton-
nage of coal burned are the amounts
of heating, power and lighting used,
and it is here effort should be cen-
tered to reduce the cost of this ac-
count.

E. A. Franklin

The Engineers' Edition wouldn't be
complete without a picture of E. A.
Franklin, Master Mechanic at Fort
Collins Factory, one of the Nestors of
the business.

Listen, E. A., don't look up the word
Nestor. The dictionary says it is a
genus of parrot with gray heads and

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allied to the cockatoos. That isn't
what we mean at all. Even an Engin-
eer knows that we intended that Nes-
tor thing to be a sincere and reverent
compliment.

The fact is, and we want everyone
to know it, that if we spoke of the
Fort Collins wizard as the "daddy of
them all" it would only imply that he
could take the younger Engineers
across his knee and give them some
pointed pointers.

When you get to know this young
veteran pretty well he will tell you
about a construction job he once had,
installing an air compressing plant at
an Idaho mine. It was in the good
old wide open days and the story
makes you thirsty. The story should
have been in this Engineers' Edition
but had to give way for possibly a
later issue.

One of the big reasons why the Fort
Collins factory has as good a reputa-
tion for performance as any in the
Company is shown in the picture at
the head of this tribute.

Frances May Rogers is only 10
months old and could she help it if
her doggie posed so well that he took
up the better part of the picture?
We bet her daddy, J. O. Rogers of
Billings, held the camera. As a pho-
tographer he is the best beet end fore-
man ever.

Faithful Ever

"I once knew a husband who stayed
home every night for 30 years."
"That was true love."
"Nope, paralysis."

Beet Sugar vs. Cane Sugar

U. S. Department of Agriculture, Wash-
ington, D. C.
To Editor Sugar Beet Journal:

Dear Sir: Your letter addressed to
the Secretary, concerning the relative
merits of cane and beet sugar in the
manufacture of condensed milk, con-
fectionery and soft drinks has been
referred to this bureau for reply.

The difference between pure white
granulated beet sugar and cane sugar
of the same grade is so exceedingly
minute that there is no choice between
the use of these two products. The
refined granulated sugar of commerce,
whether made from cane or beets, con-
tains not less than 99.5 per cent su-
etose and is usually found to contain
from 99.80 to 99.85 per cent. It con-
tains practically no ash and the dif-
ference between the above figures and
100.00 is found to consist of water and
a slight amount of invert sugar (re-
ducing sugar).

On the other hand, crude (brown)
sugar and molasses contain, in addi-
tion to sucrose and water, appreciable
amounts of organic substances (other
than sucrose) and also mineral salts,
the nature and quantity of which vary
according to the plant source.
Respectfully,

KENNETH P. MONROE.
Acting Chemist in charge of Carbo-
hydrate Laboratory.
— From "Sugar Beet Journal and Dairy
Farmer," San Francisco.

A Heavenly Car

Little Willie had been hearing his
father boast to his friends of his new
car and its ability to take the steepest
hills. At the Sunday supper table he
suddenly astonished his parents by de-
manding:

"Pa, does the Lord Almighty own a
Nash Six, too?"

"Great Scott, no, son. Whatever put
that into your head?"

"Well, at Sunday school we had a
hymn that went, 'If I love Him, when
I die He will take me home on high'."

When the job looms mountain-high
Daring you to tug and try

To achieve it — what's to do?

Fight like hell and see it through!

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Campaign Oil Consumption

By Herman Howard
Master Mechanic, Greeley Factory

end justified the means" and the Com-
pany held the sack.

THE campaign oil consumption Is,
or has been, in the minds of most

of us one of those necessary evils that
must be endured incidental to and a
part of the thousands of impedimenta
that make up a
successful "battle
against the beets."
We have learned
to our sorrow that
even a small bear-
ing, burned out
for want of suffi-
cient oil, can as
effectively shut us
down as the melt-
ing of the main
engine bearings.
Realizing, there-
fore, that there is the necessity of a
sufficient quantity of oil in all bear-
ings, we have gone farther and proba-
bly have said, "A little too much oil in
the bearing is just right."

The oiler absorbed these thoughts
much more readily than his clothing
absorbs oil and has proceeded to heap
oil in the bearings, whence it has been
thrown to all parts of the building. He
has then retired to parts unknown, se-
curely feeling the drink he gave that
bearing would last through the rest
of his shift.

The most persistent and consistent
morning visitor in our office or in the
mill was our friend the oiler and his
"good morning" was generally "Give
me an order for ten gallons of shaft
oil." Engineers worked along the same
line of procedure and our oil consump-
tion grew into manly proportions.

The greatest waste of oil, however,
and the conditions that caused the ex-
cessive draft of oil from the storeroom
was our lack of the necessary filters
with which to reclaim the oil after it
had once been used and collected. No
one, not even a self respecting oiler,
would put a quantity of contaminated
oil into a bearing, and under existing
conditions there was only one place
to put it. It was consigned to the
Main Sewer with appropriate ceremon-
ies— a villainous thing to do — "but the

When, however, the great cry of re-
trenchment and intrenchment was
raised, the campaign oil consumption
was selected as one of the first victims
for the operating table. The most dif-
ficult thing to get done was the collec-
tion and filtration of the oil by each
shift and especially to instill into the
individual the importance of keeping
our only and overworked filter in the
very best of repair and cleanliness. We
then obtained authorization (more or
less under protest) to purchase two
more filters of small capacity, one of
which was designed to handle cylinder
oil drips. We rearranged our oiling
force hiring one less oiler on each
shift. The work of those remaining
was reduced to getting the oil into the
bearings and watching and feeling
them. With this essential part of the
oiling accounted for we then hired an-
other man on the first shift only at
regular first class oilers' rate whose
duties were outlined as follows:

1 — He delivered all new or filtered
oils to the oilers and to the engineers'
stations, seeing that the supply was al-
ways sufficient to meet the needs of
the two following shifts.

2 — He also made all collections of
oil throughout the mill from all shaft
bearing and engine drip pans.

3 — He skimmed the cylinder oil from
the steam oil separator, filtered all oils
and kept the filters clean.

With this new arrangement and
working plan we always knew "who
was who" and "where was where" in
oildom. The new arrangement gave us
a saving of the wages of two oilers per
day over the total campaign.

The safe. minimum oil consumption
of any particular bearing, where no
great variation of shaft speed or of
outside temperature occurs, will ad-
mittedly be a constant and our main
idea was to get our oilers to establish
that constant firmly in their minds
and thereby save, by eliminating the
common error of oversupply.

We cannot say that we established

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this constant in all instances, for we
did have to fight a few hot bearings at
various times. Every time a hot bear-
ing was reported we would hear the
remark: "Do you think we are using
the filtered oil over too many times?"

This remark came so often that it
kind of "got our goat" (perhaps we had
a guilty conscience), and we would
wonder why the questioner was not an
Indian with the name of "Little Man
Afraid of His Horse." After we lost a
big bearing on the main sugar end
shaft, with the consequent two hours'
shutdown, we all got afraid of our
horse.

Taking some of the oil from this
shaft's bearings we filtered it twice,
each time through a clean filter. The
filtrate was clear and sparkling. This
filtrate was then allowed to stand over
night and in the morning we found
what we had feared, a heavy black pre-
cipitate. This finished the scare and
on the fifty-second day of Campaign all
bearings were drained and washed,
throughout the entire house, and re-
filled with new oil.

Here the questioner again appeared
and wisely said: "That's just what I
thought." We thought so too or we
would not have done it.

We improvised a crude settling
tank and after filtering the drained
oil twice through new filtering ma-
terial we allowed it to remain in this
tank until tests showed it to be free
from deposits. Various tests proved
it necessary to allow the oil to re-
main in the settling tank from 36 to
48 hours before all the suspended mat-
ter precipitated out. The best results
for fast settling were obtained when
the oil was kept at a depth of about two
inches and at a temperature of about
80 degrees Centigrade.

We finished the campaign with this
crude arrangement and the only new
oil used was "make up oil" when the
filtered oil was not of sufficient quan-
tity.

No! We did not use the filtered oil
over too many times. We simply used
a filter that would not completely
purify the oil. That filter was se-
lected because of price.

Up to this point only engine and
shaft oils have been mentioned. New
cylinder oil was always used on the

cylinders of both main engines and
the two generator engines. A part of
this oil was later recovered from the
steam oil separator and refiltered. All
such recovered oil was used on all
other steam cylinders as long as we
had it to use. Otherwise we used new
oil. The use of this oil has shown no
detrimental effects on the cylinders in
which it was used and it fed very well

We had hoped for a saving of
33 1/3% of the quantity of oil used
per day over that used the previous
campaign out we were poor marksmen
and shot too low. We made the fol-
lowing savings: Cylinder oil, 60%;
engine oil, 41%; shaft oil, 52%; com-
pressor oil, 50%. The quantity of cen-
trifugal oil increased 27%. The geo-
metrical average as figured for all
these oils was 48% with a total sav-
ing of $704.67 for the campaign.

The economy bug had so innoculated
the factory crew that automatically
there was a saving on all other fac-
tory lubricants such as kerosene,
greases, and even waste. These sav-
ings amounted to $239.72, giving a
grand total saving on lubricants for
the campaign of $944.39. Disregard-
ing the difference in prices the total
saving over last year was $1,800.92.

We could duplicate or even increase
this saving another year if we could
obtain an oil filter with settling pan
construction or a centrifugal oil puri-
fier like those used by the Government

Our desires were made known on
our Maintenance List this year, with
last year's record to speak for itself,
but with the stock remark "You didn't
have it last year, do you need it this?"
came the circular motion with the red
pencil and the filters went out the
window. We are, however, going to
be allowed to build some additional
and better settling pans.

It is our sincere hope that some fac-
tory will be given a chance to try out
the best types of filters and purifiers
this year and if any should be so for-
tunate as to be favored with this privi-
lege by the powers-that-be, we will not
be selfish or unkind and in our sup-
plications will not say: "Now dear
Lord, we have tried to be the best
of servants and to always do the right
thing, but if you can't help us please
don't help the other fellow."

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In the Denver Engineer's Office

Left to right: Edwin Morrison, B. H. Babbitt, F. A. Gunther, George W.
Rienks, Miss Mary J. Henry, W. A. Mitchell, H. L. Hartburg, A. R. Cliff and
F. W. Cowell.

Steam Engine Valve Setting and
Indicator Cards

By F. A. Gunther

THE quick and controllable valve
movement came with the advent
of the Corliss type engine and estab-
lished advanced efficiency in the devel-
opment of steam power with increased
steam pressure.
This type of en-
gine is used gen-
erally throughout
our factories.

The engine, as
a general rule, af-
ter being installed
and put in run-
ning order, is a
piece of machin-
ery that needs lit-
tle or no atten-
tion except for lu-
brication, and if we have any trouble
or the engine bfegins to balk the first
question is "How are the valves?" for
we all know that the valves are the
important factors in the running and
getting efficiency out of the engine,
and they should be checked up at least
once a month during a campaign, as ir-
regular, loose, leaky valves or too lit-
tle or too much compression causes

the engine to pound, the result of this
being increased steam consumption,
which means increased coal consump-
tion.

To set the valves of a horizontal Cor-
liss steam engine, without the use of an
indicator, is a task the layman can
well entrust to an engineer. Any of
the latter who are interested in ob-
taining the recipe (blue-penciled by a
cruel editor) may write to me.

The indicator card tells a great many
things and in the adjustment of valves
it is of importance, because however
carefully the valve may have been ad-
justed before the engine is under
steam, expansion and some springing
of parts will cause derangement, some-
times serious. In all cases the indi-
cator is a ready means of locating the
trouble, and the engineer cannot be
assured his engine is working economi-
cally without the regular use of the
instrument.

The diagram shown by the dotted
lines is a card taken from an engine
not working economically, and the half
diagram shown by the solid lines is an

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approximate true card which I will try
to explain. I will also try to tell the
faults of the other card.

r —

HEAV.

Area
0 M«n Effective Frettury,
Horse Power /*

Total Horse Power.

Tvpic/sl. Ea<G»/he: Iaipicator Cavjp.

In the true card A is the atmospheric
line. This line has no connection with
the conditions existing in the cylinder.
It is drawn when the indicator cock is
turned so as to close the communica-
tion between the indicator and the cyl-
inder of the engine and with the at-
mospheric pressure on both sides of
the indicator piston. It is important
to establish this line correctly as it is
the neutral line of the diagram and
from it all pressures are measured.

V is the vacuum line and is drawn
in by hand at a distance below A, equal
by the scale of the spring, to the pres-
sure of the atmosphere, assumed at
12.2 pounds at this altitude. At sea
level it is 14.7 pounds.

D-E is the admission line, so called
because its beginning, D, represents
the point in the stroke at which the
steam valve begins to admit steam to
the cylinder.

E-F is the steam line, considered as
beginning at the point of positive
change in direction of the admission-
line as at E, and terminating at the
point of cut-off, F.

The expansion-line F-G, is traced af-
ter admission of steam has ceased, the
pressure falling by expansion while
the piston is traveling a distance rep-
resented horizonally from F to G.

The exhaust line begins with the
opening of the exhaust valve at G, and
continues to the end of the forward
stroke and beginning of the return
stroke.

H-I, is the line of counter pressure
beginning with the return stroke and
continuing to I, at which point the ex-
haust valve closed.

The compression-line begins at I, and
continues to D, the pressure rising as
the steam remaining in the cylinder
is compressed into less volume.

This will complete the approximately
true card and if the lines on any card
taken do not correspond with these
lines, we know at a glance that some-
thing is wrong.

On the dotted card the admission-line
— D-E — slopes to the outside of the di-
agram, indicating too early admission
of steam to the cylinder, also too much
compression. If the admission line
slopes to the inside, it indicates a late
opening valve. The steam line on this
side has a decided drop, indicating that
the pipes supplying steam, or the en-
gine parts, are too small.

The expansion line and the line of
counter pressure coming to a decided
point, and the line of counter pressure
continuing back a distance on the ex-
pansion line, indicates that exhaust
valve did not open until after the pis-
ton had started on its return stroke.
Part of this may be due to the exhaust
pipes being too small or sharp bends in
the pipes too close to the engine cyl-
inder. Also a late opening exhaust
valve results in a material loss from
back pressure.

In cases where the cut-off is late the
eccentric should be advanced and where
the cut-off is early it should be re-
tarded. The same rule holds good for
the exhaust valves.

From the indicator diagram we can
figure the steam, water and coal con-
sumption, also the horsepower the en-
gine is pulling, by formulas which can
be found in most handbooks pertain-
ing to engines.

In conclusion will say that the above
description covers only a few of the
main points shown by the indicator
card and these few points if not check-
ed up from time to time and corrected
will result in a material loss.

A maiden not lacKlng in pride

Went out with her beau for a ride

She said: "Tell me, Joe, how far do
you go?"
"As far as you'll let me," he cried.

Customer — I want something to put
a chicken in.

Floorwalker — Yes, sir. Camisole or
casserole?

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Beet Sugar as Good for
Drinks as Cane

Dr. Upson of the University of Ne-
braska sums up the cane vs. beet sugar
question as follows:

(a) There is absolutely no differ-
ence between cane sugar and the su-
gar which is manufactured from su-
gar beets;

(b) There is no reason why beet
sugar should cause more spoiling than
cane sugar;

(c) When the beet sugar comes into
the market it is identical in every re-
spect with the sugar which comes from
the sugar cane.

"The prejudice against beet sugar
dated back some years," proceeded this
eminent authority. "I looked into the
matter further, and found that fifteen
or twenty years ago, when they first
began to manufacture beet sugar in
this country, it was not possible to
refine it to the kind or degree that
cane sugar could be refined at that
time. Certain impurities in the beet
root are more difficult to remove than
are the impurities in the sugar which
comes from the cane. But the mod-
ern process of manufacture allows the
complete removal of these impurities,
so that when the beet sugar comes in
the market it is identical in every
respect with the sugar which comes
from the popular sugar cane. Those
impurities which were formerly left in
the beet sugar did cause trouble, and
might have been responsible for some
trouble in the beverage. It is imma-
terial whether you use beet sugar or
cane sugar — you are just as liable to
get spoiling with cane as with the
beet. It is a question of your other
conditions."

Beet sugar has been unjustly ac-
cused of many crimes — crimes due to
other causes, sometimes to organisms
of various kinds, usually yeasts. When
made in solutions, the two sugars — ■
that is, when beet sugar has been pro-
perly refined — have been found iden-
tical, that is from a chemical stand-
point, from every point of view. — From
"All-Western Bottlers' Journal,'1' Feb-
ruary, 1922.

Members of the Beet

Sugar Technical

Society

Take Note

"If you put nothing into a thing you
get nothing out of it," is an old adage
that still holds true, even with the Beet
Sugar Technical Society. We want you
to put something into the society and
we will all get something out of it. It
seems that some of us are inclined to
be a little lax in attending meetings,
offering suggestions, ' etc. In other
words, we are easing up.

It is true, some are located too far
away to attend regularly, but 75 per
cent of the members are within one or
two hours' ride of Denver or are in the
city. Efforts are now being made to
get the price of the dinners down to a
pre-war basis. This should lift the ban
in some instances. When the concrete
roads are finished this will bring others
who fear auto trouble. The city mem-
bers haven't much to offer in the way
of excuses, such as conflicting engage-
ments, since the notice is received a
week in advance. If you can't possibly
get here to make suggestions or ask
questions, you can at least write.

Let us get together and make this
society hit on all twelve. Let us have
your ideas, maybe we can make this
society more attractive for you.

"On with the race."

H. L. HARTBURG,
Secretary.

Gentlemanly Jesse James

A farmer went into a clothing store
the other day to price a suit of clothes.

"That's pretty high," he remonstrat-
ed when the clothing man named the
price.

"You wouldn't let me trade a horse
in on the suit?" he asked.

"I haven't any use for a horse," the
merchant replied.

"Jesse James used one," the farmer
suggested as he left the store.

Two men met at the Sugar Building.
One asked for a handout. The other,
an Engineer, didn't have any money
either.

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Maximum Evaporator Pressures
and Locke Regulators

By F. W. Cornell

SOME comment was heard during the
1920-21 campaign concerning the
loss of capacity at factories due to lim-
iting the pressure on first body evap-
orators. This limit was set after care-
ful consideration
was given to the
problem from two
viewpoints: 1st,
safety to all, and
2nd, to cut the al-
lowed pressure as
little as possible
due to loss of ca-
pacity with lower
pressure. While
we have avoided
serious accidents
that have befallen
others, the investigation revealed that
the majority of the first effects were be-
ing stressed beyond the safe working
pressure. This led to design of the ad-
ditional bracing installed last summer

and where this was done the pressure
was raised from the previous 6 lbs.
maximum to 8 lbs.

The investigation required three
weeks' time and the notes and algebraic
solutions covered about 100 sheets of
paper, with an additional number of
graphic solutions. Tension, compres-
sion, shearing and flexural stresses
were considered. The investigation of
an old evaporator presents many dif-
ficulties due to the deterioration of the
inside surface of the metal from boiling
with acid. The process of moulding
cast iron may leave sand pockets which
become weak sections during service.

In our process, steam is used for pow-
er, heating and boiling. "Power Steam"
at 125 to 140 pounds pressure turns the
engines and leaves at an exhaust pres-
sure of about 15 pounds, called "Low
Exhaust," used for evaporators. In a
few factories some pumps operate into
another exhaust system of 30 to 35

Locke Controlled Steam Valves

4>^tf.?r to /P^,^

/J/g*Ex*At/sr to Low W*** H/sh ,s M,a*.

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pounds, known as "High Exhaust,"
used for injector battery heating. For
the Vacuum Pans, we use steam at 80
to 90 pounds pressure, and this is call-
ed "Boiling Steam."

To maintain nearly constant steam
pressures, and the proper pressure rela-
tions between the four steam systems
we use a number of Locke (manufac-
turer's name) Regulators, for the fol-
lowing functions: 1st, to use any ex-
cess "Power Steam" in the "Boiling
Steam" rather than let it waste; ,2nd,
to reduce the "Boiling Steam" pressure
to about 80 lbs. for lengthening the life
of pan coils; 3rd, for making up lack of
steam in either exhaust system by ad-
mitting reduced "Boiling Steam"; 4th,
to use any excess "High Exhaust" in
the "Low Exhaust," and 5th, to blow to
waste any excess "Low Exhaust" pre-
venting it building up to a pressure

either dangerous to apparatus or det-
rimental to engine operation.

This Locke Regulator is a sensitive
and positive regulator, but rather a
complicated one. Details of its makeup
and operation are obtainable in the
manufacturer's catalog. Care must be
taken in selecting and operating the
Regulator for each service, to be fully
protected against possible emergencies,
such as failure of the water supply,
breaking of cords, chains or diaphrams.
The manufacturer, however, makes
both "direct" and "reverse" water mo-
tors, also both "direct" and "reverse"
pilot valves, several sizes of dia-
phrams, and fulcrum supports which
may be moved to either side of dia-
phram. The most careful choice of
parts, together with a carefully thought
out arrangement of levers and weights,
will make a safe and dependable ar-
rangement for each service.

The Coming Do and Don't Book

By A.

THE so-called "Do and Don't" book
will be a compilation of all instruc-
tions sent all factories on what to do
and what not to do to make the opera-
tion of hazardous apparatus safe. These
instructions were
issued from time
to time by the En-
gineering Depart-
ment in the form
of general letters,
but some of these
letters may have
been lost or filed
away and forgot-
ten. Furthermore,
unless the one
copy of each let-
ter sent to every
factory was passed on those whose duty
it is to see that instructions are ob-
served, might never have seen it.

For these reasons, the letters issued
in the past will be brought up to date,
condensed, and issued in the form of
bulletins, which will be dated and
signed by Mr. Edwin Morrison, General
Superintendent. The bulletins will be
of the loose-leaf form and bound, and

R. Cliff

copies of the book furnished for each
Superintendent's office, Master Me-
chanic's office, Assistant Superinten-
dent's office and Assistant Master Me-
chanic's office at every factory. It is
expected that all those concerned will
familiarize themselves with the con-
tents. Additional or revised bulletins
will be issued as found necessary, to
be inserted in the book.

The bulletins will be titled according
to the station or apparatus, and arrang-
ed alphabetically in the book. For in-
stance, the bulletin on "Boilers" will
contain the instructions for testing the
safety valves, non-use of shut-off valves
in either upper or lower connections
between water columns and boilers, re-
placing gauge glasses, alarm whistles,
and a table of maximum boiler press-
ures allowed to be carried.

In addition to the bulletin mentioned
above, there will be bulletins on cen-
trifugals, giving maximum speed; on
compressors, mentioning the kind of
lubricating oil to use, how to use this
oil, the use of soap-suds for cleaning
the cylinders, the cleaning of valves,
and special mention made of the use

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of no kerosene or similar oil for clean-
ing any part of the compressor either
running or apart for repairs; on
cranes, how they should be left when
not in operation; on dischargers, how
to operate hand and hydraulic sugar
dischargers; on elevators, the testing
of the safety appliances on passenger
and freight elevators.

Other bulletins will be on .engines,
regarding the testing and inspection
of governors, inspection of governor
belts, the running of engines on the
governor pin, and a table of maximum
speeds for all main engines and main
generator engines; on evaporators, re-
garding the testing of safety valves
and maximum pressures allowed in va-
por chamber of first bodies; on the
hammer tests of fly-wheels and pulleys
to be made in addition to the regular
inspection by the Insurance Company;
on the allowable pressure to be carried
in all cast iron sectional radiators used
for heating; on air receivers, their care
and inspection.

Still other bulletins will treat on the
cutting, drilling and riveting of build-
ing steel; on the pressures to use in
testing boilers, heaters, pan coils, cal-
andrias and evaporator tubes; on the
non-use of shut-off valves between safe-
ty valves and the bodies they protect;
on railroad clearances as applied to
platforms and structures built along-
side tracks; and on battery pressures.

These instructions were originally
sent out when some unsafe practice
was being followed or some unsafe
condition was brought to attention and
it was only after looking up good au-
thority that the letters were issued. In
the case of air compressor lubrication,
several manufacturers were asked to
give their opinion and the sam« pro-
cedure followed in other cases where
possible, as well as consulting reliable
engineering handbooks.

It is the desire of the Company and
the engineering department to have
our factories operating in the safest
condition possible. With the large
number of people employed, if some un-
safe condition exists or some unsafe
practice is indulged in, an accident
might cause loss of life, damage to
machinery, and loss of time and money
in the interruption of the manufactur-
ing process.

It is the hope and desire that when
the factories receive these books, they
will be distributed as stated, and each
Superintendent, Master Mechanic, As-
sistant Superintendent and Assistant
Master Mechanic will familiarize him-
self with its contents, so that any of
the conditions mentioned may be more
readily observed and proper steps tak-
en to effect an immediate remedy.

The Engineering Department desires
to co-operate in every way with the
factory management, and they are ask-
ed to consult with it on any condition
that arises. In fact, the factory men
are depended upon to bring all unsafe
conditions to the attention of the de-
partment.

The traveling engineers will also be
furnished a copy of the "Do and Don't"
book, so that in their visits to the fac-
tories, they will be able to observe
whether all the instructions are being
carried out. This is not merely for
checking up on the factory manage-
ment, but to be certain that everything
is operating in the safest possible man-
ner.

The "Do and Don t" book is impor-
tant, so choose a conspicuous place to
hang it and consult it often.

"Safety First" is the slogan of all
industry. The desire of the Engineer-
ing Department to have all our fac-
tories practicing safety to the highest
degree is good and sufficient reason
for issuing the "Do and Don't" book.

Sugar is Cheap
Eat More

Price Calories Calories

per lb. per lb. per lc

Butter 45c 3605 80

Bacon 50c 2795 56

SUGAR 6c 1860 310

Macaroni 12V2c 1665 133

Pork Chops.. .25c 1340 54

Bread 9%c 1230 13

Roast Beef... 46c 1010 22

Beef Steak 35c 950 27

Milk 6V2c 325 50

"Milkman, do you pasture your
cows?"

"I sure do."

"Thass good, my wife wants pas-
teurized milk."

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ereolmel

DENVER

OLGA SCHMITZ AND EVA MAE

JOLLY,

Associate Editors.

Some engineer! Mitchell's his name,
To him the ladies all look the same,
Long or short, slim or tall,
Each and all in turn they fall —
"For Mitch."

Mr. Osborn will leave April 1 for
Birmingham, Ala., to attend the
meeting of the American Chemical
Society. Mr. Osborn is chairman of
the newly established Sugar Section
of the Society. He also will repre-
sent the State of Colorado.

Anyone who thinks the sixth floor
is not as busy as any other part of
the building, just take a trip "around
the horn" from the District Engin-
eer's office to the Research Depart-
ment and listen to a few arguments
on Maintenance Lists, noise of type-
writers, Mr. Cottingham disposing of
the surplus list, and other kinds of
work too numerous to mention, then
you will realize that the sixth floor
is at the top.

Mr, Rienks entertained the mem-
bers of his office force the other
evening after work at the Oxford
Drug Store. Among those present
at the "coke" party were Miss Henry,
Miss Cope, Mr. Cowell, Mr. Mitchell,
Mr. Gunther, and Mr. Rienks. Mr.
Cliff wanted to go along but his wife
called for him with the machine. Mr.
Hartburn got cold feet and left be-
fore five o'clock. It was a wild party
while they were waiting for their re-
spective "closed cars" Nos. 9, 20, 40
and 29.

Jimmie Campbell had the nerve to
sport two new suits last week. Bill
Morey says the way he got the money
to buy 'em was begging cigarettes,
cigars, etc., from everyone and thus

saved the sheckles to make said pur-
chase. I like the brown one best,
Jimmie.

Have you noticed that one of the
"Three Musketeers" pays quite a bit
of attention to a new-comer in the
stenographic room? We heard that
he had a date the other night and,
of course, thought he was going to
take her to the Orpheum, but it
proved to be one of the old sugar
tramps, after all. The disappoint-
ment was keen.

Here's a good one, don't fail to
read it. Mr. Moon of Johnstown was
driving through City Park one beau-
tiful morning and, lo and behold, he
nearly ran over Frankenfield. He
became so confused, either with sur-
prise, fear or pleasure or something,
instead of turning down the road he
turned into the bridle (not bridal)
path. This was too good to keep,
George.

Did you win the Packard at the
Shrine Circus? It is no fault of 01-
ga's if you didn't. That girl can
sure sell the tickets, although Mr.
Saunders would let you buy six at
one time, if you wanted to.

The stenographers are patiently
waiting for the annual statements.
Will some kind soul provide some
corrugated ear muffs absolutely guar-
anteed to keep out the sound of four-
teen typewriters, three adding ma-
chines,, half a dozen telephones, and
the stencil machine? Kindly deliver
them to Miss Demeter.

There were several broken hearts
at S'cottsbluff factory after Mike's
departure. Oh cruel woild!

Has anyone found out what Mr.
Domby was going to do with that
empty satchel?

We all enjoyed Mr. Weick's treat
in honor of Frank, Junior.

Hazel Cope has been wearing her
"other dress" all week.

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There's a young engineer named

"Hart,"
Who from his mustache would not

part,
But give him a List, and set the pace,
And you'll hear him say "On with

the race."
There was a man named Shaffer,
Clean factories were his caper,
A burlap bag on a factory floor,
Connected with his foot and made it

sore.
Ye Ed came running into the en-
gineering department looking for a
Congressional Record and wanted to
know what in — an engineer needed
the Record for. Ask Babbitt, he
knows — he keeps a supply on hand,
unread.

EATON

G. J. KUEMPEL,
Associate Editor

Bill Resch, Assistant Superinten-
dent, is wearing the smile that won't
come off, for on March 8 he wel-
comed a new son to his home. Bill
says "He's some boy."

The flu was around again and a
great number of our employees have
been off work due to this disease.
However, we are glad to find it is
in a much milder form than before,
and no serious results occurred.

Superintendent A. A. Clark accom-
panied his wife to Rochester, Minn.,
to Mayo Brothers' Hospital, where
she will undergo an operation. Our
best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Bill Miller is sporting a new Es-
sex car. How do you do it, Bill?

George Kuempel must be a Mor-
mon as from the latest reports the
Eaton girls are naming their dolls
after him. We thought it was a Ft.
Collins young lady who was the un-
lucky one. From the cradle to the
grave they're George's.

Mrs. H. A. Terry is recovering
from an operation for appendicitis
which she underwent at a Denver
hospital recently.

Mrs. A. S. Gow has gone to Kan-
sas City, Mo., for an extended visit
with relatives.

Adversity is the first path to truth-
Byron.

GREELEY

C. C. CRAWFORD,
Associate Editor.

Our former cooorespondent, H. O.
Banta, has been confined to his home
for the past month with a severe
case of rheumatism. The only cause
the doctor can attribute is that Harry
succeeded in having one of his latest
compositions set to music and pub-
lished by a Chicago music house, and
that he caught cold while demon-
strating his wares about town in the
role of Romeo.

Mr. Banta's illness left the posi-
tion of cooorespondent very vacant
and the committee on Organization
and Personnel at this plant was im-
mediately called into session to con-
sider someone qualified in the art
of coooresponding to fill the great
gap in this much desired position.
The discussion, 'tis said, waxed warm
and loud as each member of the
committee suggested their various fa-
vorites for the appointment. As
name after name was eliminated, the
hours flew by and when the aura
of morn adorned the eastern sky the
committee came forth with their an-
nouncement. The chairman of the
committee announced that one quite
new in our midst had finally been
chosen for the great honor, and with
bated breath we all heard the an-
nouncement that C. C. Crawford,
sometimes called "Doc" (we wonder
why), was to be the lucky one. Im-
mediately he was besieged with the
cry "Speech, speech," and this was
his reply:

"I came here from a Hoosier town,
Quite unprepared for this renown;
I promise to be faithful ever,
And write some stuff that's awfully

clever.
Bear with me then for thirty days,
And I'll acquaint you with my ways."

Mr. Crawford will be the Colyum
Editor from this day hence. He says
he's not so good on colyums as he
is on writing Volyums.

Out of deference to the passing
editor and of respect to the newly
appointed one, we will end this aw$ul
ditty, knowing that you'll think it
witty.

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FORT COLLINS

W. L. GREEN and BYRON ALBERT,
Associate Editors

G. W. Culver, formerly Side Rec-
ord Clerk, has secured a position in
the county treasurer's office.

W. W. Christinck suffered a
broken finger when he attempted to
prevent his garage door from dam-
aging his car. Finger and door do-
ing well.

J. M. Mooney and E. Heumesser
are on the sick list, "Heinie" with
an attack of rheumatism and Joe
battling with the "flu."

The small daughter of L. H. Huff-
man, Superintendent's Clerk, is very
seriously ill with "flu." At the pres-
ent writing, she seems to be some-
what better.

Among those who have been ill
with bad colds are Geo. Rutherford,
Byron Rooker, Chas. Ritter, F. G.
Moon, Fred Nieder, Buyrl Becker, E.
A. Franklin and C. F. Osborn.

Marshall Moore, after being with
us through the campaign as sugar
warehouse foreman, has returned to
his old job with the ditch company
at the headwaters of the Poudre
River.

LOVELAND

R. HENDERSON and V. V. HARTMAN,
Associate Editors

We welcome with pleasure Mars
Guindon from Sterling as our As-
sistant Superintendent in the place
made vacant by Mr. Hushman. Mr.
Guindon is not a stranger in our or-
ganization, having started his Great
Western Career at this plant.

The sale of live stock and machin-
ery, etc., from the Loveland farms
was well attended and was a finan-
cial success.

Uneasiness over the molasses sit-
uation is being relieved. We are at
present shipping at the rate of two
cars per day. Limerock delivery for
next Campaign has also started in
earnest.

Through no fault of their own
Supt. Mooney, Master Mechanic Nu-
gent and R. G. Miller failed to at-
tend the recent technical meeting

held in Denver as they had promised.
It later developed a similar meeting
was held in the road near Arvada
that evening and lasted well toward
morning with only the above mem-
bers present. The subject for dis-
cussion seemed to be a coil on a
S'tudebaker automobile owned by Mr.
Nugent. After many heated argu-
ments it was satisfactorily proven a
Ford part could not be grafted on a
Studebaker.

Our organization has been very
fortunate during the present flu epi-
demic, only a few being unable to
be at work and in their cases nothing
serious developing. Messrs. Nugent,
Starbuck, and Bluebaugh are among
those who were "flooey."

LONGMONT

MISS CORA L. McGREW and FRED
WARNER, Associate Editors

The Cashier's department is trying
to catch up on the work which had
to be left while the Annual was be-
ing compiled. Anyway there isn't
another one until next year.

The experimental department is
busy testing beets for pedigreed seed
production. Mr. Maxson, who is
making final selection of beets for
this purpose, will endeavor to have
this work completed before April 1,
at which time he expects to take up
some research work in Utah and
Idaho for the Amalgamated Sugar
Company.

Messrs. Neal, Gaffin, Anderson and
McCurry from the laboratory crew,
Spangler of Mr. Hitt's office, Zinser
from the warehouse and Carrie from
the store room are now engaged in
the Experimental Department, test-
ing beets. Their usual question is
"After this — what?"

Lieut. Nicholas Kobliansky is be-
coming very adept at selecting suit-
able beets to test, and is being re-
minded of his dugout experience in
the World's war by having to work
by electric light in a dark cellar.

Several of the office force and a
number of the men in the mill have
had a bout with the flu. All have
recovered to a more or less degree.
"Spring fever" is also trying to get
in its deadly work.

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This fine March sunshine is begin-
ning to make some of the more ar-
dent fishing bugs look around for
old cans to hold bait, but oh, the
25th of May seems such a long way
off.

complishments of its members, which
is shown by the skill of "Broad"
Hunter in the art of cabinet making.
The labor attending this bit of han-
dicraft speaks well for the workman.

Our organization gains in the ac-

BRIGHTON

"Gov." Peabody, head beet clerk,
and J. L. Mclntyre, veteran timekeep-
er, are no longer with us. In fact,
Cashier Hume's office force has been
cut to an irreducible minimum.

Arnold Haggerty, former store-
bookkeeper, is at Fitzsimons hos-
pital for treatment of an injury
which he suffered to his right leg
while in the service.

Among those of our crew who have
been on the sick list with the "flu"
or grippe were Mr. Harbeck, Mr.
Johnston, Mr. Houston, Clif Scot-
land, Ray Rees, Tom Crane, and Mr.
Hume. Mr. Tegnell's family and Mrs.
Castleton were also on the sick list,
but we are glad to report are much
improved at this time.

C. R. Berkheimer, assistant elec-
trician, and J. W. Beal have departed
for San Francisco, where they expect
to locate. They are making the jour-
ney by auto, and at last reports had
reached Utah.

STERLING

G. W. ATKINSON AND G. W. SPEER,
Associate Editors.

Lost, strayed or stolen

From the ranch of Billy Dolan

One Belgian watch pup,
With his tail curled up.

Suitable reward will be paid for
return of the above to Cap Beattie,
owing to the loss ' of one source of
revenue.

Since our old friend Guy Wey-
brlght has been forced to gjo to
work, he has written that he now
notices the loss of some of the tools
which he had while in Sterling.

Now that warm weather has come,
the Laboratory heating system is de-
livering the goods in fine style. We
really expected this spring to be like
the others, and it is not too late yet
to have cold weather. At any rate
we are in favor of all policies of re-
trenchment that net us such improve-
ments as the new radiators.

We are glad to report that Mrs.
Jim Cummins and Mrs. Walter Ashby
are both greatly improved after their
severe illness.

Not long ago someone tried the
laboratory door to see if there was
a chance to get into the alcohol bot-
tle. We wonder what scared them
away after pulling off the lock.
Nothing was taken.

Overheard in the mill: First Me-
chanic: "There's a good job done,
and it only took six hours, too."

Second Mechanic: "Yep. It's a
good thing it was done before the
first of March, too, because this
cheap labor would take at least eight
hours for the same job."

Two sons arose Sunday morning
to greet our Chief Chemist, George
Atkinson. An eight pound boy, born
on Sunday morning, is making George
step high even with that lame leg
of his. Mother, son and George all
doing nicely.

We were all grieved to hear of
the death on March 14 of the mother
of our old friend and former associ-
ate, E. A. Froese.

Manager Evans is sporting a new
Hudson Super-Six Speedster. He
says that he may have to go some
to run down the beet contracts this
spring.

Results of the Speedster — 25 days'
run contracted already on the 15th.

We "observe" that Billy Ross is
carrying his arm in a sling. He be-
came a little too playful with some
steam, and suffered a severe scald
on the back of his left hand and
wrist.

The sugar gang has been making
great holes in the big piles of sugar
in the warehouses. Number 2 is
empty, and there is room enough in
both No. 1 and No. 3 to hold a prize
fight.

Signs of Spiting: Tony Jordan

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manicuring the factory lawn.
Wrinkles on the field man's brow — ■
contracted acres? Sighs of relief es-
caping from the Cashier's office — an-
other Annual off to Denver. Several
brand new haircuts. "Look out for
the cars." "Keep off the grass." In
fact we have a sign for every day in
the week but Saturday afternoon, and
a sigh for it.

BRUSH

E. WARD, JR., Associate Editor

On Feb. 20 a fatal accident oc-
curred in the Brush Factory. "Kelly"
Holman, while oiling line shaft bear-
ings in the shop, lost his balance
trying to catch an oil cup that had
been tossed up to him, and fell about
twenty feet to the floor striking his
head on the corner of a lathe. He
passed away about midnight without
having regained consciousness. He
is survived by his widow and two
children. Mrs. Holman left Feb. 23
to take the body back to Kentucky
for interment.

Kelly's death was a personal loss
to all of us.

He started working for the Com-
pany several years ago, and served
last campaign as sugar end foreman.

Hubert Lary, sugar end foreman,
has left the employ of the Company,
and is now farming in the dry lands
north of Alliance.

Storekeeper Hilburn has just re-
turned from the Brush Hospital
where he has been confined for about
a week on account of blood poison-
ing in the foot.

On March 6 and 7 Messrs. Shaffer,
Rienks, Hutchins, and Hartburg vis-
ited us. We suppose another chunk
was cut out of the maintenance list.

A Mutual Benefit Association has
been formed among the Company em-
ployees at Brush Factory. The offi-
cers of the Association are: E. J.
Matteson, President; Ed Mitchell,
Secretary and Treasurer; and Henry
Diehl, H. Dietz, and John Sunderland,
Directors. On account of the small
number of men employed at the
Brush Factory it was thought best
not to try to form a regular Mutual
Benefit Association. Under the rules

of this newly formed organization,
a certain amount is paid in monthly
by each member. Of this amount a
definite sum goes to the treasury to
be paid out in benefits for the loss
of time (the first week only), and
the rest goes to pay premiums on
regular accident and sickness insur-
ance policies in a standard company
taken out individually by each mem-
ber of the organization.

FORT MORGAN

F. M. BAKER and A. C. WHITNEY,
Associate Editors

The wife of Assistant Superinten-
dent Pash has been very ill with the
prevailing malady, "flu," but we are
glad to state she is recovering.

Charlie Shaffer has been exceed-
ingly busy between times trying to
make a "car" out of a six cylinder
Olds.

The rock spoils which have been
accumulating around our rock tres-
tles for some time past are being
utilized by the city as a surface for
the streets. The city is crushing
them with the rock crusher which
they purchased from the Brush fac-
tory.

When anyone asks our Steffens
house foreman, Howard Miller, the
cause of the big smile he is wearing,
"Why boys," he says, "my wife has
gone to Ohio for a couple of months."

Note: Baker knows why Miller is
smiling. We understand Baker is
also singing that old refrain "My
Wife's Gone to the Country" for the
past month.

We were very fortunate in secur-
ing for our stenographer Miss Ruth
Renken of Denver, to fill the posi-
tion left vacant by the resignation of
Miss Washburn.

We have a living example of the
fascination of the sugar work, in the
return of Henry Johnson to the Com-
pany's employ after an absence of
twelve years.

"Hi! Gim'me a handful of waste," I
howled.
(I was under the car to grease it.)
But Jim had an armful of waist in the
car
And wasn't disposed to release it.

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SCOTTSBLUFF

MISS GENEVIEVE WEIDENHEIMER,
Associate Editor

A. M. Ginn spent several days dur-
ing the month in Belle Fourche Dis-
trict on matters pertaining to the
coming season's crop.

Harley Tanner was called to his
home at Lander, Wyoming, by the
serious illness of his mother.

It seems quite probable that it will
eventually become necessary to elimi-
nate all, or at least part, of the trees
on the factory lawn, as Eddie Clay
has difficulty in avoiding them. His
Dodge came in contact with one the
other day, and while neither the tree
nor Eddie himself were seriously
damaged, as much cannot be said for
the Dodge.

Fritz Anderson has been confined
to his home with a severe attack of
neuralgia but is getting along nicely
at the present time.

A fine little nine pound sugar
tramp arrived at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Hooper on March 8.
We wish to make special mention of
the nice individual boxes of candy
for the ladies, to say nothing of the
"good smelling" cigars for the men.

Chas. Hahn, our efficient black-
smith, announces that not to be out-
done by our Assistant General Su-
perintendent, a fine baby "girl ar-
rived at the Hahn house last week.
It looks as though there will be
plenty of sugar tramps to carry on
the business in the future.

A. B. Hodgson left March 6 for
Chicago, where he will join Mrs.
Hodgson.

Mr. Simmons would appreciate it
very much if someone would patent
an "annunciator" which would "an-
nunciate" at the proper time. The
electricians suggested, however, that
if he would press the button that is
connected up, he would have better
results. He will doubtless follow
this practice in the future.

We believe that Jeff Morrison must
be getting to be some sport. We are
told that he actually spent 35 cents
from Saturday evening to. Monday
morning. He says girls sure do fall
for polar bears and popcorn.

GERING

T. L. CRONIN, Associate Editor.

Well, here it is time for the March
items for The Press, with news as
scarce as sugar tramps at a S'even
Day Adventist's meeting. The only
white man we ever see from the out-
side world is Eddie Clay and he is
so busy with his triple alliance duties
as cashier of Scottsbluff, Minatare,
and Gering that he carries a vest
pocket radio set to say "Howdy."

Bill Warren used to keep us posted
on what was going on in the big city
across the "Nile," but not any more
since someone stripped his car of all
loose and semi-loose accessories.

And John Lenz, another contribu-
tor, is marooned owing to his "Eden"
roadster being laid up awaiting re-
pairs from the Noah Motor Company
of Ararat, Urasia.

George Springer, in keeping with
the times, will not give his car its
regular annual coat of "factory gray"
this spring. In fact, I don't believe
we will do very much under Account
271-272.

Troy Dewey, for several years sub-
stitute foreman, resigned his posi-
tion to engage in the insurance busi-
ness in Omaha. A farewell party
was tendered Mr. and Mrs. Dewey at
the home of Everly Gibbons.

The cashier's office lost consider-
able of its "pep" when Miss Orvetta
Ginger left the employ of the Com-
pany to make her home with her
father in Missouri. We are not quite
sure, but do not believe the "Big
Diamond" that has lured so many
pretty stenographers from the fold
was responsible this time.

If anyone thinks that because of
dull times there is no activity at this
factory, he should drop around and
watch the result of ubiquitous Scot-
ty's oscillating between the sugar
and pulp warehouses. If further evi-
dence is desired, to date 70 per cent
of our sugar has been shipped and
our "ancient" dried molasses pulp
has all been shipped except that re-
tained for local trade. Also there
will be no further opportunity to
work one's way to Kansas City or
Chicago, as the last of the sheep has
been shipped.

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That there is always someone tak-
ing the joy out of life was brought
home to us in its true sense Saturday
afternoon shortly after George (Clan-
cy) Harlow, in lieu of steam to sound
the five o'clock whistle, sent out the
wireless call "Five bells, wash up,"
a call that is as unnecessary in a
sugar factory as a publicity commit-
tee in a woman's club, for most of
the boys have Ingersolls left over
from the B. C. (sugaristically trans-
lated "Before the Crash") days.

It was while we were wearily wend-
ing our way homeward, nose bags
suspended from our shoulders by
whang, that the sweet strains of a
phonograph penetrated the evening
breeze, which had subsided to a gen-
tle sixty miler, as Galli Curci sang
"The End of a Perfect Day." While
the acoustics were not ideal from
o,ur point of vantage and the words
somewhat of a mockery, we could
not help but admire the wonderful
rendition by this famous vocalist.

Hoping against hope that the op-
erator would repeat, we plodded
along slowly, quickening our steps
only when that crape-hanging, joy-
killing record by Bert Williams (not
Hungry) "Bring Back Those Beau-
tiful Days," burst upon the evening
breeze.

With tears in our eyes, the re-
mainder of our journey home was
given up to reminiscences of the past,
which now seems to have been but
a pleasant dream. Could we but
bring back those beautiful days, the
good old days when a sugar tramp
could do his own banking on Sat-
urday afternoon; have his dental
work done in the day time without
causing the D. D. S. to break the
Sabbath; buy a pair of shoes, hat, or
suit of overalls without beating the
clock or making a special evening ap-
pointment; drop into a business house
other than a pool hall or drug store
once in awhile; catch a few fish
without being the sermon subject for
every preacher in town; give the old
boat the once under without con-
trasting the ring of a hammer with
the chimes of church bells.

Bring back those beautiful days
when the advent of a sugar factory

into a God-forgotten community was
hailed with joy, and hamlets, which
for years had merely existed in such
community, grew into cities un-
dreamed of; when friend farmer re-
alized that the sugar beet was a God-
send, converting his worthless, wind-
swept, cactus beds into fertile acres
increased in value tenfold.

Bring back, oh bring back those
beautiful days when sugar sold at
a profit and the Company, the farm-
er, and the employee could enjoy the
blessings of Providence without first
stopping to figure the cost! Bring,
bring back those beautiful days!'
SPECIAL!

When Associate Editor Cronin
handed in the above items for typ-
ing a few days ago, he was lament-
ing the scarcity of news. At the
time, it was not realized that this
greatly affected him, but anyway, a
day or two subsequently, on Thurs-
day, March 16, there was born to
Mr, and Mrs. Thomas L. Cronin, a
daughter.

Well, Tom, here's th' top o' th'
mornin

To th' little Mavourneen so new;
With th' hope she'll be always
adornin'

Th' home, an' th' mother an' you.
May the light in her eyes be far
brighter

Than Killarney at brightest o' day;
May she charm all th' b'hoys wit' her
blarney;

With fairies attendin' her way.
May th' shamrock's good luck be at-
tendin'

Th' Colleen, an' Mother o' her;
May St. Patrick his smiles be a
spendin'

In blessin's forever, dear sir!
By th' sunshine above Innisfallin',

By th' green o' th' Emerald Isle,
May she always hear fairies a callin'

An' bask in th' light o' their smile.
— By Will M. Maupin.

I saw a dandy at the auto show last
evening. Low in front, no back to
speak of, and every appearance of
speed.

What kind of a car was it?

Car nothing. It was a dress some
woman was wearing.

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PUBLISHED MONTHLY FOR THE EMPLOYES OF

THE GREAT WESTERN SUGAR COMPANY

DENVER, COLORADO

Volume VI APRIL 1922 Number 4

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On the Inside Pages:

Page

Mitchell Receives Pennant ... 2

Lippitt and Mendelson Sail ... 5

Billings Discovered. By W. H. Ree-

man 6

Sugar Chemists Convention. By S. J.

Osborn . 9

New Directors 11

Beet Sugar For Candy-Making 12

Our Switchboard Operators . .15

A Medley Muse. By Thomas L.

Cronin 18

Maintenance, Babies, Etc .... 19

Sugar and Pectin ....... 22

Among the Personnel 24

The Sugar Cities. Bayard. By C. B.

Turner 35

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The Sugar Press

Mitchell Factory Receives
Efficiency Pennant

One Wseeh's Extra Vacation with Pay Granted Mitchell
Men for Winning Efficiency Race.

"The maintenance work of the in-
tercampaign period in the factories is
the foundation for a successful effi-
ciency race next Pall."

This statement, with its immediate
appeal to the common sense of every-
one who gives the subject a moment's
thought, was the theme of a talk by
Edmund Simmons at the presentation
of the Efficiency Flag to the Mitchell
Factory boys on April 13.

"Excellence of the maintenance work
will to a large extent determine the
victorious factory in the next cam-
paign," he said.

The Mitchell employees and the Ne-
braska district staff gathered around
the banquet board at the Mitchell Ho-
tel to receive the flag from W. D. Lip-
pitt, general manager.

"I can only imperfectly express how
much the Company appreciates the co-
operation you have given the manage-
ment in aiding toward recovery from
the depression in the sugar business,"
said Mr. Lippitt.

"The efficiency in all the factories
increases the credit due the Mitchell
organization for its victory in the Pen-
nant Race. I congratulate Mitchell on
its performance, which probably un-
der the same conditions has never been
excelled by any beet sugar factory in
the United States."

Mr. Lippitt sounded a hopeful note
for the future of the industry and the
Company, stating that the changes
made in the organization in the past
eighteen months were not from the
management's choice but were forced
by necessity.

"The conditions today look a little
brighter, but we still need your help,"
he said. "If the improvement contin-
ues we houe, with your support, to re-
sume in due time the Great Western's
activities on an even higher plane than
in the past."

An extra week's vacation with pay
will be given Mitchell employees this
summer in appreciation of the Fac-

tory's run in the 1921-22 campaign.

Edwin Morrison, general superinten-
dent, praised Mitchell's achievement as
"remarkable for reaching the top of
the big league of Great Western Fac-
tories within two years' time." Mr.
Morrison and other speakers paid high
tribute to "Bob" Miller and his con-
struction crew for the excellent work-
manship the Factory has evidenced
and which aided in the successful run
last campaign.

Both Superintendent E. E. Durnin
and Manager C. S. Campbell, in accept-
ance speeches, praised the teamwork
of the Mitchell Factory men.

"Every man was willing to help the
other fellow," said Mr. Durnin. Mr.
Campbell made a good toastmaster.

The spirit of the evening presaged
that it will take an extraordinary cam-
paign for any Factory to lower Mitch-
ell's Pennant next Fall.

Presentation of the Pennant was de-
layed two months by maintenance lists
and other work pressing on the gen-
eral officers. Mitchell put up a stout
new flagpole which with the 20-foot
pennant seems capable of coping with
the justly famous breeze in the North
Platte Valley.

Ladies' Night

The annual "ladies' night" of the
Beet Sugar Technical Society will be
held at the Lakewood Country Club,
Denver, May 22. The dinner is sched-
uled to be served at 6:30 p. m.

There will follow a short program
of entertainment and afterward danc-
ing, cards, etc.

The entertainment program has some
startling and excellent features, which
the committee are holding under cover.

All members and their ladies should
attend this dinner dance, if possible.
Out of town members are especially
urged to come.

H. L. HARTBURG,

Secretary.

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The Biggest Flag in the North Platte Valley

The pictures show how the Nebraska zephyrs can straighten out the 20-ft. honor emblem thai

Mitchell Factory won for Efficiency in the 1921-22 campaign. And the group

contains many of the boys who turned the trick for Mitchell.

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The Stories They Tell

Some of the Yarns at a Banquet of Good Fellows Will
Pass the Postal Censor. Mitchell Banquet Was A Featureful
Affair.

There were many good stories told at
the Mitchell Efficiency Flag banquet.
Just how each story illustrated a point
in the speaker's discourse we have for-
gotten, but "that reminds me" will
serve as sufficient context. Anyhow,
the story's the thing.

W. D. Lippitt's:

"I happened to arrive at a roller
picking table in one of the factories
at a time when the slicers had been
stopped by a rock. An old Scotchman
presided over tne picking table. I asked
him what had caused the shutdown.

" 'Oh, a rock,' he said."

"Was it a big rock?"

"'Yes, purty big,'" replied the Scot.

"That's indefinite. How big was it,
as big as my fist?"

" 'Yes, bigger'n that.' "

"As big as my two fists?"

" 'Yes, bigger'n that.' "

"Finally, I asked him if it was as
big as my head, and he replied:

" 'Well, 'twere as long as your head
but not so thick.' "

It is a shame to broadcast these stor-
ies like this, and force these men to
get a new supply for their next appear-
ance, but good stories, like good whis-
key, don't keep long under cover.

Edwin Morrison's: (Perhaps this
was told apropos of the fact that the
Mitchell gang did not do much talking
about how they were going to win the
Efficiency Pennant but went right ahead
and won it.)

"A farmer had an Irish hired man
who worked so hard and faithfully that
the farmer was concerned lest the
Irishman decide the job was too bur-
densome and would quit.

"One day after the hired man had dis-
posed of many chores and had com-
pleted several other hard tasks, the
farmer found him digging at another
toilsome job. Thinking to give the
Irishman an easy chore, the farmer
asked him to feed the geese who were
behind the barn.

"The Irishman was gone quite a
while, the farmer noting that he had

not visited the place where the supply
of feed for the geese was kept. The
Irishman resumed his hard job with-
out a word.

"Well, Pat, did you feed the geese?"

"Oh, yes sor."

"I did not notice you get the corn."

"No sor, I gave them alfalfa."

"Alfalfa?"

"Yes sor, I chopped it up fine for
thim."

"Well, did they eat it?"

"No sor, they had not started to eat
it, sor, but they were doin' a helluva
lot of talking about it, sor."

C. S. Campbell's:

"The Sunday School teacher was em-
phasizing the lesson by reciting a part
of a well known quotation and pausing
for the children to fill in the last few
words of each thought.

"She said: 'They have eyes,' and the
children finished 'and see not.'

"That's good, children. 'They have
ears' and the children chanted 'and
hear not.'

"They have noses, the teacher went
on, but a boy piped out before the rest-
could answer: 'and they can't wipe
them.' "

Edmund Simmons drove his private
car to the banquet. According to the
assistant general manager, his car ails
of everything from pip to pyopneumo-
thorax. This car is a 4-cylindered six.
After queering the last hope of selling
it to a passenger for $1, the owner was
almost overcome with gratitude when
Edwin Morrison remarked, on leaving,
that the doors closed nicely. However,
a door later refused to close and it is
was sometime before the two Eds dis-
covered that it was locked.

A feeling that all the occupants might
be tuning harps in the angel's sere-
nade followed Simmons' remark be-
fore the half-way point to Mitchell had
been reached that his steering gear was
not working right. Prior to that he
had questioned the ability of the wheels
to cohere with the axles, and had made
a few pertinent observations about the

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motor, chassis and brakes. Even the
bumpers were crooked, he said. Other-
wise it is a nice lemosine.

Manager Campbell anticipated the
cigars with a box of imported cigar-
ettes. They made the cigars doubly
welcome. Nevertheless, C. S.'s Russian
smokes were a relief from Camels and
dried beet pulp.

There was some comment by A. M.
Ginn about his poor luck in choosing
seats at recent banquets. It seems that
Ginn has been in the habit of picking
the place last to be served. The re-
porter happened to get the chair twice
removed from Ginn, which made the

scribe still later, but he filled in with
olives.

Among those present was one chap
who apparently was ticklish. It only
took a move in the direction of his
armpit to make him squirm. His
friends were amply aware of his fun-
making proclivities. They say that if
he hangs up his coat in the Factory and
someone tickles the empty sleeve, the
owner even though inside an evapora-
tor will go into hysterics.

The announcement of the week's ex-
tra vacation with pay in appreciation
of Mitchell Factory's victory in the
Efficiency Race was greeted by every
man rising to his feet and applauding.

Lippitt and Mendelson Sail
for Europe

W. D. Lippitt. General Manager, and Hans Mendelson, Consulting Agricul-
turist, are leaving New York May 6 on the steamer Noordam for Europe.

The purpose of the trip is to investigate the beet seed producing industry
and various other sugar technical
matters.

The route laid out is by way of
France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark,
Holland and England.

The travellers expect to leave Eu-
rope by June 21.

The boat which will carry them
away from New York is famous in
Great Western annals by reason of
Mr. Petrikin's experience in the Fall
of 1914 on the Noordam when the ship
struck a mine.

The beet seed producing indus-
try during the war underwent a num-
ber of changes, making necessary from
the standpoint of our emphasis upon obtaining only the best grade of seed an
intimate study of the present situation. Everyone familiar with the trying last
two years will be glad that the ocean voyage will also give Mr. Lippitt and Mr.
Mendelson a well-earned rest, their first real vacation in years.

Hans Mendelson

W. D. Lippitt

Not a Vegetarian

A movie director ordered a negro
super to enter a bed with a lion.

"No, suh! I quits right here and
now," said the darky.

"But the lion won't hurt, you. It
was raised on milk."

"So was I brung up on milk," wailed
the darky, "but I eats meat now."

Outside! Outside!

The bride returned from her honey-
mooning shopping trip and knocked at
the hotel door where she supposed the
groom awaited her.

"Honey, honey, let me in."

A deep bass voice came through the
closed door: "Madam! This is no bee-
hive. This is a bath room."

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Who Discovered Billings and Why?

By W. II. Reeman

A potent question answered hy one of the foremen in the
greatest sugar factory on the Yellowstone. Jury, after reading
Reeman's article, finds for defendant. The question was origi-
nally propounded in the Purchasing Departments edition of
The Press.

In the fall of 1905 the evening sun
was casting its golden rays across the
Rockies. Long's Peak, with its snow-
capped summit, seemed for the mo-
ment to excel itself in splendor for
the sole purpose of making a pictur-
esque setting for the long line of cov-
ered wagons which rumbled along the
uneven trail. The restive horses ever
straining at their lines, desirous of
reaching their final destinations,
shortly had their desires gratified as
in front of them loomed the main
street of Longmont, one of the most
beautiful and prosperous farming cen-
ters of Colorado. As these wagons
unloaded their human burden behold
the pioneers of a great industry, one
destined to become the greatest of the
West.

In this great creative force were
construction engineers, construction
superintendents, mechanics, laborers,
sugar house operators,, men in every
line conjunctive to the erection or
operation of sugar mills. This same
force had already constructed Eaton,
Greeley, Windsor, Ft. Collins, Love-
land and Longmont and were return-
ing to the latter place which, ever
wishing to be foremost, planned in-
creasing its capacity and making ex-
tensive alterations.

Had the reader been there he would
have been mystified, as on leaving the
wagons quite a proportion of these pio-
neers made haste to a certain drug
store. One would naturally conclude
that a serious accident had occurred,
but the throng filed past a drug clerk
with a face as impassive as an Egyp-
tian mummy. They went through a
door in the rear and when all had
entered the door was closed. (It is
usually behind closed doors that great
enterprises are launched.) In the cor-
ner of this room there were two large
barrels and as each man reached in

his hand he brought forth a small bot-
tle of amber fluid, the only noticeable
difference being that from one bar-
rel the bottles were labelled "Coors"
and from the other "Zangs."

Their minds having been befogged
and the reason dethroned, to a cer-
tain extent, the topic of conversation
naturally turned to new prospects and
as special rates were to be made to
Billings, Montana, where land was sell-
ing at twenty-five dollars an acre, and
as Billings was a railroad center, it
seemed logical that that city should
be the scene of their next activities.
So it may be said that there behind
closed doors Billings was discovered.

The construction company, having
quite a large amount of disconnected
parts pertaining to a factory scattered
about in the various yards of the fac-
tories already constructed, which did
not at all add to the beauty of the
landscape of the several cities, decided
that ample material could be gathered
together and shipped to Billings to
be utilized in the construction of a
factory there.

Billings was so situated geograph-
ically, with the reputation of being a
real western cow town, that it was the
thought it would afford a great
amount of diversion to the travelling
officials who could leave their good
and trusting wives in beautiful Colo-
rado and make a trip to Billings on
the pretext of business. At that time
every other place of business boasted
a brass band or an Italian orchestra
and the man who was the best shot
invariably lived the longest. Perhaps
from this, my dear Watson, you may
derive the "why." So it came to pass
in the fall of 1906 there was a sugar
factory in the vicinity of Billings
ready for operation.

Those having cognition of the fact
will remember that the mill did not

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meet the requirements of the sugar
company and the construction company-
was engaged until late in the summer
of 1907 before the mill was finally
accepted.

To appreciate thoroughly the vast
improvements which have been made
in Billings factory it will be neces-
sary to cast a fleeting glance back
to those eventful days. The bottom
floor from all appearances might well
have been named the "Tank Room."
For each window a tank had been
provided and tanks always have the
failing of receiving more than they
can conveniently hold. The steam
arising from the overflowing juice and
the fact that the windows afforded
no light made this floor very difficult
to operate. There was no window at
the end of the first presses so a tank
was missing. This careless oversight
has in these latter days been attended
to and a tank stands there today.
There was no lime mixing tank so
the lime from this station was pumped
into the front yard.

Catchalls were unknown on either
first or second carbonation and when
the tanks were in operation persons
on the outside could bphold a constant
rival to "Old Faithful" on account of
the fact that the stacks were onlv 12
inches in diameter. These have been
replaced by large stacks which give
Billings a first carbonation 100 per
cent efficient.

The pipe lines were like unto a maze
and reminded one of the once popu-
lar song, "I Don't Know Where I'm
Going But I'm on My Way." The
battery may be described as an island
entirely surrounded bv presses, which
condition exists to this day owina: to
the fact that Billings is one floor short
of its sister mills. Longmont. Ft. Col-
lins and Loveland. We will not dwell
longer on the earlier disadvantages.
There were enough that volumes could
be written if so desired.

There are three outstanding factors
which have made the Billings factory
difficult to operate, namely, environ-
ment, climate and the vegetable which
it handles. We will take them in or-
der and for the writer to give a truth-
ful comparison it will be necessary to
retrace our steps back to the year o:
1903.

In one of the smaller factory towns
a new sugar boiler was to arrive and
to do justice to the occasion a hunt-
ing party was organized. He was met
at the depot by eighty per cent of the
population and dined at the local ho-
tel and was then taken care of by the
enthusiastic Nimrods. The next day
being Sunday the reigning belles of
the town arrayed in their latest cre-
ations attended church, knowing full
well that the new sugar boiler would
be there. As the minister beamed
upon his congregation he announced
as his text. "Let us welcome the
stranger within our gates."

Now supposing that this same sugar
boiler, a few years later, decided that
he wished new fields to conquer and
hied himself to Billings. Upon his
arrival in Billings, he finds himself
just one among the many of a large
community where everyone is en-
grossed with their own affairs. He is
about as warmlv received as Dr. Perry
at the North Pole. If wishing to en-
ter the social whirl he will have a
task as difficult as the good ship Fram
which cut its way through the ice on
its many adventurous voyages in the
Arctic regions. Lacking the desirabil-
ity of the Fram, imagining he does not
cut enough ice. he yearns to return
where he will again be lionized. So
through the years they come. Their
name is Legion and like a sea of swim-
mers in which only a few can keep
their heads up to be seen and known.
The rest sink and are forgotten in a
common mediocrity.

The climate is very erratic. The old-
est inhabitant, who is regarded as the
authorized weather man in some lo-
calities, would go on an enforced hun-
ger strike if he depended on his cor-
rect prophecies of the weather in Bill-
ings and vicinity for his daily bread.
Campaign may open up with the sun
shining as diligently as it does in
Julv and remain that way during the
entire run or it may open with a bliz-
zard with the thermometer well below
zero and remain that wav until the
last beet is cut. The latter weather
condition will invariably be accompan-
ied by many mechanical delays.

It is generally conceded by those of
sreat learning that beets are beets and
that beets of high sugar content may

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be worked as readily as those of lower
percentage. Some day in the future
we may be far enough advanced to
produce sugar without introducing wa-
ter into the system but until that time
arrives we must disagree with them, as
18 and 19 per cent beets are strenuous
on filter presses and evaporators. As
these three factors constitute an ar-
ticle in themselves we will not elab-
orate on them.

Billings has contributed its quota
of improvements for the betterment
of the entire chain of factories. Bill-
ings factory was the first to install
chain grate stokers and made tests and
improvements on same. Billings got
up the back clean-out door and in-
stalled combustion ash flumes. Bill-
ings also improved the operation of
the coolers with the hydraulic open-
ing and closing device on the inlet
and outlet valves. Billings improved
the Raymond Mills by its straight
spindle which is considerably cheaper
and does away with the breakage of
spindles and caps which used to be a
source of trouble. Billings changed
the layout of pan coils, which shows a
big saving in boiling in our "D" pan.

Billings did away with the old-style
spray nozzles which were a source of
trouble on account of leaky seams, and
made the first seamless nozzle out of
aluminum, for the centrifugals. Billings
also made the first gauge to determine
the correct angle on slicer knives. Bill-
ings made the first nonleakable stuff-
ing box for centrifugal pumps which
saves packing and prevents friction.

Billings has improved the plate and
frame presses by its equalizing and
woven wire center frames and tele-
scoping trays. Billings also did away
with the breaking of crystallizer gears
through cutting down belts from 8
inches to iy2 inches. Billings has in-
vented the automatic door lock for our
hand fired boilers, the ball-and-socket
attachment for beet elevators, the air-
cooled rims for centrifugals and the
electric bulb holder for high lines and
other places. Billings has made vari-
ous other things too numerous to men-
tion.

Two important improvements which
would greatly add to the efficiency of
Billings are new cutters and new bat-
teries. The campaigns during the past

few seasons have been too short to
warrant these extensive improvements
but we have great hopes for the fu-
ture. Billings with its ten-block Kilby
slicers and side dump battery is at a
great disadvantage but regardless of
this Billings has within the last few
years made a very creditable showing
in regard to controlling its losses, and
performed a Herculean task this 1921-
22 season in beating all its former rec-
ords and its overrated capacity.

It is of peculiar significance that
at the time when the market and fi-
nances were at the lowest ebb the op-
erating and productive efficiency of
all mills had reached the pinnacle of
success, which verifies the old saying
that every cloud has a silver lining.
It is to be hoped that these comments
have helped to dispel any doubts con-
cerning the Billings factory and will
leave the impression that those who
are representing the Gr. W. S. Co. in
Billings are not dead. Neither are they
sleeping.

The daughters of C. F. Johnson,
Resident Manager at the Lovell Fac-
tory, are standing a smiling guard
over their doll twins. ''Buster" is the
child on the left, and "Peg" on the
right.

Ladies, Don't Read!

"Do you share your husband's sor-
rows?"

"Yes, he blames me for everything."

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Sugar Chemists Assemble in
the Sunny South

By S. J. Osborn
Our General Chemist writes charmingly about his attend-
ance upon the American Chemical Society' 's annual meeting,
and furnishes an alibi.

The writer had the pleasure of at-
tending the recent meting of the Amer-
ican Chemical Society at Birmingham,
Alabama, during the first week in
April. After riding all day through
the picturesque Ozarks, I awoke to
find myself in a land where the air
was balmy, the grass was green, the
trees were in leaf, and the dogwood
covered the hillsides with a mass of
white blossoms. While I am not com-
plaining about the recent snow storms,
I have had the peculiar feeling since
my return that the seasons have some-
how been reversed and are moving in
the opposite direction.

It is hard to say what one enjoys
most on such an occasion. Aside from
the technical program, there was the
association with fellow chemists and
old friends, and the delightful features
of entertainment and the cordial hos-
pitality for which the Southerners are
so noted. Dr. Edgar Smith, my old
preceptor in chemistry, presided over
the general meetings with his usual
eloquence and charm, and I could at
times almost imagine myself back in
the classroom hearing words of wis-
dom and inspiration fall from the lips
of one who in his manifold activities
I can liken only to Benjamin Franklin,
the man whom he so much admires.

That Birmingham has become the
center of the steel industry of the
South is not surprising when it is con-
sidered that at her very doors lie de-
posits of the necessary raw materials,
coal, iron ore, and limestone. As a
city Birmingham is most attractive in
appearance and has a neat and sub-
stantial air. Surely no city can boast
of a more beautiful residence section
than Mountain Terrace, where one
ascends a winding road past dwellings
of pleasing and distinctive architecture
and from a high elevation has the city
and surrounding country spread out

like a map before him. And if one
is fortunate, as I was, to climb the
mountain again at night, the picture
is altogether changed but is perhaps
even more impressive, as the glow of
the lights of the city and the flames
of the iron furnaces make a sight
never to be forgotten.

Naturally one hears .there a good
deal of Muscle Shoals, and in the win-
dows of the real estate offices are
maps of the promised land, all sub-
divided. The ordinary citizen seems
to have a strong desire that Henry
Ford's offer should be accepted. Evi-
dently it is the feeling that he has
both the vision and the capital to do
something for Alabama and the South.

With a registration of about four
hundred, the attendance at the meet-
ing was smaller than at others where
as many as a thousand have been pres-
ent. This can be attributed both to
the distance from the thickly populated
districts of the North and to prevail-
ing "hard times." There was, how-
ever, no lack of enthusiasm and those
who made the journey felt well re-
paid for going. The "sunny South"
was true to its name and the weather
behaved itself admirably.

My readers will be interested in
hearing of two of our dear departed.
On the day of my arrival, I entered,
or rather fought my way into an at-
tractive looking cafeteria for lunch.
As I carried my tray of Southern
delicacies to a table I was conscious
of a searching gaze which had for
some time been fixed upon me from
a distance. I was beginning to ac-
quire a guilty feeling of having al-
ready been discovered and to look
around for a convenient exit, when
the source of observation approached
nearer and introduced himself as the
manager of the establishment, who
was no other than Leroy Johnson.

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Roy will be recalled as the one and
only Siamese twin, who was able to
figure the laboratory record book with
one hand while he made out the su-
perintendent's report with the other.
He looks prosperous — at any rate he
seems to have corraled a large part
of the lunch business of Birmingham,
and, while the rotundity of his figure
belied the assertion, he claimed that
he was working even harder than he
did in the sugar business. Roy in-'
quired eagerly for news of the Great
Western and his old Fort Morgan
cronies and other friends. After I had
escaped with the loss of considerable
cash and the Sugar Press which Roy
spied in my pocket, I proceeded to the
hotel where I found a phone call await-
ing me from my old friend, Tommy
Stokes. Tommy has been chief chemist
of the Savannah refinery for several
years and was in attendance at all the
sessions. He also looks prosperous and
seems to be enjoying life.

The Sugar Division held forth on
the two days devoted to divisional
meetings. Note the word "division."
This means that the former Sugar Sec-
tion has passed its probationary per-
iod and is now a recognized and au-
thorized Division with the same status
as the "Division of Physical and Inor-
ganic Chemistry" and the other older
divisions of the society. It was a
privilege to preside over a series of
meetings where the papers were so
well presented and so much interest
was shown in the discussions. There
were eighteen papers on the program,
which proved to be as many as could
have been properly handled in the
time available. Naturally most of
them dealt with various phases of su-
gar chemistry or technology, but there
were also two papers from the glucose
industry, and one from the industry
of the rare sugars, which have been
so useful to the bacteriologist in dif-
ferentiating various kinds of micro-
organisms.

I shall not attempt to summarize
the whole program, but will mention
a few topics which may be of general
interest. The domestic cane industry
was well represented and a number of
papers dealt with the use and proper-
ties of decolorizing carbons, or "ac-
tivated chars." While boneblack still

has its champions, the activated chars
have evidently won a firm foothold
in the production of white sugar, even
if there are still some minor difficul-
ties to be overcome in their use. They
are now employed by four Louisiana
cane factories, two of which are re-
fining Cuban raw sugar. It is also
interesting to note that the use of
such carbons in the direct manufac-
turing process has been given up, and
those factories which employ them in
the production of plantation granu-
lated first make a raw sugar by the
regular process, and then melt this
and refine it by means of the activated
char.

W. P. Valentine exhibited and de-
scribed an improved sugar refracto-
meter. The chemists will be interested
to know that this will have a sugar
scale with graduations for every one-
tenth of a degree, and has an im-
proved optical system and various me-
chanical improvements. In its new
form the instrument should be con-
siderably superior to any other of the
kind so far put on the market.

H. H. Peters, whom some of us will
remember from his former association
with the beet sugar industry, presented
work from the Bureau of Standards
on the measurement of color of gran-
ulated sugars. This has proven a
much more complex problem than it
seemed at the outset and Mr. Peters
has been much complimented on what
he has so far accomplished. It is to
be hoped that the apparatus and tech-
nic will eventually be sufficiently sim-
plified so that we shall have exact,
reproducible standards which will be
easy of application for grading sugar.
The color absorption values for a given
wave length are stated and compared
in terms of " — log t." This may
sound a little formidable, but will be
perfectly clear to all when I explain
that everyone who is up to date now
handles logarithms recklessly, and ab-
sorption is the opposite of transmissiv-
ity which is represented by the sym-
bol "t." So the warning should go
forth that the day may soon come
which will mark the end of that an-
cient gag that the vision of a certain
fair one at the Denver office is sub-
ject to chromatic aberration. And,
supplementing the "cares that infest

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the day" detailed by the anonymous
author, we may in the near future pic-
ture G. M. S. grab his newly installed
radiophone, tune it to Greeley's fre-
quency, and start an ether disturb-
ance like the following: "Say, look
here, Cris, on that last strike No. 4-
11-44, the negative logarithm of 'V
for wave length 460.2 millimicrons is
way out of reason. Can't you get that
down?"

I do not know why it is that every
excursionist from our ranks is ques-
tioned minutely on his return on two
subjects, viz., his behavior and the
operation of the eighteenth amendment
in the locality visited. In regard to
my behavior I can say that I went
to church several times in Birming-
ham (for the divisional meetings were
held in the Methodist church), and as
to the other topic, here is a story of

prohibition in Dixie. A prominent
member of the A. C. S., on his arrival
at Birmingham, dropped into a bar-
ber's chair for the removal of some
of the adornments accumulated dur-
ing the lengthy railroad journey. The
dusky wielder of the razor had plainly
spent the week-end in one of the
rural communities where co'n whisky
is still a reality, and his general un-
steadiness made the operation a fear-
ful one. Finally he lost control com-
pletely with dire results. The victim
sprang from the chair, glanced into
the mirror, and as he seized a towel
and attempted to stop the bloody flow,
turned upon the operator: "There,
look at that, can you see the pernicious
effects of drinking too much alcohol?"
"Yes, sah," replied the barber, "it sut-
tinly does make de skin tendah."

Annual Stockholders Meeting
Elects Directors

Edwin Morrison, general superintendent, was elected a director of the
Company at the annual meeting of the stockholders held this month.

John Morey, son of the late C. S. Morey,
who had previously been chosen to serve
as director for the unexpired term of
his father, is a new director also. Mr.
Morrison takes the place left vacant on
the resignation of R. M. Booraem.

The other eleven directors of the Com-
pany are W. L. Petrikm, W. D. Lippitt.
Charles Boettcher, E. R. Griffin, M. D.
Thatchei , Horace Havemeyer, R. K
Marsh, M. W. Gano, J. C. Mitchell, J. H.
Porter and Godfrey Schirmer.

At a meeting scheduled for April 26
the directors will elect officers.

Edwin Morrison

John Morey

Set Pat Wondering

Pat was developing a tendency to
hang around the corner saloon and
otherwise dissipate. His wife asked
the parish priest to reprimand him.

"Father." said Pat, meeting the priest
shortly thereafter, "phwat is lumba-
go?"

"Lumbago, Pat," said the priest
sternly, seeing a chance to point a
moral, "is a terrible disease which

comes from drinking up booze and
chasing around nights."

"Is thot so?" said the bewildered
Pat. "It says in the paper that the
pope has lumbago." — Wall Street
Journal.

Manager C. S. Campbell wishes to
deny that he will recommend installa-
tion of a potato dehydrating plant in
the Mitchell sugar factory.

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Beet Sugar Used in Making
Fine Candies

Expert Candy Maker Gets Better Lustre on Hard Goods
and Smoother Cream Centers by Using Great Western Beet
Sugar.

We have used beet sugar about 15 years with
wonderful success. In a great many instances
we would rather use Great Western beet than any
other sugar, due to its uniformity.

In cooking satin finish or gloss-hard candy in
a steam or vacuum cooker, we find if properly
doctored and handled beet sugar will retain lustre
on the candy longer than cane sugar.

For cream centers there is something lacking
in cane sugar that beet sugar contains, which
makes a more creamy center and a longer lasting
coating:. Beet sugar requires a heavier doctor than
cane showing that beet must be a stronger sugar.
Consequently a sugar that will stand a stronger
doctor will produce a smoother cream. For in-
stance, if cream of tartar is used the result is a
smooth creamy center due to the action of the
cream of tartar. The effect of more doctor also
keeps the candy freer from fermentation.

I have heard a great many say that beet sugar
foams at the boiling point. That can be regulated
with the proper amount of water. About half as
much water should be used in beet sugar as in
cane, as beet dissolves more readily. Great West-
ern beet sugar can be cooked day in and day out
if the correct proportion of water is used and
will never give the candy maker any trouble of
boiling over of batches.

Sugar cannot be blamed for fermentation of
cream centers. Water is the candy maker's prob-
lem in this respect. Water should always be boiled
before slacking back a batch of cream.

We make a line of gum and ielly work and use
beet sugar exclusively, with a 100 per cent grade
of goods as a result.

EDWIN A. BORG,
Supt., Nevin Candy Co., Denver, Colo.

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Lesson for Today from the Book
of Lamentations

By Frank II. Carroll

And E. M. said unto all Superin-
tendents: "Ye are good stewards, and
I will allot unto you my riches in
accordance with the 1922-23 schedule,
and whatsoever saving ye may be able
to make in thy maintenance allotments
may be used to supplement thy bet-
terment or plant improvement appro-
priations."

And the Supers, thereupon, were
filled with great joy, and in their jour-
neys throughout the promised land of
GWESCo they brought the glad tid-
ings to the disciples at each and every
plant.

But lo and behold! After the space
of many days the G. M. sent messen-
gers to the Supers who were abiding
in the wilderness, and these messengers
were armed with long sharp-pointed
blue pencils, and hard shells. And all
the faithful Supers were accosted by
said mesengers, of whom they demand-
ed that their maintenance lists be pre-
sented forthwith, for sacrifice upon
the altar of retrenchment.

For the cup of the Treasury run-
neth not over, and no dividend hath
been paid on the common stock for
many quarters.

Now after this message had been
received among the disciples, there was
much weeping and wailing and gnash-
ing of teeth. But it availed them
naught, for E. M. was obdurate, and
he sayeth unto them: "Go thou forth,
and perform thy miracles of operation
in good grace, and he that endureth
to the end of the 1922-23 campaign
without a breakdown, his job shall be
saved."

Whereupon, Ole Cummer in his great
anguish and grief raised up his voice
to the powers that be and cried aloud:
"Woe is me. Thy blue pencils have en-
compassed me about with heavy dark
circles, and I fear the efficiency of
Brush Factory, the pride and joy of
my heart, shall be forever impaired,
and my reputation ruined even unto
the end of my days."

And all the Supers joined Ole in
his lamentations, and cried: "From
him that hath not shall be taken away,
even that which he hath."

Golden Text for today: The Factor-
ies gave, and the G. O. hath taken
away; blessed be the tie that binds.

TEXT FOR THE FUTURE: A wise
man spendeth his allotment early, so
that when adversity cometh upon him,
he shall have no money to give up.
SELAH!

Which Department is

Most Important?

A Fable Helps to see the
Answer

There is an old fable which tells of
three blind men who went to examine
an elephant and on comparing experi-
ences engaged in a lively argument as
to just what the elephant was. One
had felt of the elephant's side and in-
sisted that the animal was large and
flat and must be very like a house.
Another had got hold of the elephant's
trunk and was equally strong in the
belief that an elephant must be some .
kind of a snake. The third, from an
examination of the elephant's leg, was
firmly of the opinion that it greatly
resembled a tree.

We hear numerous discussions in
our Company which remind us of
this fable: groups of men trying to
decide just what kind of a business
ours is and what department is most
important. The agricultural man will
not hesitate to insist that the industry
is primarily an agricultural one and
will cite the irrefutable fact, "You
can't get along without beets." The
operating man comes right back:
"What good would your beets be if
there was no one to make them into
sugar; no, sir this business is a
manufacturing enterprise." The en-
gineer contends that the principal fac-

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tor in successful operation is smooth
running machinery. The Research De-
partment offers the thought that the
sugar industry is strictly a problem
of Chemical Engineering, sugar being
the most important chemically pure
product made. And for the last year
or more it has seemed that the main
thing was to sell the sugar.

Like the three blind men, all are
right and all are wrong. Some one
once asked Ben Franklin which he
considered the most important of sev-
eral different things and he replied
with the counter question, "Which is
the most important leg of a three-leg-
ged stool?" None of the branches of
our busines is the most important.
Like all big business it is essentially
a machine designed to fulfill a cer-
tain purpose, which, in our case, is to
produce and market sugar in such a
way as to be profitable to everyone
connected with it, the farmer, the em-
ployee, and the stockholder. All our
activities must be considered from the
standpoint of this primary considera-
tion— are they profitable? If they are
profitable they are worth while, no
matter to whose credit they fall, and
if not profitable they are worth little
no matter how much personal glory
we may get from them.

If we think of ourselves as part of
this whole machine, and not as a part
of some department, the function of
the organization will be accomplished
and it will be unessential to deter-
mine whether the business is princi-
pally agricultural, manufacturing, or
"what not." — Contributed.

Crop Conditions

Fairly Satisfactory

What looked for a time like a seri-
ous drouth in parts of our beet grow-
ing territory was broken in April by
a series of snow and rain storms. As
The Press goes to the printer, how-
ever, the Morgan-Brush, Sterling and
Windsor districts are still badly in
need of moisture.

A backward Spring, compared with
recent planting seasons, has somewhat
delayed beet seeding, with still fur-
ther delays consequent upon the heavy
precipitation in some districts. The

moisture values more than offset the
delays.

Nebraska and the Billings-Lovell ter-
ritories were most fortunate in the
total amount of precipitation. The
series of snow storms around Denver
did not cover our northern and east-
ern Colorado districts with anything
approaching the intensity of the snow-
fall hereabouts.

A third of the contracted beet acre-
age in Colorado on April 15 had been
planted by that date. Windsor re-
ported 50 per cent of its contracted
acreage was seeded. Longmont showed
up nearly as well. Sterling and Wind-
sor experienced very high winds. Ex-
cept for lack of moisture the Brush-
Morgan territory is in very good shape,
Henry Giese reported, and the acreage
obtained was satisfactory.

"Agricultural conditions at this
writing could not be improved upon,"
A. H. Heldt said for Nebraska. By
May 1 a large percentage of the Ne-
braska acreage will be planted.

Moisture has put seed beds in good
condition in the Lovell district, and
there still was about 3 inches of snow
over the Billings territory on April 15.

Beet labor conditions are reported
easy in virtually every factory dis-
trict.

Theoretical Billiards.

All those interested in billiards
please apply to Professor Hartburg in
the Engineering Department. Pur-
chase one of his new billiard charts.
It shows each and every shot, gives
the speeds of the balls and strains on
the cushions. Professor Hartburg will
advise on "elimination" of bad setups.
His system of letting the cue ball filter
down to the other pair is only exceed-
ed by his method of conserving excess
power on the propelling arm.

With a careful study of the Hart-
burg chart, plus a Bill Hart expression,
you can play a wonderful game if you
get Willie Hoppe to execute the shots.

Painless Dentistry

Mike: "Now, you've been fighting
again. You've lost yer two front
teeth."

Son: "Naw, I ain't lost 'em; I got
'em in me pocket."

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"Go Ahead," Says Gwesco's P B X

Left to right — Miss Olga Schmitz, Miss Lois Jeffrey and Miss Mabel Kep-
hart, presiding geniuses over the Great Western general office switchboard

For an alleged newspaperman and
editor, we qualify as a fair sugar bo.

We were badly scooped by the April
Mountain States Monitor with a story
on the "PBX" (private branch ex-
change) of the General Office.

"The Great Western Sugar Company
is as partial to blondes as the D. A. C.
is to brunettes and so far as I could
see," says Betty Devine, "there is lit-
tle difference in the matter of effic-
iency. Certain it is that I would hard-
ly expect to fjnd one who fitted into
her niche in the scheme of business
life more perfectly than does Miss
Olga Schmitz of the Great Western
Sugar Company.

"Miss Schmitz is blonde with a dig-
nified charm of manner which while
in no way cold or forbidding would
discourage any attempt at familiarity.
(Betty will almost queer you, Olga.)
£he is the sort that instinctively im-
presses one as being absolutely trust-
worthy and capable.

"Miss Schmitz has been with the
Great Western Sugar Company three
years, while her capable young assist-
ant, Miss Mabel Kephart, has been
with her more than a year.

"They handle the 70 branches and

18 trunklines of the Great Western's
exchange even at its busiest in a
calm, quiet manner, never lifting their
voices nor showing signs of emotion.
(Not even when the News calls, Ma-
bel?)

"Ninety-eight per cent of the service
at this exchangers what is known as
'special service' where the people call
for the parties they want merely by
name and it is up to the operators to
know where and how to get them. In
addition to this, few exchanges in the
city handle a larger volume of long
distance calls than pass through this
one."

Prom Billings to Mitchell and Brigh-
ton to Sterling Gwesco men are famil-
iar with the fine telephone exchange
work of this pair. They have the best
slogan in the world, "go ahead," as
they connect the factories with the of-
ficials in the G. O.

But both these girls wish to tell you
something about "our Lois," Miss Lois
Jeffrey. She is a little bit of a thing
that fits in any place. When Mabel
or Olga are absent from the switch-
board, Lois is right there to give you
your number cheerfully' and quickly.
Lois is the queen of the information

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desk beside the switchboard. When
the handsome Mercury, Phillip, is out
reading the funnies on the sixth floor
or dashing up to the printer's with
Sugar Press copy, Lois answers the
bells and collects telegrams and let-
ters all over the building. She is
handy around the mailing department.
Lois' youth and prettiness bring May-
time to every office she visits. Sugar-
ly, speaking, she is a refined and
powdered sprite.

Haven't Learned How
in 100 Years

The Journal des Fabricants de Sucre
recently discussed the difference over
the contract price for beet roots in
Prance, between growers and manufac-
turers of raw sugar. The difference
in viewpoints amounts to 3 per cent.

"Farmers declared that they would
reduce sowings by 45 per cent, and do
all kinds of other fearful things.

"Now the attitude of our sugar man-
ufacturers should be of interest to the
beet sugar industry in the United
States. They say that they have ne-
gotiated at all simply out of courtesy
to the Minister of Agriculture, because
they are certain that farmers will not
only continue to grow the sugar beets,
but increase their sowings, that it is
an absolute necessity so far as they
are concerned and that all these meet-
ings, associations, press campaigns,
etc., are so much bluff. There is a
good deal of truth in this argument.
Our farmers are profoundly convinced
of the benefits of growing beets and
whilst there is no such hard bargainer
in the world as a French peasant, high
prices or low prices, they have contin-
ued to stick to this crop.

"In Germany to some extent the
same position exists and we are told
that we cannot expect any large in-
crease in production. We are not at
all convinced and, with favorable wea-
ther, we expect to see several hundred
thousand tons added to the output of
1921."

The Supreme Test

"Is he good natured?"

"Yes, indeed. He speaks kindly to
his wife when she removes a porous
plaster from his chest." — Life.

"Spring Song"

From Billings

Spring, spring, beautiful spring,
When the grass turns green and
everything.
But a sign we have more certain than
that,
Is the return of A. Powell's old derby
hat.

We'll continue this, that is, if you wish,

And tell you about a poor little fish,

It was of the kind you catch on a

string,

And was caught by our friend, Gus

Wunderling.

There is something so shiny, you can

see it afar,
Why gol darn your soul, it's Fuzzy's

new car,
It isn't a Ford, nor a dreamy mirage,
Not by a d — sight, he bought him

a Dodge.

Could go on with this story for hours
and hours,
But the editor says, "To be brief in
your say,"
So the beautiful spring, with its "hats,"
"fish," and "cars"
Is the "jazziest" time of our short
day.

A New Sugar Town Poet

Pierce Egan writes on Loveland.

"God's prophets of the Beautiful,
These Poets were." — Browning

"Sugar beet towns" of northern Colo-
rado have been enriched by the ar-
rival of a newspaper poet, Pierce Fgan,
of the Loveland Herald. We trust he
will some day let his inspired type-
writer sing the1 beauties of the beet
fields of his adopted heath. We would
extend the same invitation to Will
Maupin, editor of the Gering (Nebr.)
Midwest, another bard of the sugar
beet regions.

Both friends are poor of purse, like
sugar tramps and newspapermen, but
these two "muse on Nature with a po-
et's eye." I think that in both their
cases they have "learned in suffering
what they teach in song." I'd like to

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ask my friend Maupin, the linnet of
the North Platte, to write for The
Sugar Press something about Gering
like unto the following from Egan's
Pen:

LOVELAND.

It nestles in the valley

Where the winding waters flow;
It cuddles near the mountains

With their wond'rous peaks of snow;
It's the gateway to a paradise

Of nature's favored vale;
It's the blooming town of Loveland

Where you hit the Estes trail.

The Master took the art brush!

To paint the verdant rills,
But used up all His colors

When He traced the mighty hills.
Then He dipped His brush in silver

From the heavenly clouds that sail,
And He made the Thompson river

Where you hit the Estes trail.

And the clouds gave back their answer

With a sudden, mighty roar,
And they dumped the leaping cataract

That rushes past the door
Of the dwellers of this paradise

Just to let them know how frail
Is the puny little mortal

When compared with Estes trail.

But the Master in His kindness

Then traced the rainbow bend
O'er the towering crags and mountains

And placed its radiant end
In a peaceful flowery valley

And He blessed the little dale
Where the blooming town of Loveland

Marks the path to Estes trail.

Gering's Great Discovery
Proves Nasal Boomerang

A new natural resource was thought
to have been discovered in Gering by
one of her foremost citizens, which
brought to mind and bid fair to rival
the intense excitement caused some
years ago by the discovery of a corned
beef mine in Utah, which discovery
was looked upon as the wonder of the
age and for a time baffled the scien-
tific world. But like all great dis-
coveries the solution, in both instances,
proved simple.

In Utah's prehistoric days an erup-

tion, which probably brought forth the
Great Salt Lake, buried a herd of thou-
sands of American bison or buffalo.
The rest was simple — the salt corned
the beef and the countless tons of
earth sealed the vault, making it air-
tight. This mine was never operated
after the close of the Spanish-Amer-
ican war.

Science has made such wonderful
strides since then, mastering the air
and the depths of the sea, transmitting
the human voice and sweet music hun-
dreds of miles through space, that
nothing surprises us any more. Not
even if a repetition of the incident in
our life which was given so much
space in the last issue of The Press
were to reoccur. But we are some-
times amazed and mystified, as for ex-
ample when a wild rumor held the
city of Gering spellbound for several
hours with the thought that a valuable
deposit was discovered in the rear of
house No. 1, owned by the Great West-
ern Sugar Company.

The occupant of this house was ex-
cavating for the erection of a radio
pole. Having formerly been a pro-
fessor of chemistry in the University
of Denver, the occupant subjected a
sample of the supposed valuable de-
posit to what is known in chemical
science as the nasalization test. Fur-
ther analysis was unnecessary, he im-
mediately decided.

Unlike the Greek philosopher Archi-
medes, the near-discoverer of Gering
did not rush madly down the street
shrieking "Eureka, Eureka," but he
stepped quietly to the telephone and
dictated two telegrams, one to Henry
Ford and one to Thomas Edison. The
substance of the message was: "Gate
way to Muscle Shoals discovered in
Gering, Nebraska."

Following the receipt of these mes-
sages at the local telegraph office, ex-
citement knew no bounds. The ten-
sion was only relieved when Editor
Wood of the Gering Courier, former
owner of the property, issued a bul-
letin to the effect that there was no
cause for excitement and that the
"gate way to Muscle Shoals has not
been discovered."

The occupant, while excavating for
his radio staff, had unearthed as old,
pre-sewer-historic cess pool.

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A Medley Muse

By Thomas L. Cronin

When the high-
ly 1 1 1 u s t r i cms
Grand Hyrinki-
dink of The Su-
g a r Press, i. e.,
the Editor-in-
Chief, asked m e
to write an ar-
ticle on some
phase of the su-
gar game, citing
as his reason for
such request that
the Auditing Department was
"too busy" to departmentalize their
wares in the April issue, I wondered
if such unusual activity was inspired
by diminution of Account 293, or
whether it was the result of delving
into the feasibility or necessity of
again passing the contribution box,
from soup to "nuts."

You know, a sugar tramp is a sus-
picious bird and to learn of increased
activities among the figure jugglers
always makes him nervous. He is also
very sympathetic, which makes him
eager and willing to aid the overbur-
dened and assist them, if possible, in
throwing off the depressing yoke. In
the case of the sugar tramp's depres-
sion, the following solution worked
wonders and there is no apparent rea-
son why it should not do likewise for
Account 293:

Employees at the factories were'
"very busy." working six days of nine
hours each per week, and relief from
this depressing condition seemed im-
possible until one day a wise sage
(What would the world do without
sages?) was idly toying with a piece
of rubber nine inches long. Fasten-
ing one end to a desk ruler with a
pin, he found that by gently pulling
the rubber on a horizontal plane, it
could be stretched to ten inches with-
out increasing the original material.
Beyond this point it was unsafe, and
at twelve inches it broke. Thus the
problem was solved and the ten-hour
day was inaugurated.

The result proved wonderful, for on
the very first day of ten hours, Sat-

urday, April 1, the depression was so
relieved that all sugar tramps in the
entire organization were given the aft-
ernoon off and are to get every sub-
sequent Saturday afternoon until Sep-
temper. Try this on your comptome-
ter.

As an additional feature which par-
ticularly appeals to us, the metric unit
ten is so convenient in computing one's
time — so much easier than nine and
not nearly as impossible as twelve used
to be. However, we were gradually
getting used to the digit nine — rather
liked it — and should it, like the prodi-
gal son, unexpectedly return some day,
the fatted calf would in comparison
be only a chaser.

I remember the good old days when
we used to split the twenty-four hours
fifty-fifty, a nice warm mill all day
and a nice warm bed all night. That
was before the days of picture shows
or street shows such as short skirts,
low necks, no backs, and rolled stock-
ings. In fact, there was nothing to
lure us from home and fireside and
if there are no sugar tramps in heaven
it is because they have outlived their
opportunity.

Eacn day as I
go about my tasks
with memory
keeping me com-
pany, my thoughts
often drift back
as they did a few
days ago when
perched upon a
ladder busily en-
gaged in massag-
i n g the face of
one of the control
devices on the
white pan. While
so engaged, I
chanced to look
around and my gaze fe^x upon a spot
dear to the hearts of all old timers at
this factory — the spot where we held
meetings during the days when the
sugar business was as bright as the
rays from the famous Kohinoor. 'Twas
here we held our Red Cross, Liberty
Bond, Safety First, and* Efficiency

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meetings; 'twas here the District and
General Office officials pictured in
glowing terms their well-founded, sin-
cere faith in the future which lay be-
fore us, — 'twas here, in eloquent, in-
spirational words, many of which have
become so indelibly stamped upon my
memory, we were likened unto dia-
monds in the rough waiting only to
have the skilled hand of experience
polish and bring forth that brilliancy
hidden in the dark unfathomed caves
of inexperience, after which, like un-
discovered stars, we would take our
places in the firmament of sugardom;
'twas here the now famous phrase,
"There is plenty of room at the top,"
was coined. Ah, bo! How true were
the words of this phrase as I stood
upon that ladder, fully equipped with
bucket and brush, none to envy, none
to dispute the pinnacle which I had
attained — "the top rung of the lad-
der."

It is said that history will always
repeat and there is no longer much
doubt in my mind as to the truth of

such statement. From personal ob-
servations, however, it appears that
one of the most regrettable parts is
the length of the interval between
repetitions. For instance, many, many
years ago in a small, old-fashioned
factory in California I used to massage
floors, windows, thermometers, etc.
History has repeated.

More recently, in a modern factory
in Nebraska, I used to "supervise
only." History may repeat.

I've seen many ups and downs in
the sugar business — was with her dur-
ing the good old days of the McKinley
Bill; the doubtful days of the Under-
wood Bill; and the prosperous but la-
mentable days of the Kaiser Bill. I'm
convinced! History will repeat. Be-
cause, in the words of Robert W. Ser-
vice, the poet of the Yukon:

"We'll fight, and you bet, it's no sham-
fight;
It's hell, but we've been there before;
Seen her worse than this by a damsite,
But we'll set her a booming once more."

Maintenance, Babies, Etc.

Mr. Thomas L. Cronin,

Gering, Nebraska.
Dear Sir:

I have your letter of March 28, 1922,
advising of the arrival at your house
of a baby girl,, and I desire first to
congratulate you. You are more for-
tunate than some others.

I note with great pleasure that you
wish to keep accurate account of the
expense involved and that you wish
to keep same properly classified. It is
only by such methods that any busi-
ness can be kept in proper running
order and profits or losses therefrom
accurately gauged. I am more than
willing to assist you and will take up
your questions separately and, while
I did not have this in mind when I
designed our present accounting sys-
tem, yet I am sure it is flexible enough
to cover this case in the same efficient
manner that regular operations are
covered.

(1) First Cost. The complete first
cost of the baby should be charged as
a Plant Improvement, because it did
not replace other apparatus, adds real
value to the plant, and is of a perma-

nent nature. Charge labor to account
No. 2, and material to account No. 3,
the time of the doctor and nurses be-
ing charged here, as their labor was
incidental to the installation of the
new apparatus. If you had no appro-
priation for this item, it will have to
show on the job sheets as an "Unau-
thorized Plant Improvement," or you
may possibly get this changed to read
"Authorized Later." You are wrong
in thinking that these expenditures
might be charged under "Other Raw
Material," because, while the baby may
look like raw material to you, it was
not purchased for refining, nor was it
held over from previous campaigns.
(See page 42.)

(2) Baby Beds and Installation. As-
suming that the baby bed you previ-
ously had was junked and properly
charged off the Plant Improvement Ac-
count, the new baby bed is now to be
charged as a Plant Improvement. I
note you purchased a bed too large
to go through the door and it was
necessary to tear down a section of
wall to place same in position. This
additional labor and material involved

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in tearing out and replacing the wall
will be charged to Plant Improvement
Account also, as "it was occasioned by
the installation of other machinery,
etc., and is chargeable to the same
accounts as the cost of making such
installation." (See note 1, page 65.)

(3) Operating Expenses. Your gen-
eral remarks concerning difficulty of
segregating Maintenance and Operat-
ing expenses do not worry me, as I be-
lieve a little thought and study of the
classification will remove all difficul-
ties. I note you state that the oper-
ating period of your baby covers 24
hours of each day, but nevertheless
you must bear in mind the fundamen-
tal distinction between these basic di-
visions of expense. "Operating Ex-
penses" cover labor, material, and sup-
plies used for and in the operation of
the factory, and "Maintenance" cov-
ers cosf of changes, repairs, and re-
placements necessary to maintain
equipment and property carried under
Plant Account. (See special instruc-
tions, page G5.) Note carefully the
last of the instructions that you are
"maintaining the property, " as some
so-called changes and re-placements
will obviously be chargeable to oper-
ating. I believe the following rule
will meet all requirements: (a) If
baby is awake, charge all expenses to
"Operating," and if baby is asleep,
charge all expenses to "Maintenance."
This follows our own classifications
very faithfully. Of course, time of me-
chanics making repairs, and of men
blowing flues and cleaning combustion
chambers go to maintenance, while wa-
ter tenders and stoker tenders go to
"Operating."

Filter Cloth and Pins. The large
amount of filter cloth you are using
should, of course, be charged to Ac-
count No. 152, "Filter Fabrics (First
and Second Filters)." (See page 47.)
This covers the material. The labor of
"cutting and sewing filter fabrics, in-
cluding drying and storing," should
go to "Laundry and Sewing Machine
Operations." (See page 60.) The
"dressing of and attaching cuffs to
filters" should be charged to Account
No. 179, "Juice and Syrup Filtration."

I would charge safety pins to
"Tools," either Account No. 161. "Op-
erating," or Account No. 258, "Main-

tenance," as used.

Power, Fuel and Water. While in
one sense, everything the baby eats or
drinks might possibly be charged to
"Power, Fuel and Water." yet I think
malted milk and other such supplies
should be charged to Account No. 163,
"Lunch Supplies," which account also
includes "meals furnished during shut
down." Charge the labor of preparing
these meals and time feeding baby to
Account No. 185, "Sweepers, Pilots, and
Attendants," as this account includes
"lunch attendants, such as cooks, wait-
ers, etc."

Charge nipples to Account No. 262,
"Piping, Valves and Fittings," as this
account includes maintenance of drink-
ing fountains, and the line is not di-
rectly connected to any station.

Charge soap, etc., to "Operating,"
Account No. 290, "Miscellaneous." (See
item "e," page 85.)

If you have to get up in the night,
charge time to Account No. 289, "Mis-
cellaneous Maintenance," as this ac-
count specifically includes time of "at-
tending First Aid and Safety Meet-
ings." (See "a," bottom page 85.)

Castor Oil and Lost Sleep. The
above covers your questions with the
exception of "castor oil," concerning
which I am very much in doubt. Is
this oil used as a foam breaker, a lu-
bricant, a preservative, or what? The
classification shows that oils may be
used in various ways, the classification
depending upon its use. For your in-
formation, I list the different uses and
accounts, and perhaps you can correct-
ly classify from this information:

Oils, Foam Breaking — Account 146\

Oil, used as Fuel, Operating — Ac-
count 127.

Oil used as Fuel, Maintenance — Ac-
count 282.

Oils, Thread Cutting — Account '284.

Oils, . Lubricating, Operating — Ac-
count 147.

Oils, Lubricating, Maintenance — Ac-
count 284.

Oils, Cleaning, Maintenance — Ac-
count 284.

Oils, Preservative, Maintenance — Ac-
count 272.

Oils, Belt Dressing, Maintenance — Ac-
count 202.

Oils, First Aid, General — Account
307.

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I have but two other suggestions:
(a) You probably lost some time
by reason of being absent from your
work and I would charge this loss to
Account No. 303, "Allowances to Em-
ployees," as this account specifically
includes "allowances for time lost by
reason of accident or illness; also time
lost for attending patriotic celebra-

tions," so it is covered whichever way
you think of it.

(b) If you get any sleep, I would
charge this time to Account No. 288,
"Miscellaneous Vacations."

If I can be of further assistance,
kindly advise.

Very truly yours.

* * * Auditor.

Sugar Problems Easily Solved

Japanese Correspondent Wr
Up Several Little Difficulties ,

Dear Ed. Sugar Press:

My honorable brother Sato and me
being beet farmer we resolve (1) to
tell you how conduck sugar business.

Sato he are leaving farm having met
with accident. He left cellar door open.
Sheriff he found still water runs deep.
Sato's leg no more fit the boot. Sato
are Japanese philosopher, keep still,
believing in immorality of soul and
happy to die rich rather than work
hard. Many people applause such but I
stick to more beets hoping Company
and me improve sugar business. Sato
thought no Sheriff or tareman ever
catch him, but I say one load too many
with dirt to the dump make more trou-
ble sometimes except picture bride.

After deep cogitation I honorably
submit best way improve sugar busi-
ness be (1) move factories to Califor-
nia; (2) sell sugar like Green Bay;
(3) farmers get Lucerne yields. Then
everybody say, Banzai. Simple as
Chinaman at disarmy conference.

Only remaining difficulty are fifty-
fifty. I no understand this until other
day when beautiful snow make me
feel that Korean worker he my brother,
then he ask me for half of everything.

I were dumbfoundling for two mo-
ments. Suppose I alone Burbank new
cabbage variety, like Ford make big
success, do you get fifty-fifty, I enquire
restrainishly.

Shure, he say.

Why fifty-fifty, I say, peevishly. ■

Oh, that is just starter, he state. May-
be later we take sixty and finally hari-
kari you entirely.

M-mm-mmm, I cogitate. So that are
fifty-fifty.

Yes, Honorable Sir, he reply, grin-
nishly.

ites Honorable Letter Clearing
But Leaves Fly in Nearbeer.

You are released to your individual
liberty, I answer. Maybe you get fifty-
fifty guaranteed from Neighbor Miller,
John Hay, Prank Oates or Mr. Spuds.

But, Honorable Editor, from news
in American newspaper I see how min-
ers and mine operators, railroads and
rail workers this long, long time been
enveloped in similar difficulty. Maybe
beet sugar business not solitaire in
trouble between two sides fixing prices,
I cogitate.

My friends tell me look up this net
selling price, say it is too low, push
more sugar into faces of people in Colo-
rado, Nebraska and in foreign country
like North Dakota. This make higher
net, Honorables Palke and Hutchins
say same. If Honorables Petrikin,
Meinrath and Baker no can do so with
little finger, maybe higher net talk
like good farming advertisement advise
more tons beets per acre — more easy
raise hell over contract price than in-
crease income with better yields and
less shrink in beets stored. Excuse
hell, please, Hon. Editor.

Maybe plant more cabbage and po-
tatoes. Only difference with beets are
we mixup over beet price short time in
Spring but cabbage and potato prices
she make sleep go away all months
until sold.

I meet him Ralph Shafor in Brighton
factory, trying like me to save sugar
business, Ralph with more subtraction
from molasses. Hon. Ralph he talk
buryum plant. Say I:

Give me fifty-fifty?

Ralph he ask what Jap invent bur-
yum.

Don't know, I say, blankishly, but if
more subtraction more pay for beets.

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Me Methodist Christian, no under-
stand Hon. Ralph's picturish answer.

Honorable Brother Editor, sugar
business are much simple as farming.
When Sato and me come to Colorado
as Hawaii citizen we work in big po-
tato district in Cripply Creek. Sato
he married. I stay single and happy.
Mrs. Sato she say plant by light of
moon. Hike good husband, Sato he are
convinced reversely. Potatoes make

good marbles, much large plants only.
If sugar company plant beets by dark
of moon and campaign she be in stor-
ageless months, Banzai, all troubles
are most honorably over.

Fly in nearbear, Sato says — he once
were sweeper in Brighton factory and
know everything — are sugar tramp no
make moonshine and calendar.
Wishing you same,

Tokoshura Nippon.

Sugar and Pectin

More Light on the Relationship Between Sugar and the
Gelatinizing Substance, "Pectin?

Additional emphasis on the presence
of "pectin" in fruit juices in order to
insure a good quality of jelly is given
in a booklet on "Certo," the bottled
preparation which has been put on
the market by the Pectin Sales Co.,
Inc., of Rochester, N. Y.

It is mentioned here because of the
still occasionally heard fallacy con-
cerning the difficulty of making jelly
with beet sugar.

An over-proportion of sugar to juice
is a common cause of failure in jelly-
making, regardless of the origin of the
sugar, whether beet or cane. But the
two sugars both make the best jellies
and preserves, and the failure of the
housewife to get the desired result with
a particular batch of fruit juice is not
due in any case to the kind of sugar
used if pure. Says the Pectin Sales
Company's booklet:

"The chief object in boiling down
fruits or fruit juices with sugar or
jam or jelly is simply to concentrate
the sugar and pectin to the point where
the jelly formation is possible. Where
sufficient natural pectin is present in
the fruit this point is reached when
the sugar percentage is raised by evap-
oration to 60-65 per cent, and such a
mixture on cooling will assume the
form of jelly.

"The texture of jam or jelly varies
with the proportions of sugar, pectin,
and acidity: hard and brittle if the
sugar is normal and the pectin high;
hard and tough if the sugar and pectin
are both high; and soft and easily

broken down if either sugar or pectin
is deficient."

The booklet also contains interest-
ing information on the keeping quality
of a jam or jelly. This "is not af-
fected," it says, "by the length of time
it is cooked, as all ferments contained
in or on fruits are destroyed at a tem-
perature much below boiling point of
preserves (over 220 degrees F.).

"Any trouble from mould or fermen-
tation is always caused by germs from
the air, dust settling on the surface
after cooling, or from filling into
glasses, at a temperature too low to
sterilize the container. The filling tem-
perature should never be below 180
degrees F."

The nature of pectin, "the funda-
mental jelly-making substance of fruit
juices," says a bulletin from the Uni-
versity of Illinois on the principle of
jelly-making, "is a substance which is
apparently akin to starch chemically;
it has no relationship whatever to gela-
tin. It, like starch, is made up of the
elements, carbon, hydrogen and oxy-
gen; while gelatin, in addition to these
elements, contains nitrogen. Moreover,
pectin is of vegetable origin, while
gelatin is of animal origin."

The white inner skins of oranges
and of lemons are prolific sources of
pectin, according to this bulletin.
"Hence the pectin from these skins
may also be used for strengthening
other fruit-juices. Apple juice may be
made a basis for other fruit jellies.
Beet-sugar and cane-sugar may be used
interchangeably in jelly-making."

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Sugar Tabloids

The permanent tariff bill was reported to the United States Senate by the
Finance Committee on April 11. Rates of duties on Cuban preferential and
foreign sugars are not changed from the law in effect. An effort to increase
the Cuban rate to 2 cents a pound, making the full duty rate iy2 cents, is fore-
casted. The date of final passage of a permanent tariff bill is problematical,
debate threatening to be long drawn out.

Four Cuban Centrals finished their campaign, leaving 181 still in opera-
tion in mid-April.

In twelve recent weeks, Cuba exported 1.835,234 tons of raw sugar. Produc-
tion on the island had up to that date totalled 2,181,200 tons.

Refined sugar markets sagged downward 10 cents a hundredweight on
April 19. Our seaboard beet basis became $5.30 a bag, 10 cents under cane quo-
tations, although with a 20 cent differential in local territories the basic price
there stood at $5.20 a bag.

Willett & Gray sound a warning that sugar stocks (old and new) at Cuban
ports and Centrals have reached the large figure of 1,327,389 tons, and produc-
tion continues at its height (April 13). Willett & Gray add: "Unless prices
can be kept at a level that will encourage buying, there cannot be otherwise
than a heavy carry-over of Cuban sugars at the end of this year and hence 1923
would be another year of unsatisfactory prices. Our viewpoint is that prices!)
ranging from 2 cents to 2y2 cents, cost and freight, will be sufficiently low to
induce general buying."

On March 21, during the last heavy demand period, Cuban raws sold at
New York for 4.23 cents, duty paid. April 19 the quotation on raw Cubans was
3.92, with buyers offering 3.86.

A slight increase in acreage is indicated in European publications for the
coming beet crop. Negotiations between manufacturers and beet growers were
fraught with rather unusual difficulties in Europe this year.

The new refinery of the American Sugar Refining Company in Baltimore, Md.,
has commenced regular commercial operations.

The national strike of coal miners has caused no serious inconvenience in
the operation of sugar plants, to date.

Mexico during the present campaign will produce about 110,000 tons of
sugar, or enough to supply normal consumption requirements.

A late report credits German sugar interests with plans for the operation
of Russian sugar factories.

Taken as a whole, the output of Java's cane fields stands unparalleled as
compared with every other sugar producing country.

The government-subsidized beet sugar factory in Kelham, England, has
gone on the financial rocks.

In 1921 the people of the United States consumed 28.4 per cent of the world's
sugar production.

What's in A Name? The bathroom at Higgins' barber-
Mr. Maudru and Mr. Petrikin regis- shoP wil1 be reserved on Thursdays

tered at the Hotel Lincoln, Scottsbluff. exclusively for ladies.— Belle Fourche

A friend called for them, inquiring of Bee-

the clerk* their room numbers.

"Who's this in 436?" Bad Fish Manners

"Mr. Peterkin" said the clerk, strug- Sandy was fishing, and Donald

gling with the signature. asked: "How are the fish today, San-

"And the man in 248?" c,y?"

"Oh, another one of those d "I dinna ken," answered Sandy. "I

Greeks," said the clerk, unable to de- I dropped them a line, but so far I've

cipher Joe's script. no reply."

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erjoroiel

DENVER

OLGA SCHMITZ AND EVA MAE
JOLLY,

Mr. Cottingham has closed out his
second-hand department store and is
again listed as a buyer in the pur-
chasing department.

Mr. Falke put on a jelly-making ex-
hibition at the National Food Show
in Kansas City, Mo. Unquestionably
he created his usual impression
among the ladies.

There's a small sign on the door
of Mr. Maddux's room, and for the
benefit of the curious who have tried
to figure out what it said: "Enter;
Here we take care of business con-
cerning beets." It is a beacon light
to our Mexican friends who have been
quite noticeable in the halls of the
4th floor.

Miss George of the President's of-
fice has returned from a three weeks'
vacation in Cleveland and Canton,
Ohio.

Messrs. Griffin and Lambert had
an interesting rate session in Chicago.
"Did you do any good?" Mr. Griffin
was asked, the inquiry being directed
to elicit information concerning the
outcome of their pleadings before the
I. C. C. examiner. "Oh, I won a little
at rummy, and a couple of rubbers at
whist," was the famous railroad offi-
cial and card expert's reply.

W. M. Morey is " 'way down South"
calling on brokers.

W. P. Hogarty of Billings, U. S. A.,
paid the Denver office a visit. Always
mighty glad to see you.

Girls! More scandal! Bobbed
tresses have again entered the Gener-
al Office. Nina Meyer, Katherine
Comstock, Rosemary Shrewsbury and
Elsie Keenan are the guilty ones-

Andy Tinn motors in from Eaton
quite frequently for week-ends, but
apparently that is all his car can
stand. He has one of those Christian
Science models, he thinks it is an
automobile. Twice it balked on the

return trip, one time near Riverside
Cemetery. Andy finds the Mile Hi
City a good place for the week-end.

Mr. Baker was called east by the
illness of his mother.

Franklin Cowell has left the Engi-
neering Department. It is reported
that he went to Birmingham, Ala.,
and will make his home there.

Anyone desiring information re-
garding painting of automobiles,
please see Charley Payne. We under-
stand he is either painting or going
to paint his Nash. We'll bet on you,
Charley.

EATON

G. J. KUEMPEL,
Associate Editor

George Stevens wanted to start in
being a fisherman early this year. On
the 15th of this month he. in com-
pany with "Doc" Miller and a party
from Brighton, started for Wyoming.
They ran into a blizzard and George
says: "As for the fish, well, the ice
was just too thick, that's all."

Supt. A. A. Clark and wife returned
home from Rochester, Minn., on April
9, where Mrs. Clark underwent an op-
eration at Mayo Bros.' hospital. We
are pleased that Mrs. Clark is great-
ly improved.

Assistant M. M. Don Gambill is
now a resident of our city, having
moved his family from Longmont in-
to one of the Company cottages.

We all regretted to see our comp-
tometer operator, Lola Moon, leave
us on April 1. We understand she
went to Lafayette. Did she, Mr. Tinn?

Our sulphur house was the scene
of two fires during the past month,
caused by sparks from passing en-
gines.

Cashier John Rork of Windsor paid
us a visit the other day. John is no
stranger in Eaton as he worked sever-
al years as bookkeeper at our fac-
tory.

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GREELEY

H. O. BANTA,
Associate Editor. .

Poko! Poko! Poko!

We would sure like to roast the
Associate Editor of last month's Gree-
ley items if we only dared to do so. It
was rather amusing for him to pick
on a poor sick cripple and then sign
someone else's name. But that's all
right; it's a poor sport that can't
take a joke.

Cattle shipping from the feed yards
near the factory shows what beet
pulp and alfalfa will do. They are
sure wild and wooly and too fat to
run far.

Paul Grissinger, the factory night
watchman, arrived home April 1 and
was met at the door by a lady who
informed him he had company. Paul
put on his best smile and smoothed
his hair nicely, then grinned and re-
marked to himself, "I'll bet it's an
April fool." He then stepped in and
was greeted by a smile from his wifey,
who said, "It's a girl, 8 pounds, and
we both feel fine" Congratulations,
old boy. The cigars were fine.

Lots of sickness among the boys,
but not serious, just enough to put
first one then another out of com-
mission for a few days. Then they
are back on the job again "r'aring to
go."

Work is progressing nicely, con-
sidering the size of the mill force
these days. The old mill will soon be
ready for another campaign and we
have acreage enough for 70 or 80
days.

WINDSOR

JOHN H. LEESEMAN,
Associate Editor

Windsor Sugar Tramps are proud
of their Cashier, John E. Rork, who
was elected at the spring election to
a chair in our Town Hall in the ca-
pacity of Town Trustee. Mr. Rork
will, no doubt, make Windsor one of
the most faithful and trustworthy
trustees the town has ever known.

Bob Miller, Tom Haley and A. Stev-
enson are on to the Storekeeper now
and they surely find out everything
about the old store.

Among the new arrivals in Sugar-

dom were a baby girl to Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Brewer on March 9; a baby
boy to Mr. and Mrs. John Leeseman
on April 3 ; a baby boy to Mr. and
Mrs- George Schnell on April 18. So
cigars have been plentiful the past
six weeks.

Coney Schnell, Windsor's crack
first baseman, has taken a berth with
the Johnstown team. Windsor will
miss Coney, but all wish him a very
successful season with Johnstown.

All sugar has been loaded out and
it makes the old mill look like it
might be deserted.

E. C. Walter believes in prepared-
ness, in spite of disarmament confer-
ences. He is having all paris green
sprayers put in shape.

W. S. Rowen returned to work af-
ter about five weeks illness caused
from the flu.

Levi Glover is, no doubt, going to
enter into the chicken raising busi-
ness. He has started with 50 young
black Langshangs.

A. C. Staats, assistant superinten-
dent, has gone to the Company farm
to handle the labor used in sticking
stecklings.

Ernest Taylor has been working in
the storeroom assisting Mr. Haley
and Mr. Stevenson in checking up
spare stock.

FORT COLLINS

W. L. GREEN and BYRON ALBERT,
Associate Editors

Jack Houser is looking after his
field work in a new Dodge car.

The planting of stocklings for this
year's beet seed crop was begun on
April 5. It is expected that we will
plant 150 acres.

Arnold E. Haggerty, formerly As-
sistant Bookkeeper here, was a recent
visitor. He is suffering from a dis-
ability caused by having the flu while
in army service and is making an ef-
fort to obtain treatment at Fitzsim-
ons Hospital at Denver.

Ben Koontz, formerly a member of
the factory force, paid us a call. He
is connected with a mining company
operating near Salida.

Through the months of January
and February and part of March we
failed to realize fully on the 4.61

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per cent of the fuel cost spent for
heating the office, as oftentimes the
office temperature didn't get up to
68 degrees until about 5 p. m. Coal
oil stoves were tried out, but about
the time they would show some signs
of furnishing a little heat they would
start putting down a smoke barrage
which was more uncomfortable than
the low temperature-

"Heinie" Heumesser has been pret-
ty well crippled all winter by rheu-
matism, but now that the fishing sea-
son is near at hand he is showing
considerable signs of recovery.

The Employees' Mutual Benefit As-
sociation of the Fort Collins factory
submits the following statement cov-
ering their operations for the eigh-
teen months they have been organ-
ized:

Receipts:

Membership dues $4,361.00

Disbursements:

Claims paid $2,566.25

Operating expens-
es: Stationery
and Secy, and
Treas. salary,
etc 239.50 — 2,805.75

Bal. on hand Apr. 1, 1922 . . $1,555.25

The balance on hand consists of a
bank certificate of deposit for $7001
and $855.25 cash in bank. Dur-
ing the eighteen months the maxi-
mum claim of $150.00 for a twelve
months' period was allowed five mem-
bers.

Since organization the Association
has been loyally supported, the mem-
bership representing about 95 per
cent of the number of employees. The
membership includes all departments,
and the farm, agricultural and office
employees have co-operated with the
factory employees in endeavoring to
make the organization a success.

Our sympathy is extended to Les-
ter H. Huffman and wife in the loss
of their little seven months' old
daughter, Maxine, who passed away
on March 2 5 after a lingering illness
of about a month.

With the number of public im-
provements now under way in the
city, the number of unemployed has
been reduced to practically nothing.
Twenty-two blocks of concrete pav-
ing and a storm sewer draining the

west and northwest part of the city,
together with considerable improve-
ments by the local gas company pret-
ty well takes care of all local seek-
ers of work. The eight miles of pav-
ing work between Fort Collins and
Loveland will also employ quite a
number.

Due to a breakdown at the Horse
Creek quarries, A. N. Bennett man-
aged to get a little time away from
his duties and pay us a visit. He
reports Wyoming as being a very
windy place. It seems we've heard of
the Wyoming winds before-

Harry Stiff just couldn't help but
be stylish and have the flu. He has
entirely recovered and is back on the
job.

Beatrice St. Clair after being with
us for three years as comptometer
operator has left the employ of the
Company. She has been sporting a
diamond imported from Eaton,
George Kuempel being the exporter.
The event is forecasted for an early
date.

Charlie Towse was over recently
from Mitchell. At one time Charlie
was Superintendent's Clerk here. This
was in the days when the Technical
and Engineering Staff were located
here and employed a number of sten-
ographers, with whom Charlie was
quite a favorite.

LOVELAND

R. HENDERSON and V. V. HARTMAN,
Associate Editors

Loveland's beet acreage at this date
is 10,348 acres compared to 10,798
acres harvested the past year. The
labor for the crop will practically all
be handled by local help with only a
few imported. About 50 per cent is
planted at this time. '

Oscar Johnson passed the cigars,
the occasion being his marriage to
Miss Edna Foote of this city. Mr. and
Mrs. Johnson spent their honeymoon
with his parents in New York.

R. V. Lambkin, student for the past
two years, has resigned to accept a
position with the Morey Mercantile
Company.

Sugar loading has been discontin-
ued at Loveland for a time and the
Johnstown sugar started moving. Sam
Evans is in charge of this work.

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Loveland's business district, now
being paved, resembles "No Man's
Land." We will, however, in a few
months be able to take our place with
neighboring cities, on civic improve-
ments.

The best was made of our first Satur-
day afternoon off. Everyone was busy
working on lawns, gardens, etc., and
it even extended in some cases over
Sunday. The action of the Company
in granting this half day was most
certainly appreciated and will be re-
paid by a greater effort during the
week.

Superintendent Mooney after a
strenuous five hours on the lawn,
discovered the next day muscles not
known to science.

Eddie Catlett and Sandy Hender-
son again gave the young ladies a
treat by their presence on main street.

Mars Guindon nursed some bruised
toes obtained at work that morning.

Pinky Grimes looked over his "Man
of War" and predicts a successful rac-
ing season for his steed.

Bill Taylor resumed his weekly
trips to Denver supposedly to renew
family ties.

The Dodge car of Cashier Atkins
received its annual washing. Several
have mistaken it for a new one.

LONGMONT

MISS CORA L. McGREW and FRED
WARNER, Associate Editors

Tom Haley, who has been at this
factory for several weeks assisting
R. M. Miller and C. C. Crist get out
a new surplus list, has been sent to
Windsor to help on their surplus list.

We have several ardent radio fans
at this factory, probably the most ar-
dent being Carl Strauss. We heard
that he was seen one night at two p. x.
on his roof adjusting some of the
apparatus.

August Matzen, our efficient jani-
tor, is taking his usual Easter vaca-
tion, in order to put in his garden.
John Hubbard is subbing for him.

Frank Redd, one of our fieldmen,
had a pleasant surprise on reaching
the office a few days ago. Two con-
tracts were waiting for him and he
was overjoyed. So much so that he
failed to correctly interpret the names
thereon (they were censored). He

wore out a few centrals and wore his
voice out. The rest of the force were
worn out laughing at his anxiety, in
not being able to locate the parties.
One possibly lives out by Salt Lake.

The usual spring rumors are about
that Fred Warner, Superintendent's
Clerk, is looking for a bungalow just
large enough for two.

The factory force were shocked
April 22 to learn that Wilbert J. Hed-
bloom, clerk and stenographer in the
Experimental Department had died
the evening before of heart disease.
He was ill only a few hours. Wilbert
had worked at this factory for the
past five years and was a general
favorite.

Word comes from a former mem-
ber, and general favorite of our or-
ganization, G. E. Greer, who is run-
ning a gang out where the "Ginks"
live in Arizona, who says that al-
though he still retains his regard for
Longmont and the factory gang, he is
able to enjoy himself.

The following was received from
one of our Italian growers: "Please
send me a beet seed to cover 14
acres."

Here is William Allan Robb, age 3
months, son of Allan M. Robb, general
bookkeeper at Longmont Factory.

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A. C. Maxson left April 1 to take
up his special work with the Amalga-
mated Sugar Company. He expects
to return the first of October. J. F-
Jarrell, who has been Mr. Maxson's
assistant in the experimental work
for several years, is in charge of the
experiment station during his ab-
sence."

They say "Get your happiness out
of your work." We are due for a lot
of happiness this summer.

BRIGHTON

John Tracey, formerly assistant
chemist, is now in the employ of the
Kuner Pickle Company. It is under-
stood that Kuners are installing a
bacteriological laboratory in addition
to their analytical laboratory.

Assistant Superintendent Bradbury
who has been confined to his home on
account of sickness is again able to be
with us.

Agriculturist Houston is driving a
new Buick car of which he's so proud
that he has been walking during the
stormy weather in order not to soil
the car. Every time he washes his car
the office building is without bath-
water for three or four days.

Electrician Rees purchased a new
Buick car a short time ago, and now
his friends are wondering why he got
such a big car.

Master Mechanic Johnston has been
very ill throughout the past month,
but we are glad to say that Harry is
able to be out of bed now and seems
well on the way to recovery.

Auditors Reynolds, Hanscom, and
Cronin have been here and gone. Ask
"Happy" if he has solved "The Mys-
tery of the Missing Chicken."

"Gov" Peabody is making an ex-
tended trip in the New England
states.

George Stevens, Eaton's chemist,
"Doc" Miller, Ray Rees, and Chet
Sherman left here Friday, April 14,
for a fishing trip to Centennial, Wyo.
(No information has been received
as to how many fish they caught.)
When the snow storm hit, "Doc" took
sick and deserted the bunch at Lara-
mie. He says it's the last time he's
going fishing in the winter time. Won-
der what made "Doc" sick?

The local Lions' Club staged a mint

strel show here April 16. It is under-
stood that some definite action may
be taken by the Lions to prevent cer-
tain employees of the Sugar Company
from attending further performances.
Sheriff Gormley found it necessary to
have Undersheriff Clemmons assist
him in preserving peace and quiet.
One of the disorderly gentlemen was
placed under arrest, lectured, and
then allowed to return to his seat
when he pleaded that he had paid one
dollar of good American money for
his seat. The other gentleman was
the recipient of various missiles rang-
ing from ancient eggs to onions, and
got his suit pressed in the meantime.

As a word of warning to the public
in general, it should be said that
Cashier Hume is taking no chances
among his enemies for he is now car-
rying a formidable gun at all times.

Outside of a few bumps which are
still visible on his head, and a ruined
suit of clothes, Bruce Petrikin is not
much disabled as a result of a recent
"public" appearance. Bruce ought to
carry health and accident insurance.

STERLING

G. W. ATKINSON AND G. W. SPEER,
Associate Editors.

While reports came in from all di-
rections telling of the fine April
rainfall, Sterling was receiving one of
those sand storms which have made
the American Desert famous. We are
thankful that the wind was no strong-
er, and that it did not last more than
30 hours.

An epidemic of colds has been
around for a couple of months, caus-
ing many of the men to show up
missing for a few days at a time.
Bill Wendt finally got tired of playing
hookey from the doctor and is now at
home under the doc's care. It has
been so long since Bill was sick that
he didn't know how to stay home.

Mr. Welsh and Mr. Walters wish
that they had saved their original
draft of the Maintenance list. It
would come in handy now in making
up the one called for this week.

The pipe-fitters are still discover-
ing pipe-fittings which were broken
during that cold snap in January.

If there are any of you folks liv-
ing near us who want to lay up a

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store of sugar for the fall, you had
better be getting your order in. At
the rate it is being loaded out there
won't be enough sugar in our ware-
house to sweeten circus lemonade on
the Fourth of July.

The baseball bug has started to eat
on us. Can some one kindly suggest
how to get a factory ball team to
practice when there is ten hours of
work every day? It is an awful feel-
ing when you think there is a "first
string" catcher or pitcher on the job,
and you can't get time to try him out.

It has been so long since we saw
Bailey Hutchins that he would have
to present his card if he should hap-
pen to show up.

Our new electrician, Floyd Good-
ard, from Loveland, came in on the
14th and spent the day getting ac-
quainted among the boys. Mr. Good-
ard made a very good impression with
us, and we are glad to welcome him.

These east winds remind us that
our pulp silo is not quite empty yet.

We have been gratified the last few
months to note a decided improve-
ment in the attitude shown by the
people of this community toward the
factory employees. Among other rea-
sons for this, may be suggested the
following: Manager Evans has a
knack of making friends among the
people with whom he associates; Su-
perintendent Welsh is often seen
"roarin' among the Lions" and "ro-
tating with the Rotary Club." (He
also swings a nasty stick at the Coun-
try Club golf links.) Every time a
man brings out a mechanical job, he
finds that Master Mechanic Walters
gives him better treatment than he
gets anywhere else on earth.

Mr. Welsh's sons have installed a
radio set in their home and have been
listening in on the Denver concerts.
Mr. Welsh always liked music any-
way.

Guess we will have a pretty long
campaign again this year. At the
time of this report there were over
22,400 acres contracted in this dis-
trict.

Betty Mae Evans arrived last Sat-
urday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Evans. It is needless to say
that both Harry and his father are
stepping high as boys seem to pre-
dominate in the Evans family.

We are also pleased to report the
birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs.
C. J. Rodewald, on Easter morning.
Mother and daughter doing nicely
and Carl is as proud as a peacock.

BRUSH

E. WARD, JR., Associate Editor

Former residents of Brush will
hardly be able to recognize the town
in a few months on account of the
many improvements that are being
put in. The town has issued $125,000
in bonds on a paving and storm sewer
district, and construction work has
commenced. Clayton street from the
depot to the Union High School, and
Edison street from the Foster Lum-
ber Company to the Brush Filling
Station will be paved with bitulithic
concrete. The contract was let to the
Strange-Maguire Paving Company of
Sterling.

Another improvement is the recent-
ly constructed State Armory on Colo-
rado avenue north of the dormitory.
A. C. Harness, store bookkeeper, has
resigned his position with the Com-
pany and is now town clerk in Brush.

An April zephyr recently took off
a good many chunks of gutter pipe
around the factory, and nearly suc-
ceeded in blowing off one corner of
the lime kiln roof.

Bob Hilburn, storekeeper, has left,
and is working for the local paving
company. Vincent Weicher is now
storekeeper.

Lloyd Kidwell who left Brush
shortly after the end of campaign, is
now back on the job, at present work-
ing as blacksmith's helper.

Born, April 8, at Brush, Colorado,
to Mr. and Mrs. S. D. ("Dawse")
Hutcheson, a baby girl. Latest re-
ports state that both mother and
daughter are doing well.

H. L. Howe, our Bookkeeper, pass-
ed the cigars and candy because he is
proud of a new baby girl born March
24. She was given the name Mary
Margaret.

Slim McAlister has resigned and
is now in the Oklahoma oil fields.

Sugar shipments have stopped and
we are left with some 80,000 bags of
sugar yet to ship.

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The Agricultural Department re-
ports a good acreage of beets signed
up. On the 17th of April nearly 1,500
acres had been planted.

FORT MORGAN

F. M. BAKER and A. C. WHITNEY,
Associate Editors

From the progress of the work in
the factory, would say that the boys
were trying to show their apprecia-
tion of their Saturday afternoon holi-
day.

Claude Mitchell, Steffen House
Foreman, is spending his summer on
a farm near Longmont.

Our pulp silo being empty, we
rather miss the early morning rattling
of the farmers' wagons, as there has
been a great deal of rivalry this win-
ter as to who would get to the silo
first in the morning.

Howard Miller is having trouble
trying to keep his Ford out of other
people's way.

For the past two weeks our Agri-
cultural force has been busy deliver-
ing seed to the farmers.

Beet End Foreman Foster has
left for his homestead in New Mexi-
co to spend the summer.

Everything points to a good run
this fall as the Agricultural Depart-
ment already have 14,500 acres con-
tracted for this year against 15,000
last year, and from the class of land
that has been signed up we should
have a better average tonnage than
before-

This district on April 10 experi-
enced the worst wind storm that has
been seen here since 1913. Serious
damage was done to the irrigation
ditches and small grain but very few
beets were affected.

If you ask Assistant Foreman Pash
why he limps, he will tell you that
those mules are a fine yard team, but
not to try to ride them because they
will not ride. Walt was down at the
river for a little gravel and when he
broke his double trees he tried to
ride one of the mules to the factory
for another set. The mule insisted
that Walt walk. He did.

SCOTTSBLUFF

MISS GENEVIEVE WEIDENHEIMER,
Associate Editor

Speaking of Nature: We don't be-
lieve she was on her best behavior,
for Easter, as we were visited with a
fine snow and cold, gloomy weather.
We hope she will be more kind to
new finery for Independence Day.

H. G. Tanner left our employ Satur-
day, April 15, and will make his fu-
ture home at Lander, Wyo. Douglas
Callahan is now acting in the capacity
of Storekeeper.

Mr. Heldt was in Lincoln for a few
days during the month "rounding up"
labor for a shipment which will be
made in the near future. He antici-
pates no difficulty in securing an ade-
quate supply of labor this year.

Now this is no "fish story". The
writer actually saw two beautiful six-
teen-inch trout which were caught
April 15 by Charlie Durnin. Mr. Dur-
nin is some fisherman, we claim, as
he can catch them regardless of a
high wind and snow or anything else
that is particularly distracting to
trout fishermen.

Jack Sherman is the possessor of
a new National car. It is a good look-
er.

The Technical Meeting held April
17 at the Lincoln Hotel was well at-
tended. Mr. Simons gave a very in-
teresting talk on "The Evolution of
the Nebraska District," which was
much appreciated by all present. Mr.
J. Fred Steck, field man at Belle
Fourche, and A. B. Cross were in at-
tendance at the meeting.

George Durnin of Mitchell was
transferred to this factory as Sugar
End Foreman.

A. M. Gregg will be transferred to
Mitchell as Chief Electrician, effect-
ive May 1.

S. D. Morrison is able to be at his
duties again, having been "laid up"
for about a week with a felon on his
hand.

They'll Need To

On a tombstone in an old New Eng-
land cemetery:

Here Lies Jonathan Steele —
Good, Upright Citizen —
Weighed 250 Lbs —
Ope' Wide Ye Golden Gates.

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gering

T. L. CRONIN and W. E. CLAYCOMB,
Associate Editors

Someone has said that "Time is
the solemn inheritance to which ev-
ery man is born heir." He has a life's
rent of this world, a little section cut
out of Eternity and given him in
which to do his work.

Just how long we may enjoy this
inheritance is in the keeping of an
all-wise Providence. Just how well
we may enjoy this inheritance is in
the keeping of ourselves, dependent
upon the apportionment of labor and
refreshments, as labor is necessary for
the full enjoyment of refreshments,
and refreshments are the reward of
labor.

The foregoing, or reasoning along
similar lines, must have been predom-
inant in the minds of the good offi-
cials of our Company when they hark-
ened to the humble appeal made
through our Superintendents for the
restoration of the Saturday half-holi-
day.

For this reward of labor, may we
return a reward of increased efficien-
cy, while in behalf of the employees of
the Gering factory we say, "Gentle-
men, we thank you."

A blizzard of unusual turbulence
swooped down upon us during the
night of April 9, accompanied by a
fierce northwester, causing snowdrifts
of from four to six feet deep. Bill
Warren, in his Buick "Pathfinder,"
was the first one "in." A shovel bri-
gade sent him on his way— rejoic-
ing (?). Bill says that the old adage,
"The early bird catches the worm,"
might be all right for some birds, but
not for Willie.

Doc Sammons, the first vacationeer
of the season, is back on the job, after
having spent two weeks at Medicine
Bow, Wyoming. Doc is very much
enthused with the old stamping
ground of "The Virginian" and says
that if we make it "snappy" and
annex the "blue ribbon" with the ex-
tra week next year his trip (or did he
say grip?) will include "Green Riv-
er" and "Yellowstonei" By Heck,
Doc, when we win we'll make it a
spread some "moonshine" night, and
invite the whole blooming district.

April 6 was the fifth anniversary of

the United States' declaration of war
with Germany and the fourth anni-
versary of C- H. Scott's declaration of
matrimony, a mere coincidence. The
ex-service men wore a sprig of laurel
as an emblem of victory; Scotty wore
a white carnation, probably as an
emblem of truce.

Owing to the delay in receiving
lime rock, the spring training of the
Gering factory baseball club has been
seriously interrupted. The prelim-
inary training of juggling sugar bags
was completed on April 11, and it is
feared that the effect of the continued
inactivity since then may develop
"Charley horse."

Although it has not been officially
confirmed, Jimmie Ponder and Cotton
Gibbons, two Gering sugar tramps,
like the engineer mentioned in the
March issue of The Press, each must
have lost an uncle, as they recently
purchased Company cottages.

Chief Myers exposed himself to a
summons as a juror. It took.

Late Saturday evening a report was
circulated about town that an object,
in some respects resembling an auto-
mobile, but presumably an army tank
of unknown nationality and destina-
tion, was parked in the ditch just out-
side the gates of the city. French
Brothers, ever alert to demonstrate
the prowess of their 20 h. p. Avery
tractor, advanced slowly upon the ob-
ject, followed by a curious crowd. As
they drew within tuning distance, a
spark in the familiar voice of our
John Lenz was recognized in the S. O-
S. call, "Ahoy! stranger, give us a
line." The Eden roadster was pulled
out of the ditch, John explaining his
plight by: "My friend complained of
being cold, so I reached around be-
hind (pronoun censored) to ad-
just the curtain just as we struck a
rough stretch of road and being un-
able to guide the car with one hand,
it caromed off into the ditch." John's
veracity is unquestioned.

Master Mechanic Will Warren, re-
cently received a telegram bearing
the sad news that his brother Arthur
had passed away at his home near
St. Louis, Missouri. Arthur Warren
was formerly an employee of the Great
Western, having worked several cam-
paigns at the Fort Collins factory.

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BAYARD

H. V. TOWNER,

Associate Editor

Contracting beet acreage in the
Bayard district has not been fraught
with the difficulties which were an-
ticipated. Sufficient acreage was con-
tracted April 15 to assure us of a
good run, 13,5 63 acres being in our
hands as we write, with prospects of
several hundred more to come. Seed
distribution commenced April 1, and
was practically completed on the
15th.

Until the last few days it appeared
that our spring was to lack the usual
high winds. It is evident now, how-
ever, that our hopes along this line
are about to be blasted. We have had
several good rains, and a couple of
wet spring snows, and soil conditions
are excellent. Agriculturally, the
Bayard district ought to be heard
from in September and October.

The Bayard boys are again going in
for community gardens to combat the
HCL. Two of the usual garden fans
propose this year to take their exer-
cise in a different manner. Chris
Moberg will clean and polish a Ford,
coupe, and Gordon Gardner will spend
his time polishing up his shiny new
Dodge.

The Tennis Club has been reor-
ganized and a strenuous season is
expected. It is hoped that we will be
able to do a little better than merely
entertain Scottsbluff this year.

C. B. Turner has just had his Buick
overhauled. At present it ticks like a
new Waterbury. All that is needed is
about twenty yards of top material
and three or four coats of paint.

Mrs. J. B. McDonald, wife of As-
sistant Superintendent Jack, is con-
valescing at the Bayard General Hos-
pital from an operation for appendi-
citis.

The Factory family was saddened
by word received from Ft. Collins,
March 30, that Mrs. J. R. Sheely had
passed away on that day. Mrs. R. F.
Bristol had been called to Ft. Collins
several days previously to be in at-
tendance at the bedside of her moth-
er. Mrs. Bristol, however, broke down
from strain on March 2 9, and was
herself unaer a doctor's care in Mercy
Hospital, Denver, when her mother

died. The sympathy of the commun-
ity is extended to the family in their
bereavement.

Ed Eck, our fighting Swede Loco-
motive Crane Operator, took a flying
trip to Omaha recently to meet and
return with his family, who have been
visiting "wife's folks in Iowa."

MITCHELL

R. I. BABBITT,

Associate Editor

Scottsbluff has been fortunate and
we have sustained a loss in the trans-
fer of George Durnin from here to
that place. George goes there as Sug-
ar End Foreman, which position he
held while here.

T. R. Card and family have gone
to Mission, Texas, for a somewhat ex-
tended absence. We are sorry to see
the Cards go and hope they will soon
be back with us again.

Miss Alice Deb, daughter of As-
sistant Superintendent Mike Deb, re-
cently underwent an operation for
appendicitis. We are very glad that
she is doing exceptionally well. Dr.
Watson, the company physician, per-
formed the operation. '

On Thursday evening, April 13, we
were favored with a visit from Messrs-
Lippitt and Morrison of the Denver
office. Upon this occasion we were
all royally entertained at a dinner at
the Hotel Mitchell at which time Mr.
Lippitt officially presented us with
the long-looked-for pennant. Manag-
er C. S'. Campbell presided as toast-
master and talks were given by Mr.
Lippitt, Mr. Morrison, Mr. Durnin,
and Mr. Simmons. I am sure the vis-
iting gentlemen have no doubt as to
our appreciation of the trophy, and
from the round of applause following
the announcement by Mr. Lippitt, that
we would be granted an extra week
vacation, I believe they understood
our appreciation of that also. Dur-
ing the dinner a telegram was read
by Mr. Campbell, from the employees
of the Bayard Factory, offering their
congratulations- This was heartily
applauded and was certainly appre-
ciated to the fullest extent. I am not
necessarily predicting that Mitchell
will fly the pennant next year, but, by
the great horn spoons, Colorado will
know they have been somewhere

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when they take it from Nebraska
again.

We have tried at all times not to
dwell too much upon our past suc-
cesses and especially not to give in-
dividual praises to any particular per-
son. However, there are certain men
connected with this organization hav-
ing the greater responsibilities rest-
ing upon them who displayed such
foresight and determination that oth-
ers should hear of it if for nothing
else than to obtain a certain measure
of inspiration from that knowledge.
Among the many incidents which we
might mention, only one will be cited
at this time, regarding our Master Me-
chanic, Floyd Powell. This will show
why our shutdowns were so few and'
short. During last campaign Mr. Dur-
nin went into the Master Mechanic's
office and asked Mr. Powell for some
small article. Mr. Powell turned to
his desk, opened a drawer, and be-
hold, it was full of baling wire. Said
Mr. Durnin: "Floyd, what are you
going to do with that baling wire?"
Floyd's answer was: "Well, you can't
tell when something might break
down out there." That is prepared-
ness and of such was the pennant
won for Mitchell.

Charles Agar and H. C. McClintock
have been overhauling Gus Heldt's
car the past few days. That the dis-
trict officials should bring their cars
to Mitchell to get a real job of work
done is quite noticeable.

Our dried pulp is now all gone ex-
cept a few bags which are contracted
for locally. Sugar is also being ship-
ped now at the rate of five cars per
day.

BANANA BELT BUN H

BILLINGS

W. C. ADLER

Associate Editor

The coal strike is having little ef-
fect on "sugar tramps" in the Mid-
land Empire, as most of us are users
of natural gas- " 'Tis a privilege to
live in Billings."

Newly elected officers of the Fore-
men's club are, Harry Reeman, Presi-
dent; James Preston, Vice-President;
and Clyde Butt, Secretary and Treas-
urer.

James Roberts, former Sugar End

Foreman, is in the employ of the Gov-
ernment in California.

Steve Pierce, ex-Assistant Chemist,
stopped in to say
hello on his way
to Trident, Mon-
tana, where he
has a position
running "alkalin-
ites" on cement.
Steve has been
trading mules in
the Ozarks.

Billings is not
far behind Colo-
rado in the pro-
duction of new
"Sugar Tramps."
Twelve babies
came to this or-
ganization last
year.

J. C. Grimes,
former General
Foreman, is run-
ning "purities" on oil at Greybull,
Wyo.

W. W. Hubbard has returned to
the fold as Sugar Boiler. "Slim"
formerly was Extra Foreman and
learned to boil last year.
"Rotten Beets"
'At a boy, Sat. P. M. off! Look out
Trout, I'm comin'.

Fosgate, excitement, nosleep, noeat,
nothink, buys car, nolicense, police!
noride. Curtain.

Extra! Barringer bolts the "Gold
Mine Combine." Losses trivial.
Question — Who discovered Bill-

ings

Why'

Answer — Billings wasn't discover-
ed, it was invented by H. Scherer.
Why? Yellowstone.

Suggestion for new comic section:
"Fuzzy's Car."

Professional Cards: A. Powell,
Painter and Decorator, Artistic blend-
ing of colors a specialty.

Jack Davis: "Hey, Alvie! Y'know
anything?"

A. Powell: "Nope, nuthin' 'cept I
know a thousand pound dog is an aw-
ful big dog."

The factory correspondent says
"nothing to report, except that we are
working hard, hitting the ball and
getting the mill ready for a good cam-
paign this fall." Sickness has dimin-
ished considerably and everyone is

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trying to get in all the hours' work
possible. "Slim" Hubbard is back
again after a two months' absence and
is again working in the pipe gang.
Kimble has resumed farming.

Whenever any of the bunch get to-
gether the conversation is sure to
start with automobiles and end there.
Most every day some one drives in
the yard with a new bus and then it
starts — "What did you give for it?
what'll she do? going to paint it
yourself? ever try out the blank kind
of carburetor? there's a place up town
where they sell tires less than Monkey
Ward does," and so forth and so
forth. Judging from the number of
cars assembled in the yard these nice
days, you might think the County
Pair was in session. Rides are easy
to get now and unless a man drives
his own he is apt to be old-fashioned
or is waiting for a good buy soon.

The pulp is all gone, thank the
Lord. All strange and unusual odors
are now blown away and Jake Ben-
ner, pulp custodian, is back in the
yards at his old job.

We are sorry to say that our old
friend, Jim Shean, the veteran watch-
man and late janitor of this office,
has been sick for the past two months.
Several operations were made on his
toe and we all hope to see him back
again very soon.

Mr. Hogarty made a short trip to
Denver recently and reports all O. K.
for a big beet harvest this fall.

The field force has been changed
some. Charles Mann goes to Laurel
as resident fieldman for that district,
George Woolley is looking after the
Sidney district. M. B. Wilson, former-
ly of Hardin, is clerk in the agricul-
tural office succeeding Charles Mann.
F. E. Lewis, former fieldman of Park
City, is farming this year and assist-
ing in contracting in that district.

"Hello, is Fosgate there?"

"Yes."

"This is the Park Commissioner
talking. I understand that you have
some garden hose at the factory that
can be seen at night. I am interested
in knowing the process used, as the
city might want to take up this idea
themselves and wanted to know if you
had some secret process or idea cov-
ered by a patent before we used it,
and "

Bang! went the receiver at this end
and Fosgate expressed some radical
opinions about these blank-blank guys
who think they're kidding someone
just because he painted the garden
hose white so the night watchman
could find it on his rounds. In line
with this idea suggestions were made
that the water tank be painted emer-
ald green to match the lawn, the
trash cans striped black and white
so they would cry out to pick up
waste paper and rubbish, the watch
dog given a coat of luminous paint
so he could be seen by prowlers. Any
other suggestions should be referred
to Mr. Fosgate for his consideration,
and will not be acted on unless ap-
proved by him.

C. R. Hedke has resigned his posi-
tion and is now with the F. B. Con-
nelly Company, implement dealers.
Mr. Hedke has rounded out a good
many years of faithful service with the
Company and we hope he will be suc-
cessful in his new undertaking.

Agricultural prospects at this time
are very fair. Moisture in April av-
eraged about two inches and came at
the right time. Although our spring
work is late, the nice weather now
will allow planting to go ahead very
rapidly. Prospects for a good crop
at this time appear very promising.
(This is tempting fate. — Ed.)

LOVELL

"CORPORAL KEEFE"
Associate Editor

The recorder of vital statistics re-
ports that he failed to chronicle ar-
rivals at the homes of Don Weir, Boil-
er House Foreman, and George
Holmes, Storekeeper. Also that as
Pat Egan, our Norwegian Blacksmith,
has at last secured a license for his
Ford he does not have to walk four
miles to work every day.

Last month we were threatened
with another flood caused by the fast
melting snows in the orange grove
south of the Factory Farm, known
as Foster Gulch. The factory irriga-
tors so succeeded in diverting the
water that the company premises and
the town were saved from the mois-
tened "disgrace" of a year ago.

The agricultural force has been

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busy submitting the new contract to
the farmers, but their hardest battle
has been with the Wyoming roads
which are at their worst at the end
of a hard winter with melting snows-
One fieldman garaged his Lizzie for
a few days and made the Bench dis-
trict on horseback.

W. P. Hogarty. District Manager,
and C. W. Luff, Secretary, paid us a
visit during the month. The "town
devil" wanted to challenge Mr. Luff
to a clay pigeon shoot, but it was
found that the targets had been used
as decorations at a party held in
Pumpkin Center, about two miles

from town, so the match fell through.

"Slim" Hjatt and "Pat" Lynch
have been hard to approach since the
Billings Gazette published an old pic-
ture of the Sugar Tramp Ball Club,
under the heading "Do you remember
when?" It must have been an old
picture as "Slim" was really good
looking while "Pat" was portrayed
as the mascot.

We were greeted with a snow storm
on Easter Sunday which spoiled the
new dud parade scheduled for 10 a.
m. on Main street. Quite a disap-
pointment.

The Sugar Cities— Bayard

By G. B. Turner

Fifth of a Series in The Sugar Press on the Cities near
which Great Western Sugar Factories are Located.

It is interesting to know that geolo-
gists who have found restful, intellec-
tual exercise in contemplating origins
and destinies or translating the silent
language of the ages from prehistoric
rocks have proven that Nebraska and
the land on which Bayard stands "came
from the sea."

Long before the twin merging valleys
of the Platte (Flatwater) were formed,
one can picture the waves of the Cam-
brian Sea beating upon the shores in
Wyoming, Ohio and Oklahoma, while
Nebraska firmly grounded to the gran-
ite floor of the earth stood in the midst
of the first landed area of North Amer-
ica.

When the last terrestrial convulsion
came, the Omaha-Lincoln-Wichita
range rumbled in its subterranean
depths; the Ozarks hesitated and finally
thrust their ragged summits higher;
the Sierras came up out of the sea, and
lava beds spread over Idaho; the Black
Hills arose, and Hartville Island came
up toward the sun. Nebraska for a
time seemed uncertain whether to be-
come an agricultural state or break up
into tumbled mountains.

Out of the range of hills in Eastern
Nebraska tne waters meandered west-
ward until they encountered the lifted
ridge of the nearby mountains. The
finer silts were carried on in the cur-

rents and the coarser sands filled the
river beds. The course of the extinct
Gering river is found between the
forks of the Platte, and in the Scotts-
bluff-Wildcat mountains.

The historic Chimney Rock, standing
140 feet high, is formed of the sands of
the Gering river. The sands grow finer
and finer until the silts appear, and
over all the area that was once the
bottom of the Hartville Sea, from Raw-
hide Buttes to Pawnee Buttes, the wind-
perforated rocks and soft sandstones
are formed in weird, fantastic shapes.
These together with other sands cover-
ing the Dawes and Furnas ridges make
what is known as the Great Sand Hills
of Nebraska.

In the middle '80s homesteaders
pushed into the high plains now known
as Morrill County and where the town
of Bayard now stands, and attempted
to wrest these lands from the cattle
men. By 1888 the big herds had been
practically withdrawn and the settlers
were left in virtually undisputed pos-
session of the valley.

The original townsite of Bayard was
plotted on section 27, exactly where the
sugar factory and buildings now stand.
The Bayard Transcript was launched
in 1888 in a small sod house where the
house of the Master Mechanic now
stands. This paper is now published

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in Bayard, having been owned and ope-
rated by the Wisner family since the
first few months of its existence. The
first bank was the Bank of Bayard.

Bayard with a population of 2127
people is dependent upon agricultural
resources. Climate, soil and altitude
combine to make it one of the most pro-
ductive spots in the North Platte Val-
ley. The irrigated acreage is eleven
miles wide and water is supplied by-
seven irrigation projects. The larger
projects are the Government and the
Tri-State or Farmers Irrigation Dis-
trict canals. All of these canals take
their water from the North Platte Riv-
er.

A progressive group of business men
are pushing Bayard to a steady and
normal growth. Located on the Ne-
braska State Highway connecting the
Lincoln Highway and the Yellowstone
Highway, and also an outlet to the
Black Hills, added good roads will make
Bayard a home for tourists. Steps are
now being taken to equip one of the
best tourist park homes in the state.

Bayard has a high school building
costing $225,000. This building was
built with the future requirements of
the community in mind. Bayard will
have school buildings large enough for

its needs and paid for when other towns
will be divided on the school building
question.

Bayard has an up to date group of
churches representing several different
denominations.

The Bayard sugar factory has the
distinction of growing and harvesting
more than 15.000 acres of sugar beets,
producing 164,573 tons and delivered
to only six receiving stations. It is
safe to say that no other factory in the
world produces this tonnage at six re-
ceiving stations.

Edmund Simmons, who will fill Mr.
Lippitt's chair during the latter's ab-
sence in Europe, arrived at the Gener-
al Office on April 26.

A. M. Ginn will direct affairs in the
Nebraska district while Mr. Simmons
is at Denver.

It is an old-fashioned garden
With a new-fashioned purpose;

For it raises big crops

Of corn, rye and hops,
In the days of 'twenty-one.

You'll see an old-fashioned feller

Making trips to the cellar,
From his old-fashioned garden

For an old-fashioned bun.

Bayard's High School

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On the Inside Pages:

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Acetylene Welding. By E. J. Nugent 2

Beet Beginnings in North Platte Valley

[I By A. H. Heldt 5

II Bunching Maintenance Workers and Tools

H By E. Vosburgh 8

How the Crop Is Coming On 10

Keeping a Mill Bottle Tight 11

Smiling at Our Notables. By Clyde Osborn 13

The Sugar Cities— Sterling 15

Swat the "Lab." By G. F. Weybright '. . 16

Sailors of the Platte. By A. M. Ginn . . 18
II

History of the Elevator. By C. E. Palmer . 21

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Among the Personnel 23

[I The Little Black Hen 32

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Acetylene Welding and
Its Use in Our Factories

By E. J
Master Mechanic,

When the acetylene torch was first
introduced in our factories seven
years ago, we did not realize its val-
ue. We believed at the start that its
usefulness was limited to such work
as cutting holes in tanks, welding
light sheet iron, etc. However, our
men became more adept in its opera-
tion and experience gained by experi-
mentation enlarged its field, until to-
day we are saving considerable equip-
ment which previously would have
been discarded. To explain some of
the recent developments in the use of
this tool is the object of this paper.

We have found this tool well adapt-
ed for the reclaiming of pump im-
pellors, seal rings and packing sleeves
on pump shafts as shown by photo
number one.

This is a steel shaft removed from
a three-inch Lawrence Turbine pump
with brass impellor and sleeves. Up-

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Loveland Factory.
on its removal the packing sleeves
were found to be worn from one
eighth to one sixteenth of an inch
by the packing and water ring. The
side of the impellor as designated by
the nut and shaded portion, was worn
out entirely and the opposite side of
the impellor ring was cut three six-
teenths of an inch smaller than the
seal ring.

The photo shows the method of re-
pair, by steps. To the right of the im-
pellor, note the sleeve as built up
with bronze by the use of the torch.
The shaded portion upon which the
nut rests was taken from another im-
pellor and welded to this one. To
the left of the impellor we find the
finished turned sleeve. A financial
comparison of the old replacement
method and the reclaiming method
follows:

Photo No. 1
Replacement Method

Labor Material Total

One new brass impellor, 3 6 lbs. at 22c 7.92 7.92

Two brass packing sleeves, 15 lbs 3.30 3.30

Machining and assembling, 12 hrs. at 65c. . .. 7.80 7.80

Total 7.80 11.22 19.02

Reclaiming Method

Brazing, 3 hrs. at 65c 1.95 1.95

Turning and machining, 3 hrs. at 65c 1.95 1.95

Gas and carbide 1.75 1.75

Bronze 1.50 1.50

Total 3.90 3.25 7.15

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Saving by latter method $19.02 —
$7.15 = $11.87. This means a 60 per
cent saving by the use of the torch in
this instance.

Photo number two is a shaft and
impellor from an eight-inch Buffalo
battery supply pump. The sleeves are
cut to a depth of one-eighth of an inch
from the packing and water ring. In
repairing it is placed in the lathe and
undercut at the worn section to a suf-
ficient depth, so the filled-in metal at
this point will be at least one-eighth

of an inch when finished to correct
size. The sleeve is also undercut lat-
erally, sufficiently so that the union
of the filled-in and old metal will be
immediately beyond the point of
wear.

The principal advantages of this
method are: ease of accomplishment,
saving of time and saving of material
by not removing the sleeves and the
consequent danger of stripping the
threads.

Photo No. 2

Replacement Method

Labor Material Total

Two bronze bushings, 20 lbs. at 22c 4.40 4.40

Machine work and assembling, 5 hrs 3.25 3.25

Total 3.25 4.40 7.65

Reclaiming Method

Welding, 1 hr. at 65c 65 .65

Machining, 2 hrs. at 65c 1.30 1.30

Bronze, 2V2 lbs. at 32c .80 .80

Gas and oxygen .60 .60

Total 1.95 1.40 3.35

Net saving of $4.30. tool is not limited, however, to pump

The main criticism of this method shafts alone,
is the danger of bending shafts and Three years ago the east white cen-
is especially true with the Wirthing- trifugal machine drive clutch spider
ton shaft with its marine bearing. We was loose. This shaft was very ex-
have found by experience it is good pensive to replace, both from the
policy to straighten a shaft immedi- viewpoint of weight of material and
ately after welding while hot and re- the amount of labor involved in cut-
volve it slowly in a lathe during the ting keyways and drilling a hole
cooling process. thirty-six inches in the shaft for oil.

Photo number three shows the tool We repaired this worn shaft by un-

we use as a check for the alignment der-cutting three thirty-seconds of an

of the shaft and its application. This inch, welding in steel and turning

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down to a fit. The spider was forced
back on at fifteen tons. This shaft
has been in operation for two years
giving no indication of failure.

The beet washer clutch shaft was
similarly repaired. In this case, how-
ever, we welded in bronze instead of
steel, our idea being the bronze would
flow at a lower temperature and the

shaft need less preheating. This has
given equally good results.

The above are a few instances in
which we have found the acetylene
torch applicable. No doubt other fac-
tories have used it for different pur-
poses and through interchange of
ideas we will reap the full benefits of
this important tool.

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A Supt. With
A Past

Herb Barringer at Billings received
a threatening letter recently, warning
him "for the first and last time, send
those $6.98 at once or your trouble
starts within 10 days."

It looked like Herb had left He-
bron, N. D., between suns without
paying for "that bill of coal, which
was gotten by you, and not saying a
word on your departure or any inti-
mation to that effect."

However, on closer scrutiny of the
penmanship (?) the address was de-
ciphered to have only a general re-
semblance to Barringer's name. Such
is fame that the letter was delivered
to Herb.

Stereoptican Slides
Available for Schools

The publicity department has
a set of stereopticon slides on
the beet sugar industry, suit-
able for showing before public
school classes and clubs.

With the slides goes a brief
description and interpretation
of each picture for oral deliv-
ery, so that a schoolma'm can
give a fairly interesting half
hour's stereopticon lecture.

Managers of our factories
might keep this in mind for the
next school year. Opportuni-
ties may present themselves
thus to serve both the schools
and the industry.

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Beginnings of the Beet Sugar
Industry in the North Platte Valley

by A. II. Heldt

Agricultural Superintendent of the Great Western Sugar Company

for the Nebraska District.

The distinction of growing the first
beets in the valley of the North Platte
belongs, I believe, to Mr. Otto Jur-
gens. He came
to the valley in
the year 1885
and from the first
believed that sug-
ar beets could be
grown successful-
ly here. It was
not until the year
1902, however,
when Mr. Jur-
gens met H. G.
Leavitt, then
president of the
Standard Beet
Sugar Company,
of Ames, Nebraska, that a favorable
portunity presented itself to try out
Mr. Jurgens' theory.

Mr. Jurgens raised a few beets in
his garden for experimental purposes
and in the fall sent a sample to the
Ames factory for testing the sugar
content. The beets made a good show-
ing. Mr. Leavitt then decided that
the Valley had a great future in store
and that as soon as possible he would
give the raising of sugar beets here a
thorough trial.

Mr. Jurgens is now a large land-
owner in the vicinity of Scottsbluff,
and has a large acreage of beets
grown on his land every year.

During the summer of 1903, a party
consisting of the agricultural super-
intendent of the Standard Beet Sugar
Company, several factory men and
myself looked over the valley and
later on it was definitely decided to
grow beets in 1905. It required a
genuine optimist, at that time, to see
the valley made over into a farming
community — much less beet raising
territory. I admit that I was not an
optimist about the situation then and
foresaw nothing but difficulties

ahead. The only thing I knew about
irrigation was that water would not
run up hill and that it was taken out
of the river and put on the land by
means of ditches. Like most of the
uninitiated I did not have a great
deal of faith in it. I had not the
slightest idea of the wonderful re-
sults that could be obtained by put-
ting this water onto rich, well cul-
tivated land when water was needed.

In the winter of 1904-05, beet
equipment and stock sufficient to
grow a trial crop of beets were as-
sembled, loaded into immigrant cars
and sent to Scottsbluff. The fight to
win the country for sugar beets was
on! Being in charge of this operation
and well aware of the necessity of
good beet workers, I brought along
three experienced families to work
beets.

There were few dwelling houses in
Scottsbluff at that time. It was al-

Otto Jurgens

First Beet Grower in North Platte
Valley

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most impossible to get a place to live.
(Conditions in that respect have been
the same ever since.) But we finally
succeeded in getting two rooms in a
log house back of the post office,
where we lived until the farm where
we were to establish ourselves was
vacated.

At that time the Valley was thinly
settled and the chief agricultural pur-
suit was, of course, cattle raising.
Excellent yields of potatoes were pro-
duced, but there was not a profitable
market. Some fields of alfalfa were
grown on the irrigated lands, but
there was no profitable market for
it. Alfalfa, grain and potatoes were
all the crops attempted. There was
one railroad up the Valley ending at
Guernsey, and it ran daily combina-
tion trains.

The same winter, A. J. Bailey was
sent to Scottsbluff as fieldman for the
Standard Beet Sugar Company. Be-
fore time for opening farm opera-
tions, Mr. Bailey and myself started
out to try to contract with the farm-
ers for growing of beets. We col-
lected considerable experience but no
contracts. If sugar beets would have
been something to lariat we no doubt
would have had better success. After
several days we experienced some dif-
ficulty in getting up enough courage
to mention sugar beets. Most of the
farmers considered it a joke and
would have been just about as anx-
ious to take up tobacco or cotton
raising. Several times we received
a very impolite, rough reception, as
they seemed to think we had some
ulterior motive or that there was
fraud about it. Finally, after two
weeks of discouraging efforts, Mr.
Otto Jurgens agreed to sign a con-
tract for ten acres of beets.

This first contract was worthy or
a half-day celebration, the making of
which was easily obtained at that
time, as this was before the Volstead
Act.

Once when contracting near Mor-
rill, I was leaving a farm house where
I had passed the night (hotels being
a minus quantity), and I had to pass
through a v/ire gate. Right there my
horse decided to leave me and go
alone to Scottsbluff, about twenty
two miles distant. It was an evil-

minded beast anyway, and probably
objected to sugar beets being intro-
duced in the valley. At any rate, we
started for Scottsbluff with myself
forty rods in the rear and keeping
about the same relationship until 2
p. m., when a mounted man happened
along and retrieved my horse. Good
time was made from that point to
Scottsbluff, where we dissolved part-
nership forever.

Several other contracts for small
acreages were obtained later, 160
acres of beets being grown that year.
This was sufficient for a test, and at
the close of the season in spite of all
obstacles, it was plain that we had
found a great beet country.

Contracting the second season was
a little easier. The feeling of the
farmers was more friendly towards
the raising of beets, but they still ob-
jected to doing the work themselves.
We decided that to make the beet
industry a success, growers would
have to be induced to come in from
the outside. A special effort was made
to secure Russian beet workers from
Lincoln that season, which we were
fortunately able to do. This was the
beginning of the German-Russian in-
flux in the valley. That season 450
acres were grown by the Standard
Beet Sugar Company and approxi-
mately one hundred fifty by farmers.
Conditions were fine that spring. We
had our spring rains at the right time,
got the beets in right and had a good
stand in general.

Many beets were blocked and thin-
ned early and everything was going
fine, when on the bright summer
morning of June 8th, a black cloud
hove in sight in the northwest. In
about fifteen minutes the whole sky
was darkened and pandemonium
turned loose. The wind screeched and
howled and the air was filled with
sand and gravel driven at such a rap-
id rate that it was impossible to face
it. Many beets were lost by farmers
and Company. One forty-acre field
which was bunched and thinned, dis-
appeared root and branch, together
with three inches of soil. This field
was replanted and made a good yield.
Some of the farmers did not replant
as they were too badly discouraged.
This was my first experience with a

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Scottsbluff County sand storm in a
beet field.

The loading of beets at the sta-
tions was some job as there was no
regular equipment or no dumps as
there are today. We had to use all
sorts of makeshifts. All kinds of cars
were loaded, stock cars, refrigerator
cars, box cars, in fact, anything that
wonld run on rails. Stock cars were
considered easy to load, because six
teams would crowd around one car,
a board was knocked off the side, the
beets were shoveled through this
opening, a team on each end and two
teams on each side. The meanest cars
to load were the box cars, as in shov-
eling into the small pigeonholes at
the ends, about half the beets fell
back onto the shoveler, causing great
loss of temper. Shoveling into piles
nowadays cannot be compared with
the aggravating work of loading cars
in the early days. No beets were
piled and many days there were no
cars. Consequently a grower often
had to make several trips to get his
wagon back.

At the close of the second season
everything seemed to point to a

steady growth of the sugar beet busi-
ness in the Valley. We were feeling
pretty well pleased with the success
of our efforts, when we were notified
that our Company had collapsed and
gone into the hands of a receiver.

This, of course, ended the sugar
beet business in the Valley for the
time being. But the Valley was
booming then with the building of
two big ditches, the Tri-State and
Government. These ditches were
bringing under irrigation an immense
acreage — 163,000 acres — and the
country was settling rapidly.

The Tri-State Land Company by
this time had purchased some 3,600
acres of land, and our time was de-
voted to the breaking out and farm-
ing of these lands. This was an in-
tensely interesting period as you
could almost hear business and indus-
try hum on all sides. It was not the
hectic boom of war times, but a
steady, well-balanced boom founded
on good land.

I again entered the beet game in
1910. Contracting beets at that time
was no easy job and I well remember
making seven trips to a farmer living
five miles out to get a twenty-two

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acre contract. For this contract I
drove seventy miles with a horse and
buggy.

In 1908 The Great Western Sugar
Company came into the valley and
obtained fifteen hundred acres. The
beets were shipped to Sterling, Colo-
rado. Not many farmers understood
beet growing and with the former tri-
als and tribulations were shy of it.
Many of the new settlers came from
the corn belt and were trying to grow
corn. But with the improved meth-
od of receiving beets, the reliable
cash market for the crop, and the
profits realized from beets, the crop
attracted increased numbers each
year. The acreage steadily grew un-
til at the present time four factories
are required to handle the crop in the
valley.

Scottsbluff at the beginning of the
beet industry had a population of two
hundred eighty-four. The popula-
tion at the time of the last census
showed six thousand nine hundred
twelve. Scottsbluff County at the be-
ginning of the beet industry had a
population of 2,552 and now has a
population of 20,710. Scottsbluff has
grown 2 95.6 per cent in population
in the last ten years. Other towns
and counties in the Valley have grown
in proportion, and the end of improve-
ments and developments is not in
sight. There is another ditch under
construction by the Government,
which will water approximately 110,-
000 acres. This means more beets,
more improvements and more pros-
perity.

As Scottsbluff looks today

Advantages of Bunching Workmen
and Tools During Maintenance

By E. Vosburgh

The question is sometimes asked:
How can it be arranged so that all
men can have all the tools necessary
for every emergency, during mainte-
nance work?

At Longmont we have struck upon
a plan that seems to help materially
toward easing this problem.

Each member of the supervisory
force bunches his men in a particular
part of the factory. They work at
the same time on the several jobs
to be done at that place.

For example, on the first floor of
the beet end work was started simul-
taneously on the beet washer, beet
end engine, gas pumps and pipe work
necessary around these stations.
When a man was in need of a certain
wrench which he did not happen to

have himself, it was only a matter of
a few steps or a word to get it from
another man nearby.

Thus, a man could be reasonably
sure that he could go to work and
not have to run all over the mill or
hunt through the storeroom a number
of times to finish the job.

This is a time-saver in two ways:
first, the time saved through not hav-
ing to look for the tool, and second,
the time lost again in bringing con-
centration back to the job.

This practice of bunching men for
the advantages of handling tools de-
veloped other good points, one of
which is in line with the writing of
orders for materials, as ruled by Mr.
Rienks. It was found that where the
supervisor had all his men within

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range of his voice he could be called
to pass opinions or give instructions,
when necessary, and co,uld write ma-
terial orders for his work with truer
knowledge of just what was wanted
and how much.

It also eliminated the necessity of
the men running around looking for
their particular "boss" to get an or-
der for needed material

Another year this system Ciin prob-
ably be planned somewhat more thor-
oughly and with possibly better re-
sults. However, we have thus already
overcome with satisfaction some of
the tool supply problems and have
found other advantages in bunching
workmen in the manner indicated.

Accountants to Be
With the Engineers

The large southeast room on the
sixth floor of the Sugar Building for-
merly occupied by the engineering
draftsmen will be used in part by
the accounting department to accom-
odate newcomers.

Which reminds me: on looking up
the correct spelling of draftsmen, the
dictionary explained that the word
meant "one who drinks drams; a tip-
pler. (Obs.)"

The question is: is this meaning
so obsolete?

More Light on
Babies' Maintenance

Editor The Sugar Press,

Denver, Colo.

Dear Sir: Upon reading "Main-
tenance, Babies, Etc.", in this month's
Press we notice an error in the class-
ification. On page 20, the third para-
graph in the right column we read:
Charge soap, etc., to "Operating"
Account No. 290, "Miscellaneous."
(See item "e," page 85.)

We would advise looking on page
53, item "q," which takes care of
soap, etc., used during the operating
period.

Hoping no one's feelings are hurt
by this note, we are,

Yours very truly,
Classification Experts
The Great Western Sugar Co.
Loveland, Colo.

Technical Society's
Program for '22-23

The Great Western Beet Sugar
Technical Society has arranged an
interesting series of meetings and
topics for the 1922-23 season. The
program for next year's discussions
follows:
September 18 — Operating Policies for

the Coming Campaign:

1. Rate of Slicing and Losses.

2. Beets on Hand, Rate of Harvest,
Date of Start.

3. Method of starting and stopping
factories.

C. W. Doherty, chairman; W. S'.
Garnsey, Jr., S. C. Mooney.
October 16 — Budget System for Op-
erating Costs..

Bailey Hutchins
November 20 — How to Raise the Net
Price of Sugar.

W. D. Lippitt
December .18 — Publicity for The
Great Western Sugar Company.
Sam Freed
January 15 — Review of Research De-
velopment.

R. W. Shafor
February 19 — Methods of Reducing
Discard Molasses.
Eliminators
Barium Process
More Steffen
Double Steffen
Etc.

D. J. Roach
March 19 — Stresses and Capacities
for Engines and Evaporators.
G. W. Rienks and H. L. Hartburg
April 16 — Possible Improvements in
the Diffusion Battery.
Edwin Morrison, S. J. Osborn
May 21 — Ladies' Night.

IN THE GROOVE

The cullud Babe Ruth was at bat
with two men on the bases. The
black demon on the mound put over
one which the batter let pass.

"Two — " started the umpire, when
the big slugger whirled around, hold-
ing his bat as a weapon.

"Two WHAT?"

"Too high" finished the little um-
pire.

The Sugar Press

How the Beet Crop
Is Coming on

The usual difficulties are reported at this season of the year,
but the general outlook is very encouraging.

The May 15 semi-monthly crop re-
ports reminded one of the classical
expression so frequently heard in the
w. k. game of African Golf, "read 'em
and weep." There were 5 7 varieties of
grief reported, but only naturally be-
cause the unusual is news. Notwith-
standing wind, rain, wild oats, cut
worms, etc., which occurred in some
localities, the general aspect of the
situation is very favorable.

In Billings and Lovell territory
showers have held up field work, but
C. S. Johnson reported: "In general
farmers are preparing good seed beds
and giving more than the usual at-
tention to the needs of the beet crop.
The spirit of the growers is excellent
for the securing of the maximum
tonnage possible."

Billings district was 70 per cent
planted on May 15, and with good
moisture only warm weather was
needed to aid growth and a prospect
of favorable yields.

The Nebraska district had one of
its justly famous wind storms on May
11, although accompanying rain tend-
ed to keep down the damage from
moving real estate. The number of
beet fields lost or requiring replant-
ing was comparatively light and al-
though the cool weather was holding
growth back a good recovery was con-
fidently expected. Conditions from
Broadwater east are rather unfavor-
able.

A flood on the Redwater river in
our Belle Fourche district swept away
bunk house, corrals and fences in
the bottomland of the Company farm.
The main farm house had a foot of
water on the first floor.

The Colorado district suffered wind
damage on about 1800 acres, but with
replanting virtually no acreage will
be lost. The Colorado stands of
beets quite generally are exception-
ally good. Early cultivation saved
a large number of fields from blow-
ing. More moisture would be welcome

following the drying winds. Thin-
ning is on at high speed in the Colo-
rado district, and in Nebraska, too.
Early water prospects are not all that
could be desired. Loveland Factory
has a late water problem on its hands.
With crossed fingers on a hunch-
back and a rabbit's foot in our pock-
et we are glad to report a general
belief that the webworms will not
leave many calling cards this season.
The feeling has the added merit of
finding the field forces amply pre-
pared with spraying machines in first
class condition and a sharp lookout
being kept for evidences of infesta-
tion.

Longmont's contracted acreage has
passed the 14,000 mark, with indica-
tions that this will be 5 per cent
overplanted.

The high average per cent of early
planting, the unusually large amount
of early cultivation, the very easy
field labor situation and the interest
the growers are manifesting in the
crop with the ambition to increase
their tonnage vastly offset the minor
setbacks reported customarily at this
time of the year.

It is only meet that appreciation
of the fieldmen's efforts be expressed.
The field forces have coped with their
usual difficulties in an especially loy-
al and efficient manner this season.
With more territory to cover than in
recent years the fieldmen have work-
ed long and hard, and their success
will be proven, it is hoped, in the
fall's yield.

RETIRED TO CLUBHOUSE

The batter didn't like the way the
Umpire called them.

"Where's your dog?" he said to the
umps.

"Why, what do you mean?"
"Well, you're the first blind man
I've ever seen without a dog."

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On Keeping a Mill Bottle Tight

With a little tip on centrifugal pumps at the end of the w-ell-knowri

story.

There are men who throw a fit ev-
ery time their children spill a notice-
able quantity of water on the parlor
rug or drip syrup over their clothes
instead of on the breakfast cakes.
I'm one of these and I guess there are
other such parents. But in the fac-
tory we tolerate quite a degree of
water and syrup on the floors.

However, when there is occasion
for an unusual absence of water and
juice underfoot we have the mill look-
ing like the front parlor. And when
the occasion has passed we fall into
the old tolerance of spillage around
pump stations, tanks and pipe con-
nections.

We do not think enough about
water and juice on the mill floors
being evidence of power and profit
leaks. But much may be said in our
favor, that Great Western houses are
measurably freer from leaks than
other mills, and that we have made
vast improvement over the habits of
the early days. We have all been
thinking, I hope, about the "bottle
tight" clean house and there are few
reasons or ways and means that ev-
ery factory man in our organization
has not heard dinned for years.

There are two immediate savings
in a clean house:

(1) The stoppage of a leak in sy-
rup lines and syrup pumps keeps the
maximum amount of juice where it
will make the maximum amonnt of
sugar. The stoppage of a leak in a
water line or water pump conserves
power.

(2) If the water and juice are
kept in their proper place less sweep-
ers are needed.

There is also the saving in prevent-
able accidents caused by slipping on
wet floors.

But perhaps more important than
all these is the fact that a leak rami-
fies its evils in a hundred different
ways. For example, a leak in any
evaporator drip pump reduces the
vacuum and lessens the efficiency of
that effect.

It is during the maintenance period
that we can do most to achieve the
tight house during campaign. The
leaks we noticed during the last week
or two of the previous campaign
need to be looked after now. Yet
even our best efforts may be thwarted
by the natural drying-out of gaskets
over summer, and the try-out period
just before campaign will show up
unexpected leaks. These have to be
fixed before they get worse under the
campaign's long pressure.

Everlastingly keeping at it is about
the only way to get a tight house.
This means a more profound determi-
nation, translated into action, to re-
pair leaks promptly.

I think the time is approaching, if
not already here, when a complaint
of needing more sweepers than the
normal minimum will amount to a
confession of dereliction.

One factory has struck upon a sim-
ple method of avoiding trouble
around the centrifugal drip pumps
on the evaporators. Here there was
a water seal box around the stuffing
box on the side of the pump. After
the shafting became worn it required
almost all of one man's time and at-
tention to keep the water boxes filled.

The water would be pushed or
"sucked" in by the vacuum almost
as fast as the box was filled. The at-
tendant desired to escape this nui-
sance and asked what the effect
would be if instead of water we pack-
ed the box with some Keystone grease.
At first a soft grease was used, and
this disappeared almost as quickly as
the water.

When a hard Keystone grease was
used, however, it lasted for the bal-
ance of the campaign without refill-
ing.

While it is my intention to start
the campaign with water in the box
on this shaft, and to substitute the
grease when the packing shows evi-
dences of wear, it has been suggested
to me that perhaps an original dose of

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grease would last for the entire cam-
paign.

If there are any factory men who
have ways and means of helping out
this tight-and-clean house problem
they would do me, and, I imagine,
most of the rest of us, a great favor
if they would let us have the tip
through the columns of The Sugar
Press.

How can an editor retrench on a pic-
ture like this? If you scissors the dot-
torn half in order to keep the engrav-
ers from ousting \, the bank, you ruin
the picture. Because what would "Scot-
ty" M. B. Wilson, Billings agricultural
clerk, look like without his kilts? His
Scotch is the real thing. In his spare
time he does a Lauder act. All the
towns around Billings are bidding for
his services.

Change Made in
Accounting Department

Factory accounting in the Colorado
district will be transferred June 1 to
the General Office.

This change has met the approval
of every one consulted inasmuch as it
will unquestionably make for more
economical efficiency, by the elimina-
tion of unnecessary duplication and
the combining of records in one cen-
tral place.

The factory offices will continue to
handle all local clerical work up to
the time of recording, but instead of
keeping records will send the reports
to the General Office to be entered in
the combined records.

The responsibilities of local fac-
tory men are in nowise lessened.

The reduction in personnel at each
factory is not great but in the aggre-
gate will make quite a saving. Old
employees were given first consider-
ation for the additional positions cre-
ated at the General Oflice.

This means of cutting down the
Company's large overhead expense
has been considered at various times
for the past ten years or more. The
pressing need of the greatest economy
has finally resulted in the change be-
ing made.

The new plan brings our account-
ing system in line with the most pro-
gressive methods followed by rail-
roads and other large industrial cor-
porations having numerous branch
offices, which have always carried at
their general headquarters the books
which we are now transferring to our
Denver office.

Pay rolls, invoices for local pur-
chases and sales and the beet work
will continue to be handled at the fac-
tory offices, together with certain
daily, weekly and other reports and
statements incident to the large de-
gree of independent activity still left
to the local officers.

Banking relations locally are not
disturbed in the changed accounting.

"IN GOD WE TRUST"

It has been suggested that the new
motto for the coin of the realm be
"Abide With Me."

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Smiling at Our Notables

Sung without malice to the tune of "Smiles" at the annual
Ladies' Night of the Great Western Sugar Company's Tech-
nical Society, at Lakewood Country Club, Denver, May 22.

Words by Clyde Osborn

{After the first stanza, the verses are set to the chorus)

Sweet tramps, hearken, do.

I have secrets rare for you
To beguile you all the while you

Long for your home-brew.
Tom French spilled the beans

You'll soon know j,ust what that means
Never thought I'd have the nerve to

Talk before the Queens.

Shaffer and Hutchins

Yes, George Shaffer's cautious as they make 'em,

Wouldn't guarantee the time of day.
Bet on his reports — he'd never fake 'em,

His imagination gets no play.
Expert Hutchins he'd net more for sugar,

Agriculture, he knows all that, too.
Managing a fact'ry'll be a pudding

For this youth before he gets through. •

McCreery and Shafor

Roy McCreery he's our politician

Drives like Oldfield — radiates good cheer.
As a fixer he is a magician,

And of cops he seems to have no fear.
I have always wondered what Ralph Shafor

Researched for and if he's found it yet.
But of course that's what he gets his pay for.

(Spoken) And he'd be an awful sucker to let
Anybody know even if he did find it.

Miller and James

We are proud of Sugar Miller

How that bird has tightened up.
His firm grip it makes the eagle holler;

But let's all forget it while we sup.
Then there's James who parts his name and both hairs

In the middle like a college lad,
Yes, his Buick still is self-propelling

And his countenance still is sad.

Mooney and Roach

Then again there's slim Sam Mooney

Who admits he sure can sing.
In a padded cell there is a loony

Who agreed with Sam upon this thing.
Yes, we have Dave Roach, our small Napoleon,

As a chemist he is now quite spoiled.
For a glad-hand Manager must never

Get his own lily-white hands soiled.

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Saunders and Mitchell

There are tunes that make us happy,

There are tunes that make us mad,
There's a saxophone that drives us batty,

That's why Sherman Saunders looks so sad.
Then there's Mitch who really ought to travel

But the ladies need him here in town,
Where his porripadour they can unravel

And to smiles turn his worried frown.

Osborn and Hartburg

Can you tell me why Sid Osborn

Draws his pay? Each take one guess.
Is it for his cleverness at writing

Articles for every Sugar Press?
Do you know where Hartburg spends our club dues?

Is he training for the silver screen?
Is it true his mustache is receding?

Now, say, girls, wouldn't that be mean?

Morrison and Maudru

Edwin Morrison's our dice-shark;

He's our new director, too.
Does he know that he must e'er his dice park

Till directors' meetings are quite through?
Is there anyone who has determined

What the doctors cut from Joe Maudru?
He still has his well-known sarcasm

And his Chandler auto, too.

Rienks

In our midst we have a grip-hound,

Crushes hands with ghoulish glee;
Then he salves our badly wounded feelings

With a shot of anti-Volstead tea.
Rienks loves life since H. M.'s o'er the water.

Now he's storing beets his own sweet way,
With the spuds he stofes 'em in the cellar,

And the beet-farmers' mow of hay.

Gwesco Queens

There are queens who love sweet nothings,

Though they never call 'em that, I trow.
What they call 'em really doesn't matter,

Those are secrets you will never know.
Rhymes are hard in which to inject neat things

That to Gwesco Queens I'd love to say,
So I'll compromise and call them sweet things.

And thus wind up my sug'ry lay.

A DISPUTED QUESTION HE HAD HER NUMBER

The Scotch minister knocked at a A newcomer wished to talk with

house from which came a consider- - . ... .

able noise of upturning furniture, hls Wlfe' so he removed the receiver

blows and high voices. and said:

"Might I speak with the head of "Ay vant to talk to my vife."

the hoose?" he inquired when ad- "Number, please," came Central's

mitted. voice

"Sit yersel' doon, mon. We're just
trying to settle that noo," said the 0n> he replied, "she bane my

man inside. . second vun." — Legion Waakly.

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The Sugar Cities— Sterling

Sixth of a Series in The Sugar Press on the Cities Near
Which Great Western Sugar Factories are Located

Sugar "tramps" characterize Sterling,
Colorado, as the fastest growing city
in the Great Western circuit. The
opinion is based on appearances — new
homes, a modern hotel, paving, larger
bank clearings, large beet acreage in
neighboring territory and a progressive
chamber of commerce.

The census figures seem to bear out
the impression. Sterling increased
from a town of 998 people in 1900 to a
city of approximately 10,000 in 1921.
The population more than trebled
from 1900 to 1910, the principal gain
in that decade coming after the con-
struction of the Sterling sugar fac-
tory in 1905.

Sterling denizens felt rather "peev-
ed" when the census of 1920 rated the
city at only 6,415 people, although that
was a nice official increase of nearly
111 per cent. At least 2,500 souls then
living just on the outskirts of the city's
limits should have been added, it was
felt. And since 1920 there has been a
steady accretion. Wherefore, the 10,-
000 total of today.

The city is the county seat of Logan
County, which ranks second in Colo-
rado in percentage of area under cul-

tivation; first in wlieat acreage, third
in sugar beet acreage, third in corn,
third in poultry, second in number of
farms operated, and fourth in dairy
cattle. These comparisons take on add-
ed significance when it is realized that
Logan County is only ninth in popula-
tion among Colorado's counties.

The sugar factory, largest single in-
dustry in the city, stood near the head
of the list of Great Western factories
in last campaign's efficiency race. And
young Roscoe Welsh, aided and abetted
by George Walter, Charles Evans and
every one of the boys in the permanent
staff at the mill, says as how the rest
of the Great Western tribe had better
look out for Sterling in the next race.
Sterling also has four elevators, two
of which manufacture high-quality
flour. The payrolls of the city's man-
ufacturing and mercantile establish-
ments easily average an aggregate of
$42,000 weekly.

But the greatest resources of Ster-
ling and Logan County are in its agri-
culture and its men and women. The
initiative of Sterling women is respon-
sible for a splendid public library and
a new hospital. The public spirit of its

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citizens has given the city a modern
municipal water system and a number
of fine parks. The Logan County Pair
has the most extensive grounds and
buildings owned by any county in Colo-
rado. Both in buildings and in stand-
ards of instruction Sterling's public
schools are unexcelled.

The Logan County exhibit has won
first prize at the Colorado State Fair
four successive years, first prize at the
National Western Stock Show in Den-
ver this year, and 25 out of 49 prizes
offered at the International Hay and

Grain Show at Chicago.

Sterling is a divisional headquarters
of the Union Pacific and the Burling-
ton railroads. It is 140 miles from Den-
ver, 107 miles from Cheyenne and 152
miles from Estes National Park, and a
number of the nation's best known con-
tinental highways pass through the
city. Being the center of a rich agri-
cultural region and not dwarfed by
the nearness of any other metropoli-
tan city, Sterling's future appears
bright for a steady and healthy
growth.

Swat the "Lab"

Respect fully dedicated to S. J. Osborn and his staff, by
G. F. Weybright, Billings Factory.

If Cossetts are running high,

Swat the Lab,
If the pulp starts toward the sky,

Swat the Lab,
If the Superintendent kicks
On Evaporator Brix,
Blame those rookies from the sticks,

Swat the Lab.

If the Carbonation bucks,

Swat the Lab.
If the Lime Cake runs amuck,

Swat the Lab.
If the Pulp Pump fails to pump
And the Beet End stops kabum]
Tell the Chemist he's the bunk,

Swat the Lab.

If the beets are hard to flume,

Swat the Lab,
If the fluming spells your doom,

Swat the Lab.
If the Sugar End is tight
And the "Brains" begin to fight,
Pass the buck, you know you're right,

Swat the Lab.

If the Syrups are too low,

Swat the Lab.
If the pipeline fails to flow,

Swat the Lab.
If the Master "Maniac"
Stops the engine, it's a fact
They're to blame for every act,

Swat the Lab.

If you fail to make a run,

Swat the Lab,
If your knives go on the bum,

Swat the Lab.
If the Lime Kiln's getting hot
And the Battery is not,
Give them hell, it is their lot,

Swat the Lab.

If the Steam is hard to hold,

Swat the Lab.
If the Juice is getting cold,

Swat the Lab.
If a shafting breaks in two,
Blame them sure,
That's their just due,
Tell them what they ought to do,

Swat the Lab.

If the "Larup" won't stay down,

Swat the Lab.
If the "White" is full of "Brown,"

Swat the Lab.
If the brown belts all go bust
And the belt man starts to cuss,
Tell those birds they've got their
crust,

Swat the Lab.

If the Unknown Loss is up,

Swat the Lab.
If a "Plus" you have to buck,

Swat the Lab.
If the sugar's turnin' yellow
And the Boss begins to bellow,
Blame it on the other fellow,

Swat the Lab.

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So as long as we're together,

Swat the Lab.
Don't you never fail to ever

Swat the Lab.
And as long as time goes on,
It's our slogan, it's our song,
Even though we know we're wrong,

Swat the Lab.

Same Officers Chosen
For Another Year

The various elective and appoint-
ive officers of the Great Western
Sugar Company who have served in
the year just passed were renamed
to serve in their same positions for
another year, at the directors' meet-
ing held in Denver on April 26.

President, W. L. Petrikin; First
Vice President, W. D. Lippitt; Sec-
ond Vice President, Charles Boett-
cher, and Treasurer, M. D. Thatcher.

General Manager, W. D. Lippitt;
Colorado District Manager, N. R. Mc-
Creery; Assistant General Manager,
in charge of the Nebraska District,
Edmund Simmons; Montana District
Manager, W. P. Hogarty; Secretary
and Assistant Treasurer, C. W. Luff;
Auditor and Assistant Secretary,
Sherman P. Saunders; General Coun-
sel, C. W. Waterman; General Attor-
ney, Caldwell Martin, and General
Superintendent, Edwin Morrison.

Castleton Leaves;
Changes Made at Windsor

C. L. Castleton, Jr., manager of the
Brighton factory, is severing his re-
lations with the organization after
many years loyal service. He is con-
ducting the Forks' Hotel in the Canon
of the Big Thompson, above Love-
land, Colo., in which enterprise his
host of friends in the Company wish
him every possible success.

Mr. Castleton's resignation is for-
mally effective June 15.

District Manager N. R. McCreery,
in announcing the Brighton change,
stated that letters to the factory
should be addressed to the respective
department heads, H. A. Harbeck,
Superintendent; C. E. Houston, Agri-
cultural Superintendent, and J. F.
Hume, Cashier.

"It will be our plan, for a time at
least," stated Mr. McCreery, "not to
fill the position made vacant by Mr.
Castleton's leaving."

J. Roy Clark, who has been man-
ager of the Windsor factory since
April, 1920, will resume his former
position as local cashier.

J. E. Rork, cashier, will assume the
duties of timekeeper and assist Mr.
Clark with the local accounting.

D. J. Roach, manager at Fort Col-
lins, will take on the managership of
the Windsor factory also.

The changes at Windsor are effec-
tive June 15.

The Company's only object in mak-
ing the local changes is to reduce its
large overhead expenses, which are
not warranted by the temporary con-
ditions in the industry. These econ-
omy measures are not to be regard-
ed as reflecting in the slightest de-
gree upon the individuals affected.

Miss Alice Heldt

Miss Alice Heldt, daughter of Agri-
cultural Superintendent A. H. Heldt of
the Nebraska District, carried away
honors in a beauty contest at the Uni-
versi'y of Nebraska. This picture of
her, which does not do her justice, eas-
ily explains why.

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Sailors of the Platte

The story of the memorable trip made by Royden K.
Marsh and A. M. Ginn in 1909, in the flagship of Colorado^
great inland navy. For most of the gruesome details of this
yarn we are indebted to the current files of the Fort Morgan
Times and to a sto?y tvhich appeared in The Sterling Repub-
lican-Advocate when the Hon. H. P. Burke, present Justice of
the Colorado Supreme Court, edited that publication.

When Eugene Field wrote "The Good
Ship Buttered Sandwich" and "Jolly
Sailors of the Platte" he little dreamed
how soon truth would predominate
over poetry in his fanciful effusions.
Not the least of the marvels of this
age of airships is the navigability of
the South Platte River.

On the morning of Saturday, June
12, 1909, the brig "Der Prosit" weighed
anchor at Sugar Factory harbor, Fort
Morgan, in command of Captain R. K.
Marsh and manned by the crew, A. M.
Ginn, bound for Sterling. The vessel
struck a hurricane of barbed wire at
the Morgan bridge and almost capsized
before the ship was well under way
but with the skill of captain and crew,
and the usual assistance rendered by
excited onlookers, she was soon righted
and resumed her voyage.

Being from the shores of the Dela-
ware and Chesapeake Bay, Marsh and
Ginn naturally possesed a webfooted
fondness for the sea and had deter-
mined to explore the Platte as far as

"Der Prosif sailing from Fort Mor-
gan factory sewer ivasteway hound for
Sterling, June 12, 1909.

Sterling. The first requisite was a
suitable craft which they found in the
form of a shallow metal skiff, the
early history of which the records fail
to disclose, except that it came from
a lake near Brush where it was prob-
ably used on duck hunting expeditions
by Joe Maudru, Gus Daley and other
notables present at Brush. The skiff
was hauled to Fort Morgan and under-
went extensive repairs under the
skilled hand of Charlie Schiller, the
factory blacksmith. Numerous trips
to and from the factory reservoir were
made to test the seaworthiness of the
craft after Charlie's many attempts to
repair the effects of Gus Daley's and
Joe Maudru's poor aim. "Der Prosit"
was finally pronounced by captain and
crew fit for the journey. Through the
kindness of Mr. Lawson and the skill
of an old time Canadian canoe builder
in the employ of the Sterling factory,
a fine pair of canoe paddles was pro-
vided and with the addition of some
improvised seats for the comfort of
captain and crew, and with the Na-
tional Standard at the helm and the
Royal Ensign at the bow, the equip-
ment was pronounced complete. Marsh
and Ginn postponed the actual sailing
date from time to time because of in-
sufficient draught in the river but
when a flood of about 25,000 second
feet began ranidly making its way
down the South Platte, the opportune
time seemed to have arrived.

Accordingly, Marsh and Ginn with
the assistance of Suyeji Kubo, the
janitor; Frank Wilson, cashier; Henry
Geise, agricultural superintendent, and
other high officials of the Fort Mor-
gan factory, launched the skiff in
the factory sewer waste-way, which
afforded a well protected harbor. A
considerable company of spectators

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from a point of vantage intently ob-
served the exercises. There was no
fair daughter present to christen the
boat, but these venturers were no less
eager to set out on their voyage and
the launching took place immediately.
There were starboard and larboard mo-
tions. The vessel pitched fore and aft
but rapidly made its way with the
course of the tide.

Just before reaching the Fort Mor-
gan bridge the course took them un-
der a cable wire which crossed the
channel and with the flag at the top
of the staff it was necessary to hoist
the wire to pass underneath. The cap-
tain and crew were able to duck low
enough to clear the cable but the flag
staff at the stern was not so fortu-
nate and was broken off and the col-
ors thrown into the stream. Realiz-
ing that it would be unpatriotic to
continue such a journey without the
flag floating proudly at the stern, and
as they were at that moment but a
few feet from the bridge,, the crew,
sitting in the bow, quickly conceived
the idea that by placing the end of
the paddle against the bridge the pro-
gress of the ship could be checked suf-
ficiently to permit the flag to float
down where it could be recovered from
the boat. The crew's actoin in plac-
ing the paddle against the bridge ac-
complished the desired purpose so far
as checking the progress of the boat
down stream was concerned, but the
stern of the vessel was unable to with-
stand the mighty onrush of the fast
traveling tide and immediately pro-
ceeded to seek the lower depths, much
to the discomfort of the captain seated
in the stern and who did not happen
to be quite as fortunate as the crew
just at that instant. The crew was
near enough to the bridge to grasp a
stringer and relieve the ship of suf-
ficient weight to prevent the vessel
from going completely under until the
captain could effect his own rescue by
likewise catching hold of the bridge.

Great excitement prevailed among
the crowd of spectators, but again the
Sailors of the Platte proved their skill
for the emergency. After a few hours'
paddling against the current they suc-
ceeded in getting their vessel upright
and anchored to an island, which gave

them a chance to inspect their rigging
and prepare for their onward journey.

The voyage proceeded without fur-
ther incident until the diversion dam
of the Trowel ditch was sighted. The
water was running over the dam with
a drop of about eighteen inches. The
noise of the falling water could be
heard before the ship was near enough
for the hardy sailors to realize the
depth of the fall. The incident at this
point came near causing a mutiny. In
fact, the crew deliberately violated in-
structions of the superior officer, al-
though the crew's judgment proved to
be sound. When within fifteen or
twenty feet of the dam the captain,
shouting his orders in a very loud,
excited and gruff voice, directed the
crew to "back water" with the idea of
returning up stream and avoiding the
dam by seeking a passage through
some other channel. The crew, from
his point of vantage in the bow, re-
alized in an instant that such an at-
tempt would very likely prove disas-
trous and with no friendly bridges
hanging over the stream at that par-
ticular spot, pictured in his mind the
thrilling spectacle of the ship cross-
current of the stream if an attempt
should be made to "back water."

With a full knowledge and realiza-
tion of the penalty for violation of
the captain's orders (anything from
forty years with ball and chain to
death at the stake), the crew delib-
erately shouted: "Back water h — . Full
steam ahead." The order of the crew
prevailed and the craft shot over the
fall and landed safely, very much to
the credit of the crew's good judg-
ment.

Sidney harbor was sighted at 9:30
a. m. and lunch was served at Union.
At 1:45 p. m. the 22 Ranch came into
view and at 3:15 the good ship round-
ed Merino. About this time the com-
pass got St. Vitus dance, the vessel
slipped her course and ran far down
a branch of the main stream known
as Springdale ditch. She was captured
and conveyed overland to the proper
channel and resumed her run, drop-
ping anchor at Sterling at 6:43 p. m.,
only thirteen minutes and two seconds
behind schedule, the delay being ac-
counted for by time taken out fording
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the captain's uniform on one or two oc-
casions.

Dock Manager Lawson awaited her
arrival and gave his friends a hearty
welcome.

The ship's personnel at that early
date contemplated more trips with "Der
Prosit" but the fortunes of life have
ruled other wise. That first and only
trip must have been in the all-encom-
passing mind of Horace when he wrote
his "Odes," saying:
Oak and brass of triple fold
Encompassed sure that heart, which

first made bold
To the raging sea to trust
A fragile bark.

He who every morning plans
the transactions of the day and
follows out that plan, carries a
thread that will guide him
through the labyrinth of the
most busy life.

But where no plan is laid,
where the disposal of time is
surrendered merely to the chance
of incidence, chaos will soon
reign. — Victor Hugo.

Betty Lucille is her given name,
Princess of the House of Goldfain, year-
old daughter of Gering's chief chemist,
George Goldfain. To see her in the
front seat of that Reo directing daddie's
movement's, one might think she is
"queen."

Who Wrote "Maintenance,
Babies, Etc.?"

So many kind things have been
said about the article entitled "Main-
tenance, Babies, Etc.," in the last
Sugar Press, and so many mistaken
guesses have been made on the iden-
tity of its author that we feel war-
ranted in violating the seal of secrecy
imposed by him.

The author was V. I. Daniels, sup-
erintendent of the Gering Factory.

The mantle of Master of Litera-
ture is placed on "Danny's" modest
shoulders by another anonymous
author who wrote quite a critique of
"Maintenance, Babies, Etc.," saying:

"That the gentleman (Daniels) is
a philosopher of no mean ability is
shown by several things. Primarily,
he shows that he has a comprehensive
knowledge of the intricate problems
involved in accurate classification.
Secondly, no one can doubt that he
is the possessor of a keen insight into
things both material and immaterial.
Third, his appreciation of relative
values can be seen in the judgments
rendered. The subtle discrimination
between Cost of Plant, Maintenance,
and Operating is drawn with finesse
and cunning. Lastly, he is a student
of human nature, knowing its joys
and its sorrows."

Incidentally, it might be pointed
out that no sugar company in the
world offers its men and women a
better opportunity for displaying
their writing abilities than we in the
Great Western have offered to us.
With Through The Leaves, The Field-
men's Exchange and The Sugar Press
those in our ranks who have a hank-
ering to take their pen in hand need
not inflict themselves solely upon the
editors of the Saturday Evening Post,
the Atlantic Monthly and the scen-
ario editors.

"Danny" has won new friends in
every mill by his story on "Mainte-
nance, Babies, Etc." Come again,
Old Ironsides, and you other inspired
writers of verse and prose. Gering
is rather in the lead for the efficiency
flag in authorship, with Danny and
Tom Cronin on the jub. The manag-
ers and the fieldmen are doing fine
work in Through The Leaves and in
The Fieldmen's Exchange. In the

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three publications there is ample
room for a renaissance of literature
among Gwesco employees. Let's do

our stuff for these periodicals with
the same interest we show in our
other duties.

History of the Elevator

By C. E. Palmer
Stationary Engineer, Sugar Building.

The elevator, in which most of
us ride in office buildings and in
which great freight loads are elevated,
is so much taken for granted that we
can hardly con-
ceive of its having
an interesting his-
tory of develop-
ment reaching be-
yond the days of
Julius Caesar.

The elevator is
not a recent inven-
tion. There were
elevators in use
in the Roman
Empire in Caes-
ar's time, or about
26 years, B. C.
And Vitruvius, an architect who served
under Caesar, describes several device-
se designed for lifting great weights,
which were used as far back as 200
B. C. These types were very crude and
consisted mostly of rope tackles rigged
with a windlass and worked by hand
power.

The first passenger elevator was un-
doubtedly that used in the Convent of
St. Catharine on Mount Sinai. This
convent was built in the middle of the
sixth century for an order of Greek
monks to protect them from the de-
predations of robber bands.

In the middle of the seventeenth
century, a Frenchman, Velayer, invent-
ed what he called a Plying Chair, and
there are records of an eievator which
was in operation in Vienna in 1780.
Other elevators were designed from the
principle of the hydrostatic press,
which was invented in 1796 by Joseph
Bramah.

In 1846 Sir William Armstrong, an
Englishman, designed and built a hy-
draulic crane, which was set up on
the quay at Newcastle on Tyne, using
power from the town water mains.
Being called upon to install a crane

where the pressure from the town mains
was insufficient, he employed a pump-
ing engine and pressure tank. Later,
requiring a still higher pressure with
which to operate some of his appara-
tus, he invented the weighted accumu-
lator, subsequently used in many of the
recent high pressure elevator plants in
this country.

In America there appears to be no
record of anyone manufacturing ele-
vators previous to 1850. During that
year Henry Waterman of New York
City was building elovators. The Geo.
H. Pox Company of Boston were also
building elevators about this time. In
1857 the William Adams Company of
Boston built and installed sixteen
freight elevators in a large warehouse
in that city.

A man named Otis Tufts was also
responsible for several of the early
types. He built in 1859 an elevator
which he called a vertical screw rail-
way. One of these was installed in a
six story building in New York City
known as tne Fifth Avenue Hotel and
another in the Continental Hotel in Phil-
adelphia. The expense of manufacture
and installation of these elevators was
very great, and the operation was not
very satisfactory. This elevator, how-
ever, attracted a great deal of atten-
tion and many notable people went to
these buildings just to ride on the ele-
vators.

Among those responsible for the
greatest development of the elevator
machines was Elisha Otis. He was
born August 3, 1811, the youngest of
six children. He worked on a farm
while a boy and finally became a mill-
wright or construction engineer. While
working for a firm in Yonkers, N. Y..
in 1850, he erected some buildings for
them and it became necessary to con-
struct an elevator for use in hoisting
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this elevator, Mr. Otis developed some
original devices, the most important
among them being the rachet safety.
This elevator attracted considerable at-
tention, and some New York manufac-
turers asked Mr. Otis to build elevators
for them. He built two the first year.
This was the beginning of the great
Otis elevator industry.

In many buildings, one finds both
passenger and freight elevators scat-
tered about or in pairs. Modern prac-
tice groups these. The advantages of
grouping elevators in industrial plants
has been conclusively demonstrated^
At the Brooklyn Army Base one man
operates the entire system by auto-
matic equipment and push-button con-
trol.

Passenger cars In office buildings
should not be too large, as a large car
slows down the traffic on account of the
time consumed in loading and unload-
ing.

The speed of office building elevators
has gradually increased, and now the
average speed for this service is from

550 to 600 feet per minute. Some pas-
senger elevators in New York are run-
ning 700 feet per minute, but through-
out the United States 600 feet per min-
ute seems to be universal speed for
high class office buildings. For hotel
elevators, speed should be 250 to 350
feet per minute.

Hospital elevators are usually made
large enough to handle one or more
stretcher be3s with a car speed of 100
to 150 feet per minute.

Gering Club
Resumes Meetings

The Gering Efficiency Club has re-
organized after a retrenchment lapse
of one year. Our first social meeting
was held the evening of May 2 6, with
a local talent vaudeville performance
and dance. We cordially extend to
all stray sugar bees an invitation to
eat, drink and make merry with us
whenever fortune casts them in the
"Valley of the Nile" on one of our
social nights.

A Robin's Nest and Men

There's a robin's nest just under the elevated walkway between the
Eaton main house and the storeroom.

In the quiet of the week-end holiday mother robin unknowingly
built the hatching place in the snug corner of a channel-iron support
a few inches below where the feet of men menaced the lives of her
unborn young.

In their boyhood these men probably robbed birds' nests. A boy
does not hear in Nature the "still, sad music of humanity."

But these boys now have broods of their own, cherished with more
love than even a robin has for her fledglings. These boys did not revert
to youth's vandial ways with birds' nests. They fixed! a covering for the
robin's home, better to shelter it. They do not tread over the nest but
relieve mother robin's fears by disturbing her least.

"To him who in the love of Nature holds communion with her visi-
ble forms, she speaks a various language." For these Eaton men's
hours of labor this nest has a smile and eloquence and healing sym-
pathy. The matchless color of those little eggs tint the day's work a
brighter hue.

If one touch of Nature makes the whole world kin, you Eaton boys
are brothers with the hosts of never-dying souls who show infinite
capacity for kindness.

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DENVER

OLGA SCHMITZ AND EVA MAE
JOLLY,

The wind blew reminiscenses for
Mr. Simmons, assistant general man-
ager, who is looking after Mr. Lip-
pitt's work during his visit to Eu-
rope. Mr. Simmons said the wind
here blew so hard that he felt very
much at home.

Miss Marie Haskell, daughter of
C. W. Haskell, insurance manager,
was wed on May 13 to Paul Keating.
They will make their home in Los
Angeles.

Will Morey, Earl S'hepard, W. L.
Baker and W. L. Petrikin, .president,
made a short business trip to Kansas
City.

Miss Jennie Brown of the mail-
ing department was ill of scarlet
fever for several weeks.

We chronicle with an eye to his
possible future history in the com-
pany the arrival of a new office boy,
name — Milton. He is built close to
the ground but shows speed.

Miss "Judie" Demeter, dean of our
stenographic force, had a birthday on
May 15. She is young enough still
to have birthdays, she wants you to
know. The girls of the General Office
presented her with a beautiful string
of pearls. Judie was so surprised she
could not even make a speech. How-
ever, she accomplished: "Girls, I
can't get over this."

Harry, Irene and Judie went out
to Washington Park a Saturday af-
ternoon for a quiet game of tennis.
On the way they met Mr. Leitner who
volunteered to coach them. All went
well until Messrs. Dittman, Bruce,
Chitwood, Hopkins, Jimmie and
some others came along, and then the
game broke up. The boys all agreed
that the girls swung a wicked rac-
quet.

Our own and only Jimmie Camp*
bell left the company's ranks on May

20 after nearly eight years' service
to join with the Shell Oil Company in
Long Beach, Calif. We wish you all
success, Jimmie, and we'll miss you.

W. L. Petrikin dined at the Ox-
ford one noon and discovered on his
return to the office that he had ac-
quired a strange overcoat. While the
telephone board tried frantically to
get in touch with the owner, whose
name appeared on the garment, he
walked into Mr. Petrikin's office with
the Big White Chief's pantalon de
voyage. Coats and laughs were ex-
changed.

Hopkins to Miss Malcolm: "We do
not have any $25 bills. Will twenty
$5 bills be all right?"

Frank Ricker was the good Samari-
tan of the Sugar Sweet Sextettes when
he came through with a new whisk
broom. Hazel's sweet smiles won
him over.

Seen along the Sixteenth and Wazee
style lanes: Miss Harris' new Batik,
Mrs. Crain's new green dress, Miss
Baxter's lavender, Miss Jolly's yel-
low, Hazel's blue, Irene's tan, Lula
Leedom's brown and Miss Wittenber-
ger's blue. Nina Meyer's new sport
dress with fringe on sleeves and
around the hem, also a tan sport suit,
are verra, verra becoming.

W. A. Mitchell in addition to his
other duties has been designated by
Mr. Rienks to handle engineering
work for Johnstown.

GREELEY

H. O. BANTA,
Associate Editor.

Dan Scott, Bob Norris and F. Per-
alta are putting in overtime getting
the Paris green sprayers in shape for
war on the beet web-worms.

The wind storms that lasted sev-
eral days during the middle of May
covered up or blew out about 250
acres of beets that were otherwise

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looking fine, necessitating the re-
planting of same.

George and Heck Luman were
called to Carbondale, Kansas, account
of the serious illness of their father.

The factory grounds look beauti-
ful with all the lilac bushes in full
bloom, but oh, you dandelions!

Clarence Crawford has finally se-
cured a residence at 8th avenue and
14th street and is nicely located.

Messrs. Bob Miller, Tom Haley, C.
C. Crist and Box Troxell are check-
ing our store stock and listing sur-
plus material.

WINDSOR

JOHN H. LEESEMAN,
Associate Editor

W. M. Barber, Superintendent, was
caught mumbling to himself and upon
close examination he was heard to
say, "Well, it is only ten days more
and then up to Dutch Georges!" And,
no doubt, by the time this issue is in
the hands of the reader, he will have
had several mess of the finny tribe.

H. B. Ewing says, "Lady Luck,
where are you at? You sure stays
away from muh." This time it hap-
pened to be his boy, Buddie, who was
taken down with scarlet fever May
13. So Mutt is on the outside of his
home again.

James Van Matre has been crip-
pled up with lumbago for two weeks
and has not been able to work.

J. K. Beason of Longmont, former
assistant chemist at this mill, made
a visit last month at the home of C.
B. Millen.

The town of Windsor, not to be
outdone by a small town like Johns-
town, has organized to play mid-
week baseball, which will seem
strange to this town. Quite a num-
ber of sugar tramps are in the line-
up. The Salamander Club will let
the town team use its suits and para-
phernalia.

Among visitors to this town for this
month was one most unwelcome, Jack
Frost, who made a notorious visit
to the city early on May 16, when all
respectable people should be asleep.
He sneaked into town and took nearly
all tomato plants and some fruit, but

it was not as bad as first expected.

Bob Miller, Box Trauxel, C. C.
Crist. Tom Haley and A. C. Stevenson
left this month to bother some other
storekeeper. Charlie Williams says
that it was not so bad, because their
company was very desirable. So
come again when the occasion per-
mits and we will welcome you with
open arms.

FORT COLLINS

W. L. GREEN and BYRON ALBERT,
Associate Editors

Ferd. Klingenberg is driving a new
Dodge, which we note is used re-
gardless of the weather.

"The Three Musketeers," Reynolds,
Hanscomb and Cronin, were recent
visitors. After finishing they took
their departure for the wilds of Wy-
oming, Reynolds rode the cushions —
not taking the hike from Crouse to
Cheyenne that he took on a previous
trip.

From the number of flies and the
quantity of fishing tackle imported
the last few weeks from Ireland and
Scotland, it is safe to predict that the
trout of the Poudre have seen things
they've never before had presented.
"Heine" Heumesser's, Charlie Rit-
ter's and Norm Latsch's fly books look
like a millinery shop with all its
trimmings.

A. N. Bennett was called to Ban-
gor, Michigan, during the month on
account of the death of his father,
who for a number of years was Man-
ager of the General Electric Company.

On May 4th George Kuempel took
unto himself a bride, our former
comptometer operator, Beatrice St.
Clair. Our best wishes go out to the
newlyweds in their venture upon the
seas. Maybe George will stay in Ea-
ton now.

There hasn't been the least mur-
mur of the organization of a baseball
team for this season, though we still
have a few of the old stars left with
the Company, notably: Bill Chris-
tinck, Marion Rutledge, Lester Huff-
man and others of equal repute.

The Fort Collins Country Club has
taken on new life since R. M. Boor-
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is now president and giving the Club
the interest that he did in the early
days of its organization when he was
stationed here with the Technical
Staff.

In furtherance of the building of
a new hospital for Fort Collins the
New Hospital Association is putting
on the Fourth of July celebration this
year. A show comprising most of the
attractions of the Cheyenne Frontier
Celebration will be given, and because
of its magnitude and the purpose for
which given all of the. northern Colo-
rado towns and cities are promising
their support with no counter attrac-
tion to interfere with the success of
the affair.

LOVELAND

R. HENDERSON and V. V. HARTMAN.

Associate Editors

Joe Wilkes is able to be at home
and dong nicely after submitting to
a major operation in the Fort Collins
hospital.

Harry Wallace, John Peak, Tennis
Grimes and some other employees
have done their best to bring in an
oil well on Dry Creek. We presume
the plan was to use the Creek to carry
the oil and thus save transportation,
but so far the efforts have proven the
creek well named.

Every accessory listed in Montgom-
ery Ward's catalog is to be found on
the new Ford coupe purchased by Jim
Sykes of the Great Western Railway.
Charlie Angove's car resembles a con-
crete mixer when parked beside this
modern equipped luxury of sun
shades, silk curtains, bumpers, moto-
meter and tin.

Loveland is taking forward strides
in putting the "Gateway City" on the
map by paving her streets. Three
new petitions for paving have been
given to the City Council the past
week in addition to the district now
under way. The new petitions cover
Lincoln Avenue to connect with the
Lincoln Highway, both north and
south of the City, Cleveland Avenue
to 15tji St., and 4th St. west to the
city limits.

Our outside molasses silos are rap-
idly being emptied. Apparently the

accumulation of drowned dogs, cats,
etc., had little effect on the quality of
alcohol produced, as no complaints
have been received.

After a few months of inactivity
the old reels that have pulled in many
a three pounder, poles which have
bent with the weight of an eighteen-
inch trout, and baskets with bulging
sides obtained in an effort to increase
their capacity are being resurrected
at the approach of the fishing season.
We predict the usual alibis: wind
blowing, stream muddy and high, etc.,
etc. It is to be hoped that one mem-
ber of our organization will not again
display the same photograph he has
used the past four years in proving
his abilities as a fisherman.

Assistant Superintendent Guindon
is sporting a new Jewett Six with all
the trimmings from soup to nuts. We
predict it will soon be broken in if
present mileage is sustained.

Superintendent Mooney leaves June
1 as a delegate to the National Ro-
tary convention at Los Angeles after
which he will "attend the Shriners'
Convention at San Francisco. En
route he will stop at Colorado Springs
and the Grand Canyon of the Colo-
rado, returning via Washington and
Oregon.

LONGMONT

MISS CORA L. McGREW and FRED
WARNER, Associate Editors

The fieldmen at this factory have
been so very busy overseeing the thin-
ning of beets, helping to eliminate
the festive cutworm, looking out for
beet webworm millers, and aiding the
farmers generally that the field bosses
haven't had a minute to go to Wyom-
ing fishing, but after May 25 when the
ban is removed in Colorado they will
take a few Sundays off and yank out
the finny beauties and we will all eat
fish — maybe.

Mr. Phillips, assistant bookkeeper,
joined some Longmont men on a trip
to Wyoming one Saturday not long
since. The road to the happy fishing
ground did not seem very long, but
after fishing for hours with but little
success and nearly freezing to death
and getting a late start home, the

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road back seemed to stretch intermin-
ably. However, the tedium of the
journey was relieved by a couple of
punctures and a snappy blowout or
two, and when the fishermen arrived
in Longmont in the wee sma' hours
they were vowing to wait until the
Colorado fishing season opened, be-
fore trying their luck again. "Phil"
acknowledges that all he caught was
a cold, and no hooch available.

Charley Johnson, Manager and Ag-
ricultural Superintendent of the Lov-
ell factory, paid us a visit May 16,
giving us the latest news of all the
men who once worked for the Long-
mont factory and are now scattered
around Wyoming and Montana. Char-
ley was at one time fieldman in the
Longmont district and a general fav-
orite. He seems to think Lovell the
finest place ever, and says he doesn't
want to come back to Colorado to
live. Such deplorable taste.

Vosburgh, Morgan, Pedigo and
Warner took a flier in fishing on the
Little Laramie in Wyoming over the
week-end. As near as could be cal-
culated they each fished 10 hours or
a total of 40 hours. Catching 20 fish
figures a half fish for every fishing
hour. They're in good humor even
though fishing was poor as the trip
was completed without trouble of any
kind and the weather was ideal. The
wind in Wyoming is bad, but Vos-
burgh admits that after you get your
eyes full of sand you have nothing to
worry about 'cause when anything
(or anyone) is full you can't get any
more into it.

Superstitious! McCullah says the
only two times his Olds was complete-
ly stalled was when he had a lady in
the seat with him. You can take this
as you wish, but if we remember
rightly, cars are sometimes stalled
and sometimes they just stall. Mac
sure slammed a door when someone
made a date for him with the office
girls. No chance of him being led
astray by the modern flapper. He's
too durn sly.

A deal in cars has just been made
whereby Mr. Vosburgh takes posses-
sion of Mr. Treadway's newly painted
Essex touring car, Mr. Treadway
takes Mr. Wilson's Essex sedan, and
Mr. Wilson takes the consideration —
not mentioned.

BRIGHTON

Road builders are laying a concrete
road in front of the Brighton factory
grounds. The concrete will extend
from the intersection of Kuner Lane
to the Weld county line on the north
of the factory site. Weld county will
construct about three miles of con-
crete road extending toward Lupton,
which will connect with the Adams
county road. Another contract to be
let in Weld county will complete the
road to Lupton, and it is understood
that Lupton will pave Main street
through the town.

These several contracts together
with two small strips within the city
limits of Brighton will be completed
this summer and will be opened for
use by fall. This will make a con-
crete highway about 22 miles in
length extending north from River-
side Cemetery, Denver, to the north-
ern limits of the town of Lupton.
This will add greatly to the comfort
and peace of mind of the numerous
travelers using the route.

Mr. Castleton, who has been our
Manager for the past five years, will
leave us about June 1, to assume his
new duties as manager of the Forks'
Hotel in the Thompson Canon. He
tells us we can be assured of a trout
dinner any time we happen in. We
all regret to see Mr. and Mrs. Castle-
ton leave Brighton and trust that he
will find his new venture a very pleas-
ant and profitable one.

The residence known as the Kling-
enberg house has been purchased by
Superintendent Harbeck.

Cashier Rork of Windsor stopped
in a few minutes to renew old ac-
quaintances and to visit Mr. and Mrs.
H. H. Johnston.

Harry Johnston, Master Mechanic,
has sufficiently recovered from his
siege of illness to be able to be at
the factory a few hours each day.

Superintendent Harbeck had the
misfortune to have the big toe of his
large foot broken when the lid to the
sewer manhole fell on it last week.
Doc. Miller says it made Harry so
peevish that he spoke with great em-
phasis and skill. As a result of the
accident, Mr. Harbeck is compelled to
use crutches, but expects to be able
to discard them soon.

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Joe Slaby, Superintendent's Clerk,
has gone to California to spend his
vacation with Mrs. Slaby and daugh-
ter who are at Los Angeles.

Word comes from Fred Center, who
is employed as Assistant Superinten-
dent at a cane sugar mill at Marcane,
Oriente, Cuba, that they expect to
finish their campaign early in June.
Fred says they have made 150,000
bags. They made 58,000 bags during
the month of March, which was over
10,000 more than they ever made in
any one month prior to this time. It
looks like Fred was making good
down there. Here's wishing him luck.

A few of our boys went to Denver
for a party recently. The bunch con-
sisted of "Doc" Miller, Van Horn,
Murphy, and Jim Smith. "Doc" took
the boys into the Nanking, among
other places, and there he ordered a
round of yatkomin. He slyly told the
waiter to bring forks for himself and
Smith, and chopsticks for Van and
Murphy. When the spread was serv-
ed, the waiter laid the sticks down
at Murphy's and. Van's places. Van
took one look at the weapons, then
turning to the Oriental said, "What

the h do you think I am — a trap

drummer?"

Frank C. Hargreaves, General
Chemist for the Amalgamated Sugar
Company, was here with Mr. Osborn
for a short visit a few days ago. Mr.
Hargreaves was formerly employed by
the Great Western Sugar Company,
at Collins, Sterling, and Loveland fac-
tories.

Utah-Idaho Sugar Company repre-
sentatives, among whom was Mr.
Smoot, the son of Senator Smoot,
pa£d us a vis^t in company with
Messrs. Morrison, Shaffer and Mau-
dru.

Tine following appeared in The
Brighton Blade, of May 9:

"Mrs. J. W. Easter and children
will leave for Los Angeles this week
to make their home. Mrs. Easter will
be married to Rolla M. McFall at Los
Angeles. Mr. McFall was in the em-
ployment of the Great Western Sugar
Company for a number of years, and
worked at Brighton during the last
campaign. He is now working for a
sugar company in California."

BRUSH

E. WARD, JR., Associate Editor

Assistant Superintendent Elmer
McClintock has been transferred to
Sterling, as assistant superintendent
at that mill. We were all sorry to
have Mac leave us, but wish him suc-
cess in his new location. It may be
that in his new position Mac will ap-
preciate the high purity molasses that
Brush ships Sterling sometimes.

Loran Bates who has been beet
clerk and side record clerk for the
past three years, has resigned, and is
now bookkeeper in the Ford garage
in Brush.

"Slim" McAlister is back from Ok-
lahoma and is on the old job again
as night watchman and fireman.

While we may at times boast of
the weather conditions that usually
prevail at Brush, we must confess
that last week, when the wind blew
pretty nearly continuously for four
days, even the wildest boosters could
not commend the weather. For one
or two days the sun was visible only
occasionally through the dense clouds
of dust. Considerable damage was
done to some of the crops.

The old Factory Hotel that stood
on the corner opposite the pulp silo
has been sold to D. P. Saunders of
Brush, and is being moved to town
where it will be remodelled into an
up-to-date apartment house.

A day or two before the last load
of pulp had been taken out of the
silo, a flood in Beaver Creek seeped
water into the silo. The floor of the
north pit was all floating in about a
foot and one-half of water by night,
and the water was so high in the
south pit that no pulp could be hauled
for one day.

We were honored the other day
when several high officials of the
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, accom-
panied by Messrs. Morrison, Maudru,
Shaffer and Rienks, visited Brush fac-
tory.

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FORT MORGAN

F. M. BAKER and A. C. WHITNEY,

Associate Editors

The high winds of the past week
had everyone wondering if we would
have any beets to cut this fall, but
considering the severity of the storms,
little damage was done, it being nec-
essary to replant only about 300
acres.

TENNIS FANS TAKE NOTICE: If
anyone wants to play on a fast court,
come down to Fort Morgan and try
our three new ones that the "Tennis
Sports" of our City have built on the
Company grounds, near the office.

Our office and grounds here show
the effect of care that our new jani-
tor, Henry Johnson, is giving them.
It is so unusual that we feel proud of
the way we look.

The dump repair crew under F. L.
King are getting our dumps in shape
for the 1922 campaign, which from
the present outlook will be a heavy
one.

H. Z. Speer of the office force is
leaving for Lincoln to act as chaper-
on to a carload of German-Russian
beet workers to leave there on May
2 3 for Fort Morgan and Brush.

Thinning was started here this
week and will be well under way by
the first of next week, May 22. The
stand of beets looks to be above the
average for this time of the year.

The wives of Fieldmen Henderson
and Baker, who have been ill for the
past two months, are both rapidly
improving.

Fred Urback, storekeeper at the
Mitchell factory, visited us this week.
Fred is one of the "old timers" here,
having been practically brought up
in this factory.

Charles Shaffer, Assistant Master
Mechanic, drove to Fort Collins with
his family, for a few days' visit.

Jimmy Logue and Billy Ford of
Denver, have been doing some repair
work on the smokestack at this fac-
tory. Billy Martin was seen to stand
watching them, and the boys are won-
dering if he was trying to figure out
some way to use the smokestack for
a tower for his wireless outfit without
having to go up there himself. Billy
does not like to get so high up in the
air.

Roy Brown, Steffens house foreman,
is planning on making a trip to Cali-
fornia this summer — either on busi-
ness or pleasure. As our ex-compto-
meter operator is now living in Cali-
fornia, we are wondering which it is.

H. G. Ruppel, who did special anal-
ysis work here last campaign, visited
us again this week. As one of the
young ladies of Fort Morgan, who
worked as bench chemist last year,
always seems to know in advance
when Mr. Ruppel's regular trip will
be made, there is considerable conjec-
ture around the factory as to when
the engagement will be announced.

If you meet Howard Miller these
days, the first thing he tells you is,
"My wife is coming home Thursday."

Our genial night watchman, Joe
Wilkinson, has purchased himself a
Ford sedan; but Joe says he will not
be able to make his rounds with this
car, as his side partner — the police
dog — does not care to ride in a Ford.

The following conversation was
overheard at the Elks Carnival re-
cently held in Fort Morgan: A lady
who had been very successful at the
candy booths remarked that the home
made candy was "perfectly lovely —
so very sweet." Her companion an-
swered, "Of course it is — it was made
with sugar that Henry Giese made."

SCOTTSBLUFF

MISS GENEVIEVE WEIDENHEIMER,

Associate Editor

O. E. Rogers, Head Pipe Fitter, is
quite ill at his home at this time.

Messrs. Hooper, Chatfield and Mor-
rison spent a week or ten days in
Billings during the month.

The regular beet train will arrive
about May 23 accompanied by Messrs.
Heldt and Snyder. There will not be
as many workers brought from Lin-
coln this year as last, due to the fact
that a great number are already in
the Valley.

Mr. Heldt has had his mustache re-
moved as he says it saves a great deal
of time not having to curl and trim
it each day. He has not yet learned
to hold his mouth right without it,
but we suppose he will get used to it
sooner or later.

Jack Dalton will leave May 18 for

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Chicago, where he will spend his va-
cation.

Scottie Ogilvy has become so popu-
lar that he hardly has time to eat his
meals these days. His various duties
in connection with Boy Scout activi-
ties, church affairs, etc., sure keep
him going, and it is only occasionally
that he gets time to shave.

H. F. Vieregg plans to leave Satur-
day for Grand Island where he will
spend his vacation with his parents.

Mr. Ginn is almost a stranger on
the golf links these days, due to his
many new duties in connection with
handling Mr. Simmons' work of the
Assistant General Manager, and due
also, we believe, to the unsettled and
high-strung condition of the weather.

GERING

T. L. CRONIN and W. E. CLAYCOMB,
Associate Editors

It seems that in any community a
man's prominence is usually deter-
mined by the value of property he is
known to possess. However, many
men fail to attain the prominence to
which they are justly entitled because
of their timidity in making known
the amount of property which they
own. It now appears that the state
of Nebraska, ever striving to give to
her citizens all honors to which they
are rightfully entitled, has devised a
plan whereby such timid citizens will
attain the prominence due them. The
plan is to publish (especially for the
benefit of the tax assessor), the
names of all residents of the state
who possess stock of the Great West-
ern Sugar Company and other cor-
porations not incorporated under Ne-
braska's laws. As a result of this
plan, several of our friends are now
"enjoying" prominence previously
unknown to them.

Harvey Abbott, who conducts a
general store on the second floor of
the Gwesco B,uilding, had the misfor-
tune to break his glasses shortly af-
ter the inauguration of the new and
novel requisition system. Though
greatly handicapped, Harvey was
groping along fairly well until one
day a Russian loomed up at the win-
dow with a pair of requisitions writ-
ten (?) in that reverse Spencerian

hand of C. Hargrave Scott. Harvey
took the slips, gazed at them from 3 60
different angles, and exclaimed.
"Shades of Horace Greeley! Here,
Cooney, read that to me." The Rus-
sian, thanking Harvey for the compli-
ment, handed back the slip with the
assertion: "I no can do it. Ain't got
no education either."

Dan Maher has transferred his bag-
gage and is now enjoying the privi-
leges incident to living in that recent-
ly acquired home.

On the morning of May 11 Gering
was the center of the worst little hur-
ricane ever recorded in this neck of
the woods. A 70-mile gale, accom-
panied by rain and sleet, uprooted
trees, light poles, shattered windows
and overturned many small buildings.
The righteous, the sinner, and the
sugar tramp all looked alike to old
Boreas.

Many harrowing tales of the wind
were related next morning, but the
saddest was that of Ed Williams,
which is best told in Ed's own words:

"Say, you guys hollering about
your screen doors, chicken coops, and
sweet pea fences don't know there
was a storm. I battled the elements
from two o'clock till six, and I'm here
to tell you, it was no sham battle
either. A 3 6x42 window in our bed-
room caved in with a crash; my
clothes were swept out into the hall;
the bedroom rug rose up and seemed
to become glued to the wall covering
the door which had slammed shut.
By the time I got the rug under con-
trol, the rain had caused the door to
swell so it could not be opened. Af-
ter struggling for about twenty min-
utes, with -the rain, sleet and hail
stinging like hornets, I managed to
get the door open about an inch
when the knob came off. The only
course left was the open window and,
since the city was in total darkness,
through this I charged and managed
to crawl around to the front door.
Just as I got the door open, my wife
managed to get the bedroom door
open and as I started in, I met my
clothes and some of the bric-a-brac
coming out. Oh, what a night! And
say, when we win that efficiency flag
next year, tell the guys down in Den-
ver to have it made of a more sub-

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stantial material than outing flannel,
for, take it from me, that class of
material cannot live in this climate.
I would suggest boiler plate. But say,
wasn't I lucky that the street lights
were out?"

Floyd Powell and Slim Reinholtz
from the World Champions' plant
up stream paid us a visit early in the
month. Miss Bessie Mitchell accom-
panied them and spent the afternoon
at the Tell home.

Superintendent V. I. Daniels has
purchased from the Company the
property known as House No. 1 on
"Park Row." Probably in the next
issue of The Press we will be in po-
sition to give a full account of the
house warming, it being presumed
that this usual ceremony will follow
such an event. At any rate, we are
looking for a gilt-edged R. S. V. P.

A few days ago the Company was
shipping a bunch of sheep and while
helping check them out Assistant
Bookkeeper J. P. Scott was acciden-
tally included. When the train ar-
rived at Omaha, the error was dis-
covered and S'cotty was returned by
express.

Shoes are now being made of snake
skins says the Popular Mechanics
Magazine. It would be a very unpop-
ular mechanic that would put snakes
in our boots. Hooch! It gives me the
Willies to think of it.

Jack the Clipper made his appear-
ance in Gering dnring the first week
in May. The police are of the opin-
ion that he is the same culprit who
operated in many of the large eastern
cities a few years ago, terrorizing
women by boldly clipping their hair.
Miss Elizabeth Ford, who makes her
home with the J. M. Yocum family,
was the victim — she lost her switch.

As a result of those balmy spring
days, the auto business has taken an
unusual boom. Archie Collins has a
new Dodge; Ed Williams, a new Bu-
ick; Clare Brown a nearly new
Dodge; Rusty Yocum a new switch
for his September "Forenoon"; Rus-
sell Johnson, a Ford; and Bill War-
ren had his Buick camouflaged.

RADIO-IZATION
A radio kid, whose name is Vid,

Has got the bug for fair;
A pole he sot, in his back lot,

To harness up the air.

"Now," said he, to little Lee,

"Watch dad show speed that's rare;

For very soon we'll be in tune

With all that goes through air."

So he sent away to get a lay,
A nifty one worth while;

He heaved a sigh at this reply:
"We've placed your order on file."

"Well, old guy, if I can't buy,
I'll make a set, so there."

Then with copper tacks and sealing
wax,
He went to work for fair.

He's got the thing so it will ring,
When there's static in the air;

But old bed springs and other such
things,
For radio isn't there.

Tomorrow night, with weather right,

He'll tune in with KLX;
So with the rest, we await the test,

And will tell you in our next.
(To be continued.)

MITCHELL

R. I. BABBITT, -

Associate Editor

Albert Greeg is now with us, having
been transferred here as Chief Elec-
trician from the District Office at
Scottsbluff. He takes the position va-
cated by, Carl Lind who is now in
California.

H. C. McKune recently "enjoyed"
a week's vacation going to, at, and
returning from his homestead near
Deadwood. Mac was caught in the
big storm and he said it was the worst
blizzard up there that he had ever
seen. The little breeze here caused
the downfall of many windmills, etc.
We can imagine what it might have
been had there been snow with the
wind.

Our Storekeeper, Fred Urbach, has
recently acquired a new Ford coupe,
with which himself and wife made a
"hurried" trip to Ft. Morgan where
they spent a short vacation. Fred's
record run was between Peetz and
Sterling, covering the distance in 5
hours. Said he might have done bet-

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ter but someone told him that a
bridge was out, which caused him
to stop and thoroughly examine every
bridge he came to before attempting
to cross it. Floyd Powell says that if
President Harding was sick it would
be impossible for him to have better
care than Fred's Ford receives.

BILLINGS

H. REEMAN and G. F. WEYBRIGHT,
Associate Editors

H. S. Barringer, Superintendent,

has been having a h of a time

trying to paint his house between
storms. The trouble is there "ain't"
no between. By the way, we wish to
apologize for the "Banana Belt
Bunk" cartoon in this issue. We sent

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the artist out to "do" a week-end
fishing party and somehow he has
confused the titles.

W. R. Egleston, Beet End Fore-
man, spent his vacation looking after
his interests in the Windsor Repair
Shop.

F. H. Gower, Superintendent's
Clerk, resigned April 22, to take a
position with the California Company,
dealer in oils. A late report from him
leads us to believe that in a few years
John D. will be the "weeds." Frank
has already had a promotion and
raise in salary.

Russell Jones, First Carbonator
and Night Watchman, left the Com-
pany's employ April 26 to accept a

position with the Lindsay-Billings
Co., dealer in fruits. Several days
prior to Russell's resignation, his
wife presented him with a fine baby
girl. Good luck, Russell.

Harry Reeman, professional trout
"rodist," and author of "Who Dis-
covered Billings and Why," returned
from a week-end trip to the Stillwat-
er with 18 beautiful trout. " 'Tis a
privilege to live in Billings."

James Preston, Beet End Foreman,
has been trying to book passage south
with any automobilist who happens to
be going that way. If any of you
"Tramps" at Loveland happen to see
Jimmie you will know that he was
successful and incidentally has saved
a few "cartwheels" for his "hope
chest."

Raymond Tenny, 10-year-old son
of Al Tenny, Steffen Foreman, trip-
ped over a wire while playing at
school and broke his arm. Raymond
seems to be carrying a "jinx", as this
is the second time he has broken this
arm.

LOVELL

"CORPORAL, KEEFE"
Associate Editor

C. F. Johnson departed for Long-
mont in response to a message stat-
ing his aged father was seriously ill.
Mr. Johnson, senior, is well known to
us, having spent a few summers here,
and we are all hoping for his speedy
recovery.

We were asked to furnish a poem
on "Lovell" for this month's issue.
"Alkali Ike," the village Shakespeare,
says he will wait until he can find
more than one word to rhyme with
Lovell.

Somebody asked if the recent bank
robbery at Lafayette had anything to
do with the frequent trips made there
by a certain Ford from a point in
Colorado. "Free bus to Lafayette."

Those desiring the prescription for
a new and aromatic cigarette, in
which pulp is the main ingredient,
are referred to J. W. Kendall, Chief
Chemist. How anyone can smoke one
of these dainties without "tumbling"
is a mystery to us. What do you say,
Wes?

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THE LITTLE BLACK HEN

.:Said.\
the little
red rooster:
"Gosh all hem-
lock ! © Things are tough.
$$ Seems that worms are get-
$ $ $ ting scarcer, and I cannot
$ find enough. What's
$ become of all those

$ fat ones is a mys-

$ tery to me. There

were thousands thru

that rainy spell — but now $

where can they be?" The old $$$

black hen who heard him didn't $$$$

grumble or complain. She had gone $$$$$$$

through lots of dry spells — she had lived $$$$$$$$

through floods of rain. She flew upon the grindstone, and she
gave her claws a whet, as she said, "I've never seen the time there
weren't worms to get." She picked a new and undug spot ; the earth
was hard and firm. The little rooster jeered: "New ground! That's
no place for worms." The old black hen just spread her feet; she
dug both fast and free. "I must go to the worms," she said. "The
worms won't come to me." The rooster vainly spent his day through
habit, by the ways, where fat round worms had passed in squads back
in the rainy days. When nightfall found him supperless, he growled
in accents rough, "I'm hungry as a fowl can be. Conditions
sure are tough." He turned then to the old black hen and said
"It's worse for you. For you're not only hungry but you
must be tired, too. I rested while I watched for worms
so I feel fairly perk; but how are you? Without
worms, too, and after all that work!" The old
black hen hopped to her perch and droop'd
her eyes in sleep, and
murmured in a drowsy
tone: "Young man
hear this and
weep!
$$$$

$$$
$$$$

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$ $ $

My gizzard's filled to bursting, son, with worms both fat and thin,
The worms are there as always, but I had to dig like sin."

— The Go-Getter.

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PUBLISHED MONTHLY FOR THE EMPLOYES OF

THE GREAT WESTERN SUGAR COMPANY

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On the Inside Pages:

Page
Mirrors of Sugar Lane . . .2

1. G.W. Shaffer

2. H. C. Giese

Progress of Beet Factories in 31 Years —

By Henry A. Schmode . 6

Heard at Lunch Hour— By "Radio" . .11

Sugar News of the World . .13

How the Crop Is Coming On ... 14

The Great Western Cook Book— By "Our

Wives" 18

Newcomers in the General Office 20

Sugar Beet Cycle— By D. J. Roach . . 22

Notes of Personnel .... 24

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Mirrors of Sugar Lane

The world has had its "Mirrors of Downing Street" and the
"Mirrors of Washington.'''' Now the little Great Western sugar
family world is to have its own "Mirrors of Sugar Lane."

As in the two first publications, the author or authors of our
own Mirror-sketches remain unknown. That is well because we
must at times handle personalities in a rather frank manner. It is
not our intention, however, to gain favor for the "Mirrors of Sugar
Lane" by indulging in the severe criticism that featured the other
Mirrors. The best you can say of their rarely kind remarks about
their subjects was that the victims were "kicked upstairs."

Yet the "Mirrors of Sugar Lane" are to be none the less criti-
cal of ourselves, a kindly touching-up of the little foibles and
eccentricities of our better-known men. We hope you will find the
sketches none the less interesting for the absence of barbs and
ridicules. By holding the mirror up to the better nature of our
men we hope to give the family a new album of to ord- pictures
which should help us get better acquainted.

1— George M. Shaffer

There are those who are known for
a virtue and those who are known for
a fault. The figures on the ledger of
character are alternately red and black
for honesty or its counterpart, benevo-
lence or miserliness, hope or despair,
and sometimes precision and slothful-
ness. By one entry are we generally
known, be it red or black. The multi-
tude of supporting virtues and the mul-
tiplicity of our lesser evils are for-
gotten as commonplace.

We know George M. Shaffer best for
his precision, a precision which allows
but small tolerances. His influence has
been felt by the beet sugar industry of
two states, for he has divided his life
equally between them. The vital sta-
tistics column of the Chino, Calif., "Re-
porter," Rainbow Edition, January 1,
1880, heralded his arrival in 16 point
type, (a notice with as little adornment
as George himself wore), stating his di-
mensions 18 inches length, 6 inches
diameter, a true 3 to 1 ratio which
Mr. Shaffer has carefully maintained
down to the present time, the microm-
eter now showing an overall length of
60 inches and a diameter of 20 inches
on three important settings.

At the tender age of 11 years Mr.
Shaffer started his apprenticeship in

the shops of the Chino Valley Sugar
Company. Within nine years he had
mastered nis profession and gained a
thorough knowledge of the manufacture
of granulated sugar from beets. The
industry was yet in its infancy and
problems had to be met constantly
without the guide of precedents. The
hundreds of difficulties so encountered
and the procedures which were found
to overcome them as well as the prac-
tices which failed were stored away in
Mr. Shaffer's mind to be drawn on in
later years. His unusually developed
memory has made available this fund
of knowledge for instant use.

In 1900 the Chino factory was forced
to close and after a brief engagement
in railroad work he joined forces with
the Kilby Construction Company to as-
sist in the construction of the first
Great Western Factory at Loveland.
Upon completion of this unit he was
placed in charge of the construction of
Longmont, where upon its completion,
in accordance with his own ideals of
mathematical and architectural precis-
ion, he remained as superintendent of
operation until 1912. Among those har-
monious surroundings came Fame!
Fame for wide, straight, unencum-
bered aisles; fame for open, clean floor
spaces; fame for a huge, successful fac-
tory that each year set for itself a new

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record only to be broken in the succeed-
ing season; fame for building and com-
manding the respect of a large organ-
ization which has ever since been tra-
ditional of the place, and fame for the
Annual Float Picnic — and therein lies
a story which is the story of a guile-
less, trusting nature!

/

George M. Shaffer

The Mustache was Natural for Many Years

One sunny June morn, one of the
boys came in with the news that the
iron float in the main water tank was
found rusted out and no money had
been appropriated for its replacement.
Now this wily individual by a devious
process of reasoning made out that a
wooden float would do as well,
provided it were hollow to prevent
water-logging. A barrel would be too
large, but a keg would be about right.
The only source of such a 'Keg would
surely be the Corner Grotto Saloon.
And of their kegs none had been
drained of their amber dregs. Now,
this loyal, hard-working crew deserved
a picnic anyway, and a small assess-
ment could at one and the same time
provide the keg for a float after the
picnickers, of course, emptied it. Hence
the first "Float Picnic." Mr. Shaffer,
in hearty accord and with customary
generosity, at this point contributes $10

to the fund. The total of this fund,
although never published, was exactly
$10.

Strangely enough, after just a year's
interval the thread of our yarn reveals
the trustworthy float leaking so badly
as to require replacement. The same
wily individual, now fortified with ex-
perience, tells his flawless story again
while the trusting superintendent with
unfailing charity goes down into his
pocket for another Federal Reserve
note. And yet a third time, this ruse
is worked with complete success, as the
annual Float Picnic was larger and
wetter. And then the bubble bursts —
the Patron and Life Member of this
picnic association sees with his own
eyes the old iron float in its accus-
tomed place in the old water tank
where it has been and even to the pres-
ent day is doing the service for which
Mr. Kilby intended it. "Well, now, I'll
be , maybe."

It is difficult for an honest man to
recognize deceit. An individual with
furtive eyes and a maroon nose entered
Mr. Shaffer's office one day represent-
ing himself to be a broker for certain
bonded "securities." Mr. S. answered in
all sincerity that he preferred the lower
priced rails for his investments.

A friend in distress finds in Mr.
Shaffer a benefactor indeed. He starts
the purses and establishes the scale
of benevolence for others to follow. He
has even been known to contribute
both on the opening and on the betting
to help along a lively jack pot, finally
to call a flush with a magnificent pair
of deuces. This surely is charity.

The growth of the company made it
necessary by 1912 to provide more gen-
eral supervision and Mr. Shaffer was
very naturally chosen for the more
important headquarters work. With
his many years of cumulative experi-
ence, his counsel is sought continually
by every one with whom he deals. His
frequent visits to the factories in his
district are never the something-which-
m u s t-b e-endured-b u t-hope-he-makes-it-
brief kind in the eyes of the factory
staff; rather a pleasurable and profit-
able exchange of ideas. The operating
organization finds in him a champion
of any worthy cause and the confidence
so inspired brings forth full co-opera-
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demands for work of extreme precision.
One superintendent remembers his
withering remarks on inspection of a
new pipe line on which an unfortunate
fitter, in connecting a flange, had
turned the unsightly nuts instead of
the harmonious heads toward the range
of vision; another his chagrin at see-
ing a new stone catcher located in the
center of a favorite alley-way which
for many years had been long and
straight as Boulevard F and as little
used as its southern extremity; and
yet another grandly bears up under an
afflicted conscience for a harsh discord
in the symphonious scheme of things —

he should have known himself the mar-
gins on his "pattern list" were a centi-
meter too narrow and the polished
brass staples which combine into a har-
monious whole the myriad thoughts
therein, set at an awkward depth in
the page. He should have known and
he knows it now.

And so after all his eccentricities of
diet, his charity, his palm beach clothes
and cutaway coat of the vintage of '97,
his loyalty, his knowledge and experi-
ence, he is known best for the precise
thinking of a micrometer calibrated
mind.

Time was, in our business, when our
activities were bounded on the north
by friendly jealousy; on the south by
zealousness; on the east by self-con-
sciousness; on the west by self-suffi-
ciency, and ail around by secrecy. The
boundaries have changed. Friendly
jealousy has dissolved into friendly
rivalry, self-consciousness has become
consciousness of the whole, self-suffi-
ciency is now sufficient confidence,
and secrecy is no more. The zealot
who strove only to enhance his own
standing has broadened his loyalty of
self first to the company first.

Such progress has been made that
we have reached a point where the in-
dividual unthinking of the higher
goals but devoted to tasks immedi-
ately before him gets his reward un-
expectedly. The higher places seek
the individual. If every institution
is the lengthening shadow of indi-
viduals we ought to know each other
for what we do and are. This serves
to introduce Henry Giese, manager of
the Brush and Fort Morgan districts.
With the additional duties of agricul-
tural superintendent Henry, at least
statistically, carries probably the big-
gest load of any of our managers.

That goes both ways — acreage and
avoirdupois. Henry probably would
not admit that he is "stout." He is
prudent and admits little. He is care-
ful, cautious and discreet. Quite fre-
quently he is even prudential. He
chooses his words and his activities

2 — Henry C. Giese

are dictated by forethought. It is said
of him that when Mr. Brown hanged
himself in the attic a few years ago
Henry, after lengthy deliberation,
made up his mind to visit the widow
and offer his condolences. Now, on
such an occasion, there is not much
that can be said. It requires an un-
usual amount of tact. He had given
the matter judicious thought and de-
cided the only safe thing to discuss
was the weather.

"We have had very rainy weather
lately, haven't we, Mrs. Brown?"

'Yes," replied the widow, "I haven't
been able to get the week's washing
done."

"Oh," said Henry, "I shouldn't think
you would have any trouble. You have
such a nice attic to hang things in."

Henry C. Giese was born in Ne-
braska in the late seventies or early
eighties, it doesn't matter which, be-
cause he is a better man today than
he was then and he will tell you he
is getting still better as time goes on.
He was not born with a silver spoon
in his mouth, although it is claimed
he had a sugar beet in one hand and
a miniature pail (for the G. O. P. ele-
phant) in the other, both symbolical of
his future. It is significant that the
stream near which he first saw light
is called the Republican River, and
shortly thereafter William Jennings
Bryan moved to Nebraska from Illi-
nois.

After spending several years with

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the American Beet Sugar Company
doing preparatory work, he took up
the burden of developing the Brush-
Fort Morgan district of the Great
Western Sugar Company, agricultural-
ly and politically. That he met with
a fair degree of success agriculturally
is shown in the increase of beet acre-
age from 8,422 in 1906-7 to 31,130- in
1920-21. Figures are not available to
indicate the increase of Republican
population during the same period, so
that whatever credit is due him on
this account will have to be deferred.

Henry G. Giese

The "Penrose" of Morgan County

Mr. Giese is the personification of
dignity. When, for the benefit of an
assistant who has not shown the re-
quired "flexibility," he pounds the
desk it is done with just the right
degree of impressiveness and decorum.
Emphasis is placed with uncanny ac-
curacy on the point intended. Nothing
is left to the imagination.

To his other virtues add astuteness.
When indulging in his favorite indoor
sport — for the enlightenment of those
of you who have helped entertain him,
and you are legion — all the synonyms
of the last mentioned virtues fail to
state the case completely.

Henry has the naive look of all good
poker players. You feel like trusting
and confiding in him. His presence
reminds one of Falstaff, but Henry,
unlike that literary character, does not
wait on the king's orders, neither does
Henry keep him waiting. Henry has
had some narrow escapes in his life,
particularly when he thought he was
going to be sent to Lovell. Should ru-
mor mention Honry for some place
other than his present responsible po-
sition he promptly gets on a fast train
and tries to run rumor down to earth.
He will lead off the cross-examination
by remarking on the pleasant state of
the weather and between stories he
will interpolate a little question anent
his real purpose. You are on your
guard, of course, and dodge the issue.
But for the next few hours Henry is
faithfully on the trail of the informa-
tion he seeks, deftly leading and block-
ing, until he finally gets what he is
after by putting several twos together.
When you add this tenacity, and per-
tinacity, to his other qualities you
have the real, well-liked H. C. Giese.

Get Behind Your
Goggles

Two eyes are better than one.

No tragedy short of death it-
self can equal that of a family
man being suddenly deprived of
the use of his eyes. His career
of usefulness is over. His happi-
ness in life is gone.

Wear your goggles at all times
when engaged at any work in-
volving an eye hazard.

Save your eyes by protecting
them.

Nervy Flea

The animals were coming off the
Ark. The flea was directly in front of
the elephant. There was no traffic
cop on the job and in the jam tne
voice of the flea was heard addressing
the elephant:

"Who in the hell are you shoving?"

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Progress of Beet Sugar Manufacture

in 31 Years

By Henry A. Schmode
Superintendent Scottsbluff Factory

IN reviewing my 31 years connection
with the beet sugar industry there
are, to my own surprise, not as many
improvements in the fundamental ope-
rating factors of beet sugar manufac-
ture as one would expect. However,
that should not be taken to mean any
lack of progress because in the sugar
produced there has been considerable
improvement. Our beet sugars now are
not exceled by any.

Thirty-one years ago the beets were
no longer conveyed from the bins to
the factory by chain conveyors which
had given endless trouble, but were
being transported by water which
came from the condensers or from
other surplus water. The beets were
elevated from the flumes to the washer
by means of a short scroll or wheel,
and later the air lift came into use
in some factories.

From the washer the beets were dis-
charged to a large inclined drum which
was partly perforated and partly slot-
ted. This perforated steel drum had
flat iron flights in a screw form. By
revolving this inclined drum the beets
were thoroughly cleaned. The sand
and small trash disappeared through
the perforations and slots and was
washed to the sewer by a stream of
water. Almost perfectly clean beets
were discharged from this drum onto a
fibre brush roller conveyor ten to
twelve feet long, and from this roller
conveyor they were discharged to the
beet elevator.

The same type Chronos Scales were
in use then as are used in many fac-
tories now. The Vertical Slicers were
used at that time as they are still used
in many factories, both here and
abroad, except that they have been
somewhat improved. The Drum Cut-
ters came into use later.

The same principle of Diffusion Bat-
tery with side outlet as well as drop
bottom doors, was used, and equipped
with steam injectors or with colloriza-

tors for heating. The use of chains
in the battery cells came into practice
in the last sixteen years. The Great
Western Sugar Company has perfected
the arrangement of chains and in-
creased the capacity of this station
greatly.

The same principle of First Carbon-
ation as we see it now was in most
factories then. There are a few fac-
tories now that are using a continuous
First Carbonation in Non-Steffen
houses, but with the Steffen Process
where a large amount of Saccharate
is used the continuous First Carbona-
tion is still a failure. Here should be
sufficient room for improvement, as
this is really the most important sta-
tion in the house.

We all know that we practically
eliminate in the First Carbonation all
the impurities that can be eliminated
from the beet juice. As Dr. A. Rump-
lers of Breslau once expressed himself
to a group of intelligent "sugar
tramps:" "Gentlemen, the First Car-
bonation the first time. Gentlemen, the
First Carbonation the second time, anil
gentlemen, the First Carbonation all
the time."

If the attendant on this station, no
matter how intelligent he is, performs
his work carelessly he is a big detri^
ment to the whole factory. His poor
work will show up clear to the vacuum
pan station, with a large financial loss
to the company.

At this station the principle of treat-
ing the juice is the same as it was 31
years ago. In some factories the ap-
paratus is still of faulty construction
and in such cases the First Carbona-
tion work cannot be performed to ob-
tain the highest elimination. If the
gas distributors do not function evenly
some of the impurities which have been
precipitated by the lime redissolve and
stay with the juice instead of going
out with the lime.

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I want to mention here that in some
factories the raw juice, after leaving
the measuring tanks and raw juice
heaters and before entering the First
Carbonation, is taken into a large mix-
ing tank over which the Saccharate
Measuring Tank is located. Here the
correct volume of raw juice and milk
of saccharate is taken in and mixed
before going to the First Carbonation
for quick treatment. The quicker the
First Carbonation work is correctly
performed the better the results are.
The mixing tank before First Carbo-
nation does not improve the work very-
much unless the agitation is a violent
one. I have dwelt on the First Carbo-
nation at length because this is the
most important station and if any-
great improvement in the process will
be found it will be at this station.

Going further with the process, the
Second Carbonation Station has been
improved from a single batch juice
treatment to a continuous station. In
this country the Great Western Sugar
Company was the first to make this
well-liked change with successful re-
sults.

The Third Carbonation (or Satura-
tion) is handled almost on the same
principle as before with the exception
that instead of using a common sul-
phur stove with natural draft, a rotary
sulphur stove with natural draft is
used. The sulphur gases pass up
through a vertical cylinder in which
baffles are installed and the Thin
Juice passes down distributed through
the baffles in counter currents with the
gas. In this way easy control of the
alkalinity of the juice is established.

The filtering stations are handled al-
most the same, except that some im-
provements have been made in the
Presses and Filter Apparatus.

The Evaporators were used in triple,
quadruple and quintuple effects, both
horizontal and vertical types. In some
factories they were handled with great
efficiency and economy and in some
they were handled with great coal loss.
In this instance I wish to mention that
the first year I was with the Company
at Windsor, Colorado, as Master Me-
chanic, I am sure the Evaporators were
not handled in accordance with the
wishes of the executive heads of the

Engineering Department, because live
steam was used in not only the first
body, but in the second body, and yes,
they also used live steam in the third
body. I would not want to state that
this was the practice in all of the
Great Western factories, "not by a
long shot." The Engineering Depart-
ment, as I could observe it, was ex-
cellent under their Head Executive,
but they were limited in experienced
assistants and some of the sugar ex-
perts did not know how properly to
apply the steam and therefore often
used live steam on the second body
and on the third body. I called the
attention of the first sugar man in
charge that such steam application was
wrong and costly to the Company.
After a more lengthy explanation and
hesitation the sugar experts agreed
with me. Mr. V. H. Babbitt, who at
that time was one of the few reallv
experienced Traveling Engineers, called
this to the attention of the head of his
department and the live steam valves
on the second and third bodies were not
only sealed but entirely blanked off.
The coal consumption in the house was
greatly improved.

In this line of Steam Economy the
Great Western Engineering- Department
has perfected wonders in their fac-
tories, because more efficient and ex-
perienced Assistant (Traveling) En-
gineers were engaged and the war
against unnecessary steam losses was
and is waged. A reduction from 225%
coal on sugar to only 78% coal di*
sugar has been made in some of the
Company's factories.

I fear that by the Company econo-
mizing and reducing the force in the
Engineering Department such mistakes
again will creep in. Steam will be
applied in some factories where it
should not and the steam consumption
raised to a cost many times greater
than the salary of a few more Travel-
ing Engineers (I mean real ones). With
such a large company as the Great
Western the heads of the departments
cannot follow as close after the details
as at times is required.

On the Blowup Station during my
beginning years bone black was used
exclusively for clarifying the liquor.
Also dried, pulverized ox blood was

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used for the same purpose. But for the
last 26 years this has been entirely
discontinued in the beet sugar factories
and only the sulphur treatment is used
to just as good effect and much less
expense. The abandoning of the use
of bluing in both cane and beet fac-
tories has been another improvement.

The Vacuum Pans were used in a
number of different styles, horizontal
and vertical, with coils, tubes and box
type heating systems. The coil form
which our Company uses almost ex-
clusively for white product is the most
efficient Vacuum Pan. Especially the
one perfected by the Company's Engi-
neering Department has the best cir-
culation and gives good results.

Crystallizers of open type were used,
although they had cooling or heating
jackets. Now in most factories closed
cylindrical crystallizers with cooling
or heating jackets are used.

The same type of centrifugals were
used and no new improvements have
been made except that some factories
are using centrifugals that are driven
by direct-connected motors. The auto-
matic sugar discharges are a new addi-
tion within the last seventeen years.

During the year 1893, under an en-
gagement with Mr. W. Baur, Consulting
Chief Engineer of the American Beet
Sugar Company, we installed and ope-
rated in Norfolk, Nebraska, the first
Steffen Process in America, equipped

with German machinery, including the
Hot Saccharate installation. Shortly
after the first Steffen Campaign in
Norfolk was over I was transferred to
Chino, California, where we installed
the second Steffen Process, with Amer-
ican made machinery, including Hot
Saccharate and also Hydrate. Fifty
per cent of the Saccharate produced
was sent over the Hydrate Process and
did not go through the First Carbona-
tion nor the First Carbonation Presses.
This lime or cake from the Hydrate
Presses was sent over two rotary kilns
and again burned to lime which was
used in the Coolers, but not with the
best results.

I wish to mention here that the lab-
oratory control in the Great Western
Sugar Company's factories has won-
derfully improved and great compli-
ments are due the heads of that De-
partment.

In conclusion I will state that I was
connected with the American Beet Sug-
ar Company eight years, with the
Standard Beet Sugar Company seven
years, and with the Great Western
Sugar Company fourteen years, for the
last twelve years in Scottsbluff. We
think we had good results with our
factory and if we did not win the Effi-
ciency Flag the last campaign, we at
any rate were not behind any in the
cost of producing sugar.

Our Fire Teams and Employees
Hold Another Record

The Great Western employees embraced in the fire hose teams, the
care and maintenance of the automatic sprinkler systems and in any
manner related to the protection against fires are to be congratulated on
their splendid work in the past.

From the initial campaign to the present time not a dollar loss has
occurred on sugar stored at our factories. No other large manufacturing
concern in the United States can show a better record. You may rightly
feel proud of it.

However, no one can tell where or when a fire may start. The dangers
may be anticipated, to a degree, by being on the lookout for possible
fire hazards and by the strictest co-operation in enforcing rules to diminish
the dangers. We must, therefore, continue our fire protective measures
with sustained interest and effort. — C. W. Haskell.

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I am more powerful than the combined armies of the world.

I have destroyed more men than all the wars of the nations.

I am more deadly than bullets, and I have wrecked more homes than

the mightiest of siege guns.
I steal, in the United States alone, over $300,000,000 each year.
I spare no one, and I find my victims among the rich and poor alike,

the young and old, the strong and weak. Widows and orphans

know me.
I loom up to such proportions that I cast my shadow over every field

of labor, from the turning of the grindstone to the moving of

every railroad train.

I massacre thousands upon thousands of wage earners a year.

I lurk in unseen places, and do most of my work silently. You are

warned against me, but you heed not.
I am relentless.
I am everywhere — in the house, on the streets, in the factory, at

railroad crossings and on the sea.
I bring sickness, degradation and death, and yet few seek to avoid

me.
I destroy, crush or maim; I give nothing but take all.
I am your worst enemy.

I AM
CARELESSNESS!

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What IS in a Name

The Ladies' Night of the Great West-
ern Sugar Company's Technical So-
ciety, held at Lakewood Country Club,
Denver, May 22, got off to a flying
start by reason of a clever device for
selecting dinner partners and getting
acquainted.

The ladies chose at random cards
containing two or more words. The
first letter of each word gave the in-
Engineering Marvel
Clever With Digits
Saxophone Player Supreme
Entertaining Speaker
Noted Rapid Mover
Famous Sugar Tramp
Very Handsome Brunette
Weld's Stalwart Giant
Crackajack Financial Computer
High Standard
Wonderful Chemical Genius
Joke Maker
Women Admire Much
Colorado's Eastern Evangelist
Captivating Chief Chemist
Adores Cattle

Creates Considerable Noise
Adept Artist
. A Reckless Character
Certainly Has Capability
Solemn Jovial Owl
Belligerent Helper
Tiny And Flirtatious
Somebody's Cute Mavourneen
Certain Western Heavyweight
An Able Captain
Great Mechanical Shark
Raises Wild Schemes
Strenuous Technical Man
Gwesco's Witty Raconteur
Joyful Careless Jeorgian
Has Lip Hairs

itials of a gentleman present. The
words also more or less fitted the gen-
tleman's appearance or work in the
company.

As the men present were quite gen-
erally known throughout the organiza-
tion, the characterizations given them
by the authors of the stunt should
prove interesting to the entire Great
Western family.

Edwin Morrison
C. W. Doherty
Sherman P. Saunders
Edmund Simmons
N. R. McCreery
F. S. Treadway
Verne H. Babbitt
W. S. Garnsey
C. F. Consigny
Hugh Scilley
W. C. Graham
Joseph Maudru
W. A. Mitchell
Charles E. Evans
C. C. Crawford
Andy Cross
Charles C. Noar
Arthur Almquist
A. R. Cliff
C. H. Criswell
S. J. Osborn
Bailey Hutchins
Thos. A. French
Sam C. Mooney
C. W. Haskell
Avery A. Clark
George M. Shaffer
Ralph W. Shafor
S. T. (Doc) Miller
George W. Rienks
J. Colin James
H. L. Hartburg

Sugar ("sweet cane") is mentioned
in several places in the Old Testa-
ment. The best evidence points to
India as the first home of sugar.

In 600 A. D. Yang-Kian, emperor
of China, sent an ambassador to India
to learn the art of boiling sugar.

Alibi, a writer of the eleventh cen-
tury, states the annual tribute of As-
kar Mokran to the sultan of Turkey
was 50,000 pounds of sugar.

In stored beets sugar moves from
the frozen to the unfrozen part.

A normal amount of respiration
goes on in all stored beets, hence
there is gradual loss of sugar. But
the rate is more rapid in unripe than
in ripe beets.

In 1898, Cuba was producing 350,-
000 tons of sugar annually. Since the
war of liberation, Cuba has increased
this output more than tenfold.

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Spreadings of the Lunch Hour

Overheard by "Radio'

"Jake Amens was sure right," said
Hipps, as he wearily crossed his long
legs preparatory to an attack on his
lunch basket.

"Who was Jake Amens?" queried
one of the new sugar loading bunch.

"Oh! he was a hair-lipped Bo that
used to make the Sugar Factories ev-
ery year, a dyed-in-the-wool Sugar
Tramp. Last year he was heard to
make the remark that the Sugar Fac-
tories used to be pretty good places to
spend the winter, but that they had
now degenerated into regular Work
Houses. I wonder if we will ever see
him again?"

"You would never see me here again
either, mixing 'Con' in the Silo," said
George Luman, "if I could get Lip-
pitt's or Mendelson's job."

"What are they doing?" asked an-
other Sugar Tramp.

"By stretching my imagination I
can picture them unloading a few
schooners and inhaling onions and
limburger, in that moist climate of
Europe."

"Get off that Horse's Neck," said
Dutch Erdbreugger, "just imagine the
odor from the Pulp Silo to be that of
limburger and take on a little refresh-
ing warm city water for the moist
part (it's what you voted for). Be a
sport for the good of the coming gen-
eration. I'm going to get some hay
before the whistle blows."

"Talking about hay," remarked Heck
Luman, "do you remember young
Blevins, a country yap, that ran the
blow-ups for old Kirkem? Well, he
had heard the bunch talking about
getting in the hay so out he sneaks
to the barn and appropriates two big
seed sacks of Hi Timothy's cow hay
and spreads it out behind the blow-
ups. There Kirkem found him and
he was in the hay right. Back to his
station he was sent, a wiser boy, and
Kirkem took on a little hay himself
for the balance of the shift."

"Don't mention it," said Weary Will
Faulkner, "those were the happy days
that will never come again."

"How is the belt work coming
along?" asked McAlear of Harry Smith
as he perfumed the surrounding at-
mosphere with the aroma of his fa-
vorite flower, the big red onion.

"I'm working on the White Cross
Drive today and it sure is in bad
shape but I guess it will go through
all right."

"Oh, boy!" says Joe, "do you re-
member the time that belt broke when
Sam Mooney was still here and after
a record job of quick lacing there
wasn't enough help on the place to
get it back on. I sure would have
given a lot to have a picture of Sam
when Vic Malone came round the cor-
ner of the tank with a piece of the
belt about three feet long and the re-
quest that Sam give it to him for
shoe leather. 'No,' roared Sam, as he
hitched up his pants and pulled his
hat down over his eyes. Gosh but he
was sore."

"He couldn't have been any madder
than the time he made the bet with
you, Joe, for a pair of shoes to the
one having the first baby, and you
came along with twins. He sure did
balk when you put in your order for
the two pairs. Sort of a dirty trick
to pull on a fellow at that."

"Did you say pull stunts? Well, the
stuntiest stunt puller that has ever
been in these parts was Perry Sunder-
lund," said Stud, as he lazily threw
back his head and deposited half a
banana on the end of his tongue. "You
know Perry wanted to get the sugar
washed a little faster and he had it
all figured out that it could be done
by increasing the size of the holes in
the Spray Nozzles. Thereupon he vis-
ited the Super's office and requested
permission to use larger HOSE for
the washing of the sugar. Permission
being granted he proceeded to take all
the spray heads to the shop and re-
drill them with the size hole desired.
When the next shift arrived and no-
ticed the change in the size of holes
it was called to the attention of the
boss and Perry was called upon for

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an explanation. The conversation
went something as follows: 'Why Mr.
Peralta you gave me permission to
use the larger holes.' 'No I did not,
you asked me to use larger HOSE.'
'I never said HOSE, I said holes,'
'Yes, you did say HOSE," an so it
went hose — holes — hose — holes — hose."

At this point Joe dropped his lemon
pie and Hipps remarked, "Why don't
you eat it off the ground, it's cleaner
than your hands. You're sure going
to get your peck of dirt before you
kick out, that's a cinch."

"Seems to me you birds that nest
in the M. M's. office could get a little
Lava occasionally and celebrate wash
day every now and then," was the
next remark we picked up and it
brought forth an answer from Jack,
who passed the buck for all the dirt
to the Cashier's office that had charged
39 cakes of Lava soap to the Master
Mechanic's office at one lick to bal-
ance up their books. This charge had
led to an investigation and thereafter
the Lava consumption ceased to be an
item in the manufacture of Sugar.

"Well," remarked Jim Luman, "it
sure is plain to be seen by looking at

you birds that the soap was charged
to the place it should have been used."

"The only thing I ever took away
from here that belonged to the Com-
pany," said Joe, "was the grease on
my hands and that has been during
the last few months since our Lava
supply has been cut off. When they
did furnish it I don't believe the per
cent of Lava on Sugar ever ran very
high but I do know that the per cent
of Grease on Lava sure ran into six
figures."

"This Accounting Department sure
is a great game," remarked Floyd Per-
alta, "and I often wonder how our old
side-kick Cronin is getting along with
his set of books and his classification
problems. I'll bet they would have
been rare reading if he had started,
keeping them early in life while he
was acting as Horse Trainer, Steve-
dore, Wrangler, Shipping Clerk, Sugar
Boiler and so on up the ladder to the
present high pinnacle he has at last at-
tained."

"Say, what's the matter with that
guy on the whistle — he's a minute
ahead of time again. Must have had
a poor feed in his bucket this noon."

Intercampaign Accidents
This Year at New Low Mark

It is gratifying to be in a position to make the statement that thus
far during the present intercampaign the number of accidents suffered
by company employees is less than for any similar period in the Company's
history.

This result has been attained very largely through efficient work of
our safety committees. It was through the factory superintendents that
these organizations were brought into existence and that the committee
members were instructed how to spread the safety doctrine.

This was and is no easy task, as men lose their interest and enthu-
siasm on safety, after a time, and it requires constant and determined
effort to obtain results. It may be accepted as a fixed principle of safety
practice that only through organization can anything constructive be
accomplished.

The General Office officials are grateful and appreciative for the results
obtained. It not only means a saving in time lost but it means (less,
suffering among employees.

We are hopeful that the remaining months of the intercampaign will
continue to show splendid results along safety lines in the factories.

Let us all put forth renewed zeal and work to make the coming cam-
paign another record breaker. Individual as well as organized co-operation
will produce the desired result. — C. W. Haskell.

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Sugar Gossip Around the World

Being a Collection of Facts about the General Sugar Situation
of Importance to Every One in the Factory and Office

Sugar exports from the United
States in the fiscal year ending June
30 will probably exceed those of any
year in the history of our export trade.

The increase is one of the conse-
quences of the war, which materially
reduced beet sugar production in Eu-
rope and intensified the demand for
Cuban sugars, most of which are re-
fined in the United States.

Refined sugar exported from the
United States in 1914 was 50,000,000
pounds. In 1922 this seems likely to
approximate 1,750,000,000 pounds.

In connection with the reduced out-
put of European beet sugar it is in-
teresting to note that from 50 per
cent of the world's sugar production
in 1913-14, beet sugar declined to 22
per cent in 1919-20. It rose to 29 per
cent in 1920-21.

Cuba's output in the campaign now
drawing to a close will approximate
3,800,000 long tons. This is not as
much of a drop from the 3,936.040
tons produced in 1920-21 as authorities
earlier expected would result from the
economic crisis on the Island last year.

A very interesting sidelight on the
decline of beet sugar exports to Great
Britain since the opening of the war is
the present agitation against beet
sugar in John Bull's country. The
agitation is frankly led by British
cane refiners. With a high tariff and
bounty for protection of the infant
English beet industry, and for revenue
purposes, the interests back of the
cane industry in the British posses-
sions which have a preferential duty,
together with the other cane refiners
in Great Britain, do not particularly
fancy a hearty recovery in beet sugar
production. It is ludicrous to think
that they would attack the sugar which
before the war made up the bulk of the
sugar used in the British Isles. The
English housewife who formerly had a
prejudice against cane sugar is now
being regaled with the usual fallacious
arguments against beet sugar.

German writers generally agree that

it will be some years before Germany
reaches her pre-war beet sugar output.
The feeling on the Continent is that
Germany may be safely eliminated as
an exporting factor of any importance
for the next two years. Germany is
experiencing a real sugar shortage at
the present time. Thirty-four sugar
factories in Central Germany have
merged.

During the last month the sugar
market has strengthened. The unsold
Cuban crop appears to be in strong
hands. The Cuban sellers are asking
4.73 a pound at New York, including
1.60 duty, compared with 3.35, the low
point of the present campaign reached
on December 28, 1921. Refined has
shown a correspondingly strong tone.
On June 16. Cuban exports totaled 3,-
201,000 tons, including 2,035,000 tons
new crop sugar, compared with total
shipment of both old and new crop of
1,608,000 tons a year ago. The total
Cuban port stocks on that date were
1,045,000 tons, almost 400,000 tons
smaller than a year ago. Centrals are
steadily closing down, only about 20
being in operation.

With Europe largely dependent upon
Cuba for sugar until the new Euro-
pean beet crop comes into the market,
the Cubans expect to have small diffi-
culty disposing of most of the balance
of the present crop. Consumption in
the United States is at its peak, with
comparatively little beet sugar avail-
able now. This country also is ex-
pected to be a heavy buyer of Cuban
sugars for the next three months.

The sowing of beet roots in Germany
is estimated to be 361,740 hectares
against 336,205 hectares last year, an
increase of about 7.6 per cent. Ger-
many at present is importing sugar,
principally from Great Britain refin-
ers. The increase in plantings is 30
per cent in Prance, 19.75 per cent in
Poland and 15.15 per cent in Italy.
Czecho-Slovakia and Holland will show
a very slight decrease.

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How the Crop is
Coming on

Dry Conditions Reported from Some
Colorado Districts; Webworm Sit-
uation not Generally Alarming;
Wisdom of Early Planting
lin Proven

The semi-monthly report of crop con-
ditions, on June 15, contained some in-
teresting variations from normal.

It was seriously dry around the
"Horn" district in Colorado.

It was unusually wet in the Nebraska
and Billings territories.

Probably 66 per cent of the entire
Great Western acreage had been thin-
ned on that date. Colorado reported
69 per cent thinned, a lower percentage
than in 1921, while Nebraska with
about 65 per cent thinned was far
ahead of its 1921 thinning report for
June 15. Of course, the total acreage
thinned showed a falling off from last
year, but the amount of hand work
and its quality this season was con-
sidered very satisfactory in view of
conditions.

The late plantings in most of the
"Horn" district do not look very prom-
ising on account of the drouth. Some
loss in acreage has resulted therefrom,
especially in the Longmont district.
However, the Longmont agricultural
force has labored unceasingly to aid the
growers faced by difficult moisture con-
ditions. An unusually large acreage
had been irrigated in the Longmont
district by June 15. Mr. Wilson and
Mr. Barr and their field men are to be
congratulated on their efforts.

The sugar beet webworm had been
quite pleasurably absent from most dis-
tricts but in Nebraska, Sterling, Lovell
and Billings territories the worms were
threatening. Nebraska looked for an-
other hard fight with the pest. Billings
and Lovell also had a grasshopper vis-
itation.

June 1922 may prove to be one of|
the hottest Junes on record. At least
that is how the weather struck the
average person. This had its compen-

sations in the way of bringing down
needed irrigation water from the moun-
tains. However, more and heavier
rains in the hills will be needed to
insure an adequate late water supply
in portions of Great Western beet grow-
ing territory. Some of the canals were
far below normal up to the middle of
June. Reservoirs in northern Colorado
were far below the wanted levels. The
Eaton and Ault canals were running
one-half capacity. Windsor and Terry
reservoirs were not more than 60 per
cent full. The Greeley and Windsor
districts had a fair rain June 13 but
ditches in the Kersey, Peckham and
Gilcrest districts were not running
very much water. A severe hail struck
Greeley and Windsor territories on
May 29. The Greeley-Loveland ditch
south of the Poudre river, drawing
Thompson river water, is very short.

During the first 12 days of June, ac-
cording to Harvey Griffin, vegetation
in the Fort Collins district suffered
from heat and drouth more than in
any similar period for the last twenty
years. A hot wind on June 9 added to
the suffering of crops. Fort Collins
got some of the June 13 rainstorm,
and it relieved the strain considerably.
The rain also helped out the Loveland
district but most all ditches and lakes
in the Loveland territory are far short
of the desired water supply. The June
13th rain covered a third of the Long-
mont Factory's beet acreage but curi-
ously did not touch the district along
the Great Western Railroad which has
been particularly hard hit by the
drouth. The supply of some of the
canals in the Longmont territory was
helped by a small cloudburst above
Lyons on the night of the 13th.

Brighton reported the same short-
age of irrigation water and even Ster-
ling, which had a fair share of rainy
weather, was anxiously looking at a
low river and low reservoirs, and hop-
ing for early relief. Henry Giese's
district appeared to have rather fa-
vorable water conditions compared
with the balance of Colorado.

The outstanding comment in all of
the Colorado reports was that the
early planted beets are coming through
the dry spell in good shape. The tap
roots of the beets planted in April had
gone down to subsoil moisture before

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the drouth hit them. Beets planted
after the early spring showers had
not developed sufficiently long root
systems to reach the moisture reser-
voirs below the first nine or twelve
inches of dry surface soil. Unques-
tionably the growers in dry areas who
failed to plant early have learned a
lesson that will aid them in future
years, it is hoped.

When you come to Nebraska's crop
report and read about "ideal condi-
tions for cultivation and thinning,"
"ideal growing weather," "hand work-
ers doing good work," and you read
of copious rains it is a welcome change

from the parched taste in the Colo-
rado district. The territory Bayard-
east seems to be about the only por-
tion of Nebraska which is beginning
to suffer from lack of moisture.

John Maier looks optimistically
upon the Billings prospects, where
with the rainiest season in years he
is looking for an average tonnage
considerably higher than last year's.
Charlie Johnson says the beets in the
Lovell district look "very good."

All reports from the dry and hail-hit
areas agree that other crops than beets
are suffering more severely from the
unfavorable conditions.

Keep the Old Ship Sailin'

When the CO2 is bum, and the air line's sure red hot,

When the Kellys refuse to filter, and the water pump don't pump,

Then it takes a lot of peckin', to keep the old ship runnin.'

When Old Molly Prod is rotten, and the pulp is runnin' hi,
When the sugar looks like cotton, and juice is the color of rye,
Then it takes a lot of crust to keep the old ship runnin'.

When the line shaft bearing's runnin' hot, and the carbs are plumb down,
When the beet elevator is stuck, and the District Staff is roun',
Then it takes a lot of manipulation to keep the old ship runnin'.

When the coal is half drippage, and the steam pressure is low,
When the Evaps are slowly slipping, and the Dryer refuses to go,
Then it takes a lot of pushin' to keep the old ship runnin'.

When the Super's on the peck, and the Master Mechanic too,
When the floors look like heck, and results are lookin' blue,
Then it takes a lot of nerve to keep the old ship runnin'.

But when you hear the beet scales clickin', to a good old steady tune,
And the rhythm of the sugar machines is like a bird's song in June,
Then you hang upon the railin', with a smile upon your face,
For you know blamed well, old Buddy, that the old ship sure is sailin'.

—By R. H. Meyers,
Assistant Superintendent, Gering Factory j

A Typical Public Servant

Weary Willy was snoozing out in the
field when the farmer woke him with
the question: "Are you a tramp."

"No, sir," said W. W. "I'm merely
a statesman wot fell asleep with his
ear to the ground."

Bulgaria, which had only one beet
sugar factory in 1912, now has five.

The Sugar Press

Come On You Sucrose Poets

After making certain again that the printer-man didn't set this
heading "You Sucrose Poet Come-Ons," we lift from the Gering notes
of the Cronin and Claycomb Publishing House the following:

A glance through the files of The Press reveals the startling
fact that almost every plant and organization of The Great Western
is blessed, or vice versa, with a poet. (Why the vice crusade, Tom
and Bill?) Would we be overstepping the bounds of propriety, they
ask, to suggest a contest to establish the Poet Laureate of the outfit
and meanwhile

Let Byron's voice be heard no more!

Rest, Longellow, in thy silent tomb!
Let Shakespeare get behind the door

And give the sucrose .poets room!

Roderick McDonald
Marries

A wedding of more than passing in-
terest in sugar circles was solemnized
in Gering on the evening of June 8,
when Roderick McDonald and Miss
Francis Lawrence were married by the
Rev. C. K. Weller, rector of St. Tim-
othy's Episcopal church. Mr. McDonald
was an esteemed member of the Gwesco
family for years, having started the
honorable career of a sugar tramp at
Longmont some twelve years ago as
beet clerk, thence to Sterling as assist-
ant bookkeeper, and later to Scottsbluff
as chief accountant.

He came to Gering as cashier and
associate editor of The Press in the fall
of 1916, where he remained until last
March, when he resigned to accept the
position of cashier of the First Na-
tional Bank of this city. Mrs. McDon-

There were white sox and blac
Polka dot and checker block of
Tangerine and turquoise, orch
Domestic sox and foreign sox

There were striped sox and cirj
Arctic sox and wading sox, an
Silk sox and cotton sox — one p
Was labeled "For nursery servi

aid was the popular principal of the
Lincoln ward school and a, general fav-
orite with all.

After a short honeymoon spent in
Colorado, the happy couple will make
their home in Gering in the neat little
bungalow recently completed by the
groom. A host of friends join in wish-
ing Mr. and Mrs. McDonald all the
riches of happiness and all the victories
of life.

Just a few days prior to Mr. Mc-
Donald's debut into the realm of bene-
dictism, say the well-known Gering
noteers, a sock shower was tendered
him at the home of R. H. Myers, and
oh, Percy, page Chauncey! Such an
array of socks, such a wonderful blend-
ing of colors, a blending that in com-
parison would make Joseph's coat look
dull, make the brilliance of the rain-
bow look like the glow from the lamp
of a lightning bug in the glare of the
noonday sun.

The Sugar Press

When Water is Trumps
Pass!

It appears that the story of the trav-
els of the good ship Der Prosit, related
in the last Sugar Press, met with a
most unsympathetic response in cer-
tain quarters. Objection was made
against devoting so much space to
water. In another one or two genera-
tions only water will be known, good
fellows, and the use of historic bever-
ages of greater potency will not even
be remembered. The works of litera-
ture will need be rewritten by a Vol-
. steadian censor and even the Holy
Bible's tale of Cana's feast will have
to be changed for a spiritless age.

"When Christ at Cana's feast by
power divine inspir'd cold water with
the warmth of wine" will need a glos-
sary. The dictionary of dead languages
will explain what meant the poet who
sang:
"John Barleycorn was a hero bold,

Of noble enterprise,
For if you do but taste his blood,

'Twill make your courage rise,
'Twill make a man forget his woe;

'Twill heighten all his joy."

We received an adaptation of certain
portions of Der Prosit's story from
two connoisseurs (pronounced corner-
sewers) in Nebraska:

"Shortly after clearing the harbor,
it became evident that the crew must

stand by the pumps. Several times
another 'pint' on board would have
sent us both to join Davy Jones. (Pint,
where art thou? Death, where is thy
sting?)

"When our colors were swept away at
the outset, we rather lost heart. Sail-
ors, you know, are very superstitious.
Yes, I know that a good Admiral should
go down with his flag, but as neither
of us claimed that title, and having
no desire to be converted into carp or
pike, we proceeded flagless as a tramp
bark.

"When we dropped anchor in Ster-
ling on that June evening in 'noughty
nine,' and I set my pinkies safe on old
terra firma again, I made a solemn vow
that I WAS OFF WATER FOR LIFE,
and (pausing for a moment) would
have made the vow stick had the Vol-
stead Act never been legislated.

"Gentlemen, do you realize what 25,-
000 second feet of water is?" (Being
sugar tramps, we had to pass for when-
ever water is trumps, we just ante and
pass the buck.) Admitting that we did
not know there was that much water in
the world, with our system thrown in,
he continued, "Well, it's a lot of water,
and that voyage made land lubbers for
life of Royden K. and myself. NEVER
A-GINN!"

Son of Former
G. W. Engineer Drowns

The loss of a son by drowning has
sorrowed the home of R. M. Parsons,
formerly of our engineering depart-
ment.

Ralph Milo Parsons, Jr., age 12 years,
was drowned in Washington Park lake,
Monday, June 12. Mrs. Parsons un-
derwent the ordeal of identifying the
corpse at the morgue.

The sorrow of the parents is light-
ened, if possible, by the memory of
Ralph, Jr., as a splendid little man
who while he lived gave them happi-
ness and a rightful pride. He was a
bright, manly and handsome boy of
much promise. The family's grief is
shared by their many friends among
Great Western men and women.

At the Grade Crossing

The shades of night were falling fast,
The fool stepped on 'er and rushed past.
A crash — he died without a sound;
They opened up his nead and found
Excelsior.

Hi Cost of Law

"Why did you commit a second theft
after you were acquitted?"

"I had to pay my lawyer, your hon-
or."

Sounds Unlikely

"If you earned as much money as the
Browns, we might have an auto."

"You mean if I got as much as
Brown. I earn more."

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The Great Western Cook Book

Being the Tested Recipes of Wives of Great Western Men and

Attested by the Latter to have a Satisfying Factor of 100 Per Cent.

Additional Recipes, in which Sugar Enters Noticeably, Will be

Welcomed by the Editor of The Sugar Press, Sugar Building,

Denver, Colo., from Wives of Great Western Men

Throughout the Organization

Orange and Mint Jelly.

6 oranges.

1 cup chopped mint.

Juice of l lemon.

Sugar.

Green vegetable coloring.

With a sharp knife remove every
particle of the outside thin yellow-
rind from the oranges, leaving as much
of the white part as possible. Slice
the oranges or put them through the
food chopper. Add the juice of one
lemon and two cups of water. Bring
to boiling point and boil five minutes.
Allow it to stand over night and in
the morning add the mint and four
cups of water. Bring to the boiling
point and boil ten minutes. Drain in
a thin sterilized bag. Boil the ex-
tracted juice five minutes. Measure.
Add an equal quantity of sugar. Boii
until it jells. Tint a delicate green
with vegetable coloring.

— Mrs. Geo. W. Rienks.

Peach Conserve.
Peel and slice three pounds of
peaches to which add three pounds of
Great Western sugar and three oranges
cut in small pieces. Add the grated
rind of one orange and one-half pound
of sultana raisins. Let stand over-
night and then cook until thick. Add
one-half pound of English walnuts just
before removing from fire. Can and
seal. — Mrs. C. F. Consign]/.

Fudge Icing.

1 scant square and a half chocolate,
grated.

1 cup sweet milk.

Put chocolate and milk on stove un-
til it becomes a paste.

Add 1 cup Great Western white
sugar and 1 cup brown sugar.

1 tablespoon butter.

Try in water.

Beat. —Mrs. V. H. Babbitt.

Lemon Pie.
Mix together one scant cup of Great
Western sugar and two tablespoons of
flour, to which add one cup of boiling
water and stir until smooth. Beat
together the yolks of three eggs and
the white of one and add to the above.
Then add the grated rind and juice of
one lemon and cook in a double boiler
until thick, stirring constantly. Put
cooked mixture into a rich baked crust.
Beat the whites of two eggs to which
add three tablespoons of sugar. Spread
meringue over top of cooked mixture
and place in oven to brown.

— Mrs. C. F. Consigny.

DeviVs Food.
y2 cup butter and 1 cup sugar,
creamed together.

2 squares chocolate, melted over hot
water.

l1/^ cups flour, sifted three or four
times.

1 teaspoon baking powder, rounding.
1 cup sweet milk.

3 eggs, beaten separately.

Put yolks in the butter and sugar.
Mix.

1 teaspoon vanilla.
Fold in beaten white of eggs last.
—Mrs. V. H. Babbitt.

Preserving a Husband.

Be careful in your selection. Do not
choose too young, and take only such
varieties as have been reared in a good
moral atmosphere. When once decided
upon and selected let that part re-
main forever settled, and give your
entire thought to preparation for do-
mestic use.

Some insist on keeping them in a
pickle, while others are constantly
getting them into hot water. Even
poor varieties may be made sweet, ten-
der and good by garnishing them with

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patience, well sweetened with smiles
and flavored with kisses.

Then wrap well in a mantle of char-
ity, keep warm with a steady fire of
domestic devotion and serve with
peaches and cream. When thus pre-
pared they will keep for years

— L. D. R.

Not So in Montana

"I hear Wetmore has called in three
doctors. Is he that sick?"

"Just about. There's a legal limit
to the amount one doctor may pre-
scribe."

What a Relief

"I found a letter in a woman's hand-
writing in your pocket" she began ang-
rily.

"Why-where-why — I didn't know —
did you open it?" he asked in confusion.

"No. It is the one I gave you yes-
terday to mail."

O, Mary

Johnny had a girl,

Her name was Mary Cutter.
He called her Oleomargarine

For he had no other but her.

First Fish Picture-Reel Arrives

Well, Associate Editors, I
had begun to believe we didn't
have fishing sugar tramps
any more. But finally came
these two pictures which we
offer as Exhibit A. Loveland
says Spot Miller has exhib-
ited this picture of "29 trout
spread out on a cigarette pa-
per," for the last four years.
But Spot, we think they're
jealous. Lloyd Garber and Ernest Durnin, left and right respectively, are the
first Nebraskans to get into The Press fishing columns this summer. They're
holding their catch made at the Pathfinder dam.

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Montana Poison Mixing Bee

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Montana's got her mad up about these grasshoppers this year. The State
has prospects for the best crops in five or six years. Why let the hoppers spoil
the hope of getting out of a deep and bad hole?

So they are treating the hoppers pretty rough. Poisoned bait is being spread
for the pests. And to make the poison palatable beet molasses is being mixed
with the other ingredients of the deadly dish.

Here is a picture of the Montanans mixing the grasshopper poison. The
scene of the mixing bee is the auditorium at the Midland Empire Fair Grounds
in Billings. We are mighty glad to get rid of the grasshoppers and of the
molasses, too. As much as 400 tons of the molasses may be used before the open
season for hoppers is over.

Charlie Ridley says this is only one of the many mixing bees now in progress
in Montana. For a ton of mixture about 450 pounds of molasses is required.

Newcomers in the General Office

Portia. Sir, you are very welcome to our house.
It must appear in other ways than words,
Therefore, I scant this breathing courtesy.

We take great pleasure in extend-
ing a welcome to a number of factory
office men who have joined the Gen-
eral Office auditing staff as a result
of the recent changes in Mr. Saun-
ders' department. The newcomers are:

A. M. Robb of Longmont.

A. S. Gow of Eaton.

F. G. Moon of Ft. Collins.

J. V. Betts of Sterling.

A. E. Markland of Ft. Morgan.

D. Sigwing of Windsor.

L. B. Reed of Ft. Collins.

With the exception of Mr. Reed all
these gentlemen are associated with
Mr. Consigny, who with his staff now
share with the engineers the sixth

floor drafting room. The "Hinden-
burg line" between the two groups is
very sharply defined and closely ob-
served because everyone is busy these
days. Mr. Reed is associated with Mr.
Kisler in the well known "back office"
of the Auditing Department on the
fifth floor. John G. will have his pick
of an additional contingent coming
later from the Nebraska and Montana
districts.

Robb has had his share of moving
during the nine years he has served
with the Company. He has been in the
Brush, Gering and Longmont offices
besides holding the position of Cashier
at Johnstown when an office was

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maintained there. Allan claims no
one can rob(b) him of moving laurels.

Gow isn't much of a traveler except
with a pen. His record includes the
Longmont, Loveland and Eaton offices.
Andy Tinn at Eaton is inconsolable
because he has not only lost Ambrose
but Mrs. Gow, too, and it is said Mrs.
Gow is some beet clerk.

Moon also has seen the inside of
several of our offices and runs Robb a
close second in this respect. But,
then, ft is no trick for Francis to move.
All he has to do is pack a bathrobe
and a clean collar and he is on his
way. He has served in the Scottsbluff,
Brush, Loveland and Ft. Collins offices
besides having enjoyed the distinction
of being the only general bookkeeper
appointed at Johnstown.

"Jimmy" Betts has been a Sterling
man first, last and all the time. But
how he is enjoying Denver! He bets
you it is some place, especially the
Y. W. C. A. cafeteria across the street.

Mr. Markland has served at Greeley
and Ft. Morgan, but we believe he
secretly regrets old Ft. Morgan. How-
ever, Markland is now living with his
mother-in-law and that is a privilege
in addition to living in sunny Colo-
rado.

"Dell" Sigwing knows the Loveland
and Windsor offices very well indeed,
but doesn't care overly much for Den-
ver apartments. He bids fair to re-
gain his speed and skill on an "Un-
derwood" and cut the combs off some
of our fair stenos.

Reed can converse at length on the
Windsor and Ft. Collins offices and
tell something of real estate in the
latter town. By this time he and
Walter Pytlinsky are pretty well read
up on side records.

Some of the married boys are not
yet settled but we hope they will find
comfortable living places. We wish
all the newcomers a happy domicile
in our midst.

She is so Spoony

"Did you read about the girl who
swallowed her teaspoon?"
"No; what happened to her?"
"Nothing, except that she can't stir."

Brighton's "Civic Center"

The Brighton Factory lawn may not
be all that could be desired, but there's
a little beauty spot between the mill
entrance and the timekeeper's gate
that is pretty enough to affect the
most hardened of us. This spot has
been dubbed by the Brighton boys "our
civic center." It is a hedged bower of
flowers of varieties that would make
a Mendelson pause to name them.

The lawn is receiving the attention
of landscape gardeners Harbeck, John-
son, Miller, Houston, et al. They are
getting some practical lessons in irri-
gation. It will take time to wipe out
the effects of the "prairie fire" which
swept the retrenched lawn's heavy
crop of blue grass.

On Opening
Sugar Bags

We have once before printed a recipe
for opening sugar bags without loss
of temper. Now we print another sim-
ple set of directions, hoping it will
adorn every reader's kitchen wall or
memory. We do not guarantee that
this will do the trick unless you get
the correct end of the thread, which
the author of this recipe says he can
not tell clearly himself.

Face the chain part of the stitch.
Cut the threads of the left-hand side
close to the burlap or cotton, and pull
the ends.

He Knew 'Em

"Do you know any of the jury?"
Witness — "Yes, I know more than
half of them. In fact, I'm willing to
swear I know more than all of them
put together."

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The Sugar Beet Cycle

Its Significance in a community like Fort Collins, where
4,000 or more persons obtained employment from the crop.
Some oft-forgotten old principles are summed up in this article.

By D. J. Roach
Manager at Fort Collins and Windsor

As we speed our way over the high-
ways and note the many fields of sugar
beets, few of us realize or appreciate
the world's service represented in these
fields. To the man of artistic sense,
a field of beets in its symmetry of
form and vigor of growth, represents
a thing of beauty. To one of botanical
inclinations, it represents the triumph
of botanical science, for by the science
of plant breeding through many years
the wild beet of the Mediterranean
Coast, a small plant of from 5 to 6
per cent sugar, has been bred up to the
large plant of today with a sugar con-
tent of from 15 to 16 per cent sugar.
To the materialist, such as the farmer
or beet laborer, the fields of beets rep-
resent a great deal of hard, exhausting
and arduous work. Much of the ro-
mance and the world's service is hid-
den except to those of imagination who
can see the entire cycle of the sugar
beet industry from beet seed to the
sugar bowl and lamb chops of our
breakfast table. Let us in our imagina-
tion see the entire cycle.

In 1918 either in Northern Colorado
or Eastern Germany some well selected
beet seed was planted in the early
spring. The crop was carefully tended
and in the fall the beets were dug and
placed in cellars or earthen silos
where they were kept moist and pro-
tected from frost. During the winter
or early in the spring of 1919 these
beets, called mother beets, were sorted
and each beet analyzed to determine
its sugar content. Only those beets of
proper formation and sugar content
were saved. As soon as the danger of
frost was over these chosen beets were
set out by hand in properly prepared
fields and carefully tended. They soon
began to send out seed stalks which
by August were ripe and ready to be
cut. The seed was cut by hand, shocked,
allowed to dry and then threshed. This
resulting seed became what is known

as pure bred tested seed. It is from
this seed that the commercial beet seed
is grown.

In 1920 some of this pure bred seed
was planted, the crop carefully culti-
vated and the beets in the fall har-
vested and placed in moist earthen
silos. In the spring they were removed
from the silos, planted by hand and
carefully tended until by August the
seed stalks sent out were ripe and
ready to cut. The seed was cut, dried,
threshed, cleaned, sacked and shipped
to the factory warehouses ready for de-
livery to the farmer.

The commercial seed raised as given
above was delivered to the farmer in
the spring of 1922, planted in well pre-
pared seed beds and by the spring
rains and spring warmth, they sprouted
and the young plants were produced.
These young plants, however, were too
close together to produce a commercial
crop and they had to be thinned out
and herein enters that very important
and often little appreciated part of the
beet sugar industry, the humble beet
worker. We see our great beet fields,
our fine factories, and fine flock of fat-
tened sheep and we are proud of their
fineness and magnitude, but we some-
times forget the beet worker who by
his hard labor and conscientious work
has made possible the beet field, the
factory and the fattened flock of sheep.

The beets are harvested, topped,
hauled to the receiving stations or
dumps and shipped to the factory. At
the factory through many processes
there is finally produced three pro-
ducts: white and pure granulated sug-
ar, a food product ready to be con-
verted into candies, jellies, ice cream
and preserves, for the strength and
pleasure of thousands of people; and
pulp and molasses, capable by means
of sheep or steer of being converted
into a second great human food pro-
duct, namely, meat.

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Many thousands of people have been
engaged in the production of these
human foods, granulated sugar and
meat, resulting from the sugar beet.
"For five years men have labored in
field, in laboratory and mill, in mines
and quarries, on railroads and in many
other places finally to bring forth this
product of human food.

Having seen some of the romance
of the beet sugar industry, let us look
at it a bit from the realistic or mater-
ialistic standpoint. How large is it and
what does it mean to a community like
Fort Collins?

During the year 1921 a total of 17,-
916 acres of beets were raised in the
Fort Collins territory from which was
harvested 213,456 tons of beets. This
quantity of beets required 5,452 carst
to haul it to the Fort Collins factory,
which number of cars, placed in one
train, would compel the conductor to
travel 42 miles to talk to his engineer.
Over 850 farmers grew these beets, ap-
proximately 2,000 field workers did the
hand work and it required over 700
men to receive them and manufacture
the sugar therefrom. In addition to
this, there were enough beet tops and
pulp produced to feed, together with
alfalfa, 10,000 head of cattle or 100,000
head of lambs. This meant that the
beet sugar industry in Fort Collins was
responsible for part time employment
of probably at least 4,000 people. The
actual distribution of money in the
Fort Collins community to farmers and
local labor was over $1,660,000. Much
additional money was paid outsiders
for materials and freight.

Particularly fortunate is that farm-
ing territory which is favorably situ-
ated for growing sugar beets.

"Bob" Miller Asks
an Anglish Query

R. G. (Bob) Miller, former Gering
Superintendent, was a welcome caller
there in June en route to Billings
where he plays a rather protracted en-
gagement in the famous drama called
"Junk," which has made such a tre-
mendous hit all around the "Horn."
This is the same Bob that attained
great fame in fishing circles as the per-
fector of the world renowned "wiggle
hackle."

While at Gering, our faithful asso-
ciate editors Cronin and Claycomb re-
ported, Bob propounded a question
which they were unable to answer but
solutions for which will be welcomed
in the columns of The Sugar Press.
Here is the question:

Was an angle worm called an angle
worm because the angler used the angle
worm for angling, or was an angler
called an angler because of the fact
that the angle worm was used by the
angler? In other words, who came
first, the angler or the angle worm?
Address all answers through the col-
umns of The Press to Mr. Miller.

Why—

should 70 per cent of the acci-
dents in Great Western factories
be due to carelessness?

Granting that 10 per cent care-
lessness is to be expected from
the "human equation," the nat-
ural imperfection of mankind,
why the other 60 per cent?

Why should the industry be
forced to carry the burden of this
60 per cent of the careless acci-
dents?

When has carelessness come
to be something worth paying
for?

Why should it not be regarded
as a disgrace, an evidence of in-
efficiency, for a man to be in-
jured through his own inexcuse-
able carelessness?

It would look like self-interest,
that fundamental instinct for
self-preservation which is said to
be in every one of us, would cut
down the number of accidents
due to carelessness.

If it is commendable for a man
to take extreme care with the
property of others, why does that
man treat his life and limb care-
lessly?

The answers to these questions
are up to all of us.

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DENVER

OLGA SCHMITZ AND EVA MAE
JOLLY,

A. G. Koch is back in the Engineer-
ing Department again.

W. A. Mitchell and Bailey Hutchins
were pilots of the latter's "grand old
Studebaker" when it had to be towed
into Lafayette on a hot, dusty day in
June. "Mitch" is going to be awful
busy when Bailey asks him to go along
next time.

S. J. Osborn, general chemist, has
been quite ill from tonsilitis and kin-
dred ailments. We fear that when he
is able to resume his desk he will
have lost considerable of his embon-
point. ■

G. R. Reynolds has bought some-
thing. Looks like Mr. Falke's historic
Franklin. But it's a dandy bus, for
the $1,500 Reynolds paid.

J. G. Kisler is driving a new Dodge.
Elsie Keenan has a new Chalmers and
Nellie Metcalf will get her new Dodge
soon.

The "bunch" at the General Office
have been on some great parties re-
cently. June 15, two machine loads
motored up to Deer Creek and en-
joyed a wienie roast. Peggy Mohan
lost something up there. Ask her.
The party consisted of the Misses Kee-
nan, Metcalf, Meyer, Evans, Henry,
O'Brien, Parker, Schneringer, Schmitz,
Jolly, Browne and Mohan.

On the afternoon of June 3, Mrs.
Victor Oughten of Erie, Colo., enter-
tained at a beautiful luncheon for the
Misses George, Demeter, O'Brien, Mal-
colm, Harris, Jolly, Wittenberger,
Erickson, Schmitz and Baxter.

The great, big exciting, affair, how-
ever, was a house party for the girls
of the stenographic department, at
Eldorado Springs, June 17-18. Mys-
terious lights were flashed on the
scene in the wee sma' hours. Doors
were barricaded. Muriel Harris and

Judy Demeter scared the mysterious
intruding flashlights away. Judy
and Dorothy fell in the creek. Jolly
was nearly buried in a rock slide.
Jennie suffered a terrible loss, really
too terrible to relate here. Maybe she
will tell — other girls.

Fred Simon of the Pattern Shop is
recuperating at the Fitzsimons army
hospital.

New men in the Purchasing Depart-
ment are C. P. Cornell, formerly of
Fort Collins, and George Ford, dancer,
vamp, poet, actor and office boy.

Mrs. Elizabeth Patton, formerly
Elizabeth Duncan, visited us.

J. C. Jenkins, formerly of the Au-
diting Department, has moved from
Colorado Springs to Spokane. He has
a new daughter named Barbara Dell.

Vacationers at press time were: W.
T. Harrison, California; F. H. Ricker,
Granby, Colo.; H. W. Dahlberg, Ward,
Colo.; Ed Wallace, Estes Park; Harvey
Burris, Missouri; W. H. Falke and
M. J. Conway, Atlantic City; L. W.
Eaton, with Shriners at San Fran-
cisco; Peggy Mohan, 'round-about-
Denver; J. R. Wood, Pueblo; Frances
Crain, at home, and C. C. Hopkins,
city park and civic center.

J. F. Charnock, assistant manager of
the Hershey Manufacturing Company,
inspected some of the Great West-
ern Factories in the company of Mr.
Rienks.

Earl Mason of Loveland, who came
to the General Office with the changes
in the accounting department, has ac-
cepted a position with the Cananea
Consolidated Copper Co., at Cananea,
Sonora, Mex.

WINDSOR

JOHN H. LEESEMAN,
Associate Editor

Horace Ewing, Jr., 9-months-old
child of H. B. Ewing, Assistant Super-
intendent, died May 27. Mr. and Mrs.

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Ewing have the sincere sympathy of
all Great Western Sugar Company em-
ployees.

William Evans, formerly timekeeper,
resented being laid off during the re-
cent change of personnel at the local
office to such an extent that he has
taken to drugs. Will was always well
liked and has many friends who are
glad to see him taking to drugs, be-
cause he has purchased an interest in
what was formerly the Scholtz Mutual
drug store of this place. The new
firm is known as Gallagher and Evans.
Mr. Gallagher, until the purchase was
made, was the local manager for the
Scholtz Mutual. Sugar tramps are
wishing Will all the success in the
world in his new undertaking.

Wm. M. Barber has purchased a
new Buick Six, after all the automo-
bile agencies in Weld County demon-
strated their wares to him.

Almost all local sugar tramps have
"partook" of the finny tribe so far.
Those that have not are seriously con-
templating going fishing some time
soon.

Theo Sorenson, sugar boiler, who
has been out shearing sheep, was
brought home Sunday, June 18, with a
severe attack of typhoid fever. This
being the third attack, it is going
rather hard with Mr. Sorenson. He
has the sympathy of the entire bunch
and our wishes for a speedy recovery.

H. B. Ewing, after being out of
quarantine for three days, went home
from work one evening to find that
he had been quarantined again, his
eldest daughter having contracted
scarlet fever, after the entire house
had been fumigated.

Mutt Ewing is now working on the
Company farm looking after the gang
that is weeding and thinning the
stecklings, mother beets and the com-
mercial beets.

Work in the mill is nretty well on
the way to the finish. We are up with
the work so that we hope it will not
be necessary to put in over time to
get ready for the campaign.

"Say, what's the idea of eating lunch
on Company time?"

"Why not? I got hungry on Com-
pany time, didn't I?"

FORT COLLINS m

W. L. GREEN and BYRON ALBERT,
Associate Editors

The drouth, which was "becoming
serious, was broken on the night of
June 13 by a rainfall of about one
inch. The west section of the Fort
Collins territory was visited by a
heavy hail storm which injured beets
to some extent, but more particularly
alfalfa, grain and fruit.

E. A. Franklin spent a few days
at Colorado Springs where he attended
the wedding of his son Walter to Miss
Mary Ellen Price of Cripple Creek.

As usual Ed Williams got a good
catch of trout the first of the season
at Black Mountain on the Poudre
River.

Ferd. Klingenberg, Ed. Heumes-
ser and E. A. Franklin were on the
Poudre the first day of the fishing
season and reported good catches.

A. N. Bennett was down from the
Murke, Wyoming, quarries during the
month.

We all thought that the fishing sea-
son would cure "Heinie" Heumesser's
rheumatism, but it didn't, as he is
still undergoing various treatments to
obtain relief.

O. M. Cummer, the superintendent
that made Brush famous, paid us a
visit recently.

On June 14 Byron Rooker suffered
an acute attack of appendicitis, hav-
ing to be taken from work to a hos-
pital /where an operation was (per-
formed. The last report of his condi-
tion was that he was getting along
nicely.

In the transfer of part of the ac-
counting to the General Office, L. B.
Reed, General Bookkeeper, and F. G.
Moon, Assistant Bookkeeper, were
transferred to Denver to help on the
work there.

Everett Colpitts leaves on July 5th
for Atlantic City, where he goes as
delegate from the local Elks Lodge,
to represent them at the convention
of the Grand Lodge of Elks.

Ferd. Klingenberg spent part of
his vacation at Grand Island, Nebras-
ka. He had his golf clubs with him
when he left, so we may hear of a
new champion in the valley of the
Platte.

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LOVELAND

R. HENDERSON and V. V. HARTMAN,

Associate Editors

Paul Hermetet, Steffen foreman, has
gone to California for a three months'
vacation. Paul hopes after a change
of climate and a rest he will again be
fit for another campaign.

Our district has been unfortunate in
receiving two hail storms in the past
month. Very little harm was done to
the beets but other crops suffered con-
siderably. As welcome as moisture is
we would prefer not to have it in
chunks.

Mr. Nugent has traded in his home
in town for the Warner farm on the
Estes Park Road, and has already be-
come a suburbanite, as he gets all the
crops and equipment with the place.
If Mr. Nusent's qualifications as an
agriculturalist equal his mechanical
ability the Nugent ranch will be heard
from in the future. He is certainly
to be congratulated on the good judg-
ment he displayed in selecting his pres-
ent location.

C. L. Castleton is making a record
as a competent hotel keeper up at
the Forks. The excellence of his meals
is being talked of far and wide. "Cas"
is a genial host. Call and see him,
boys.

After years of pleading and begging
for additional power it looks as though
our hopes will be realized this coming
Campaign. Messrs. Mooney and Nu-
gent are enthused over pur addition
and no doubt our present engines will
not be so heavily overloaded. With
our additional power even the most
optimistic hesitate to predict our
future slicing average. We have se-
cured LonnmonV s old shop engine to
drive our battery supply pump.

Charlie Angove has been running
his passenger service by freight for
the past week, on account of a broken
crank shaft on the motor car, but is
about ready to resume the regular
schedule again.

Among those at present on our sick
list are Foreman Eddie Catlett and
John Peak. Beltman Barnes is suf-
fering with serious injuries incurred
in a motorcycle accident on the Gree-

ley road. All are doing as well as
could be expected.

Mr. Mooney writes from Los An-
geles that he has taken in Hollywood
and survived. He and Mrs. Mooney
have been in congenial company out
there (I don't mean at Hollywood),
and are enjoying their vacation to the
limit.

Pinky Grimes is off to the races
in Omaha. We await with pleasure
hearing of some of his thrilling ex-
periences.

Fishing on the Thompson river this
year is better than usual and many
good catches are reported. When Bill
Ruelketter can catch them there is
hopes for everyone.

Contractor Dreher of Denver is mak-
ing excellent progress with the paving
of Loveland's streets, and at the pres-
ent rate of progress will have the
job completed by July 1st.

Earl Mason of the Office has ac-
cepted a responsible position with a
firm in old Mexico. Except for his
departure Loveland's population so far
remains intact.

LONGMONT

MISS CORA L. McGREW and FRED
WARNER, Associate Editors

The extreme heat of the past week
has conjured up vacation dreams, and
plans are being made for trips here
and there when the longed for vaca-
tion time arrives. Resorts where fish-
ing is supposed to be good are the,
most attractive to men, while their
wives' wishes in the matter appar-
ently do not count (to hear the men
talk). Mr. Scott, Chief Chemist, has
used up a week of his vacation, visit-
ing with "the old folks" at Ft. Mor-
gan. Fred Warner is contemplating
taking a week of his vacation com-
mencing June 20th to pursue the
"phinny phish" in North Park.

Chas. Cheeseman, who has been as-
sistant storekeeper at this factory for
the past year and a half, has been
transferred to Brush as Store Keeper.
The best wishes of his factory asso-
ciates go with him.

J. B. Hitt, Cashier, went to Los An-

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geles as a Rotary Delegate from the
local Club June 1st, and while there
received the sad news of his mother's
death, and went on to San Francisco
to the funeral.

C. N. Crozier, who was store keeper
at Missoula and who enlisted for the
war from that point, was recently re-
newing acquaintance with the Missoula
factory people who are now at Long-
mont. On returning from the war
Mr. Crozier went to Rawlins, Wyoming,
but is now located in Greeley, and
says he is mighty glad to be back in
Colorado again.

A. M. Robb, head book keeper at
this factory, has been transferred to
the Denver office, much to our regret,
as he and his wife were general fa-
vorites both with the factory and town
people. So few of us now remain in
the office that it seems very lonesome
when we have time to think about it.

Mrs. Leola Wilcox, telephone oper-
ator, was laid off last month, and is
much missed on account of her oblig-
ing and accommodating ways. Hav-
ing worked for the Telephone Com-
pany here for several years, and be-
ing such an excellent operator, she
was immediately hired by them, but
we are hoping we will be lucky enough
to get her back when beet harvest be-
gins.

Latest Thing in Fish Stories.

Gordon English, fieldman and farm
foreman, exoects to pav for the block-
ing, and thinning of the beets on the
Company farm from the money he ex-
pects to get for the sacks and sacks
of fish the kids picked off of the Com-
pany beet field just north of the fac-
tory after the irrigating water was
turned in from the Oligarchy ditch.
He would be able to pay for all of the
hand work from the money, but for
the reason that the fish were carp. It
is a fact, vouched for bv all of the
office force who viewed the wonderful
sight, that the fish were so thick they
clogged the rows and flooded the field,
until the hilarious youngsters waded
around and gathered them into gunny
sacks. If they had been trout we
would have all been wading after
them.

BRIGHTON

Auditor Saunders, accompanied by
Mr. *Bachman, Auditor for the Amal-
gamated Sugar Company, paid us a
short visit recently.

Bruce Petrikin spent the week-end
in Estes Park in company with W. L.
Petrikin and daughter, Miss Mary.

Joe Slaby has returned from Califor-
nia, where he spent his vacation with
Mrs. Slaby and his daughter.

We've shipped our books, half our
desks, and several high-chairs to the
Denver office.

Mr. Tegnell, who has been with the
Great Western for about fifteen years,
has resigned to assume the position
of Assistant Cashier and Bookkeeper
with the Independent Sugar Corpora-
tion at Ft. Lupton.

Joe Slaby was in charge of a labor
shipment from Wichita Falls, Texas,
to Billings, Mont.

C. A. Rockwell made a flying trip
to Texas recently, where he assumed
charge of a labor shipment bound for
Denver.

On account of the resignation of
Louis Brashear, head carpenter, Algy
Hight has been appointed to fill the
vacancy. Mr. Brashear has accepted
a position as Superintendent with the
C. S. Lambie Construction Company.

C. W. Scotland dropped into town
today and announced that a new
daughter has arrived at his home.

"Jim" Hume, who for the past fort-
night has been carrying a long face,
seems much more cheerful now that
Paul Hill has returned from Chicago.
The billiard tournament is again in
full swing. Paul says that the trip
to Chicago improved his billiard game
considerably, to say nothing of his
visit in Omaha, where he got one of
those famous South Omaha hair cuts.

STERLING

G. W. ATKINSON AND G. W. SPEER,
Associate Editors.

We were all too busy last month to
speak up and express ourselves in the
last Sugar Press. (Editor's Note:
Nix! Nix!!)

That is the reason for neglecting
to mention that Mr. Litty has a new

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boy at his house. This fine little fel-
low is now about six weeks old, and
both he and his mother are doing
splendidly.

Harry Craine, our bookkeeper, has
left town after his wife. That is to
say that his wife went away first.
Both are now on vacation visiting
friends and relatives in Illinois and
Ohio.

Elliot Hays, one of the sugar boilers
who suffered the loss of his position
when the wave of retrenchment struck
us, is back on the job again, much to
the pleasure of us all.

We are expecting to be asked by
H. J. Miller to issue another sheet for
the surplus list, made up about as
follows:

Item 1 — Part of a first class office
building.

Item 2 — One seasoned time-keeper.

Item 3 — One veteran beet clerk.

Etc.

The first annual Logan County Pic-
nic was held at Sterling on June 15,
with all sugar tramps in attendance.
The big free barbecue was well at-
tended. Our horseshoe pitching team
did not have time to practice for the
event, and had to bow in defeat be-
fore some of the dry-landers. Man-
ager Evans is planning to conduct an
elimination contest before the next
match rolls around and then we will
have a team picked out that will meet
all comers.

Cashier Reece and Superintendent
Welsh have been seen fishing for bass
at the North Sterling reservoir lately.
Some good ones came back (fish stor-
ies).

BRUSH

E. WARD, JR., Associate Editor
Effective July 1st, Henry Diehl will
become assistant superintendent, fill-
ing the position left vacant by Mr.
McClintock. We are sure that all the
readers of The Sugar Press will be
glad to hear of his well deserved pro-
motion. At the same time "Herb"
Dietz will become general foreman.

Assistant Master Mechanic Paul
Disharoon is the proud owner of an
Oakland Five. It did have six cylin-
ders, but in returning from Denver

the other night the car burnt out a
connecting rod, so Paul stopped, took
out the piston and the connecting rod,
and came home on five cylinders. Paul
says it saves lots of gas to run them
that way.

On May 21st Brush defeated Ft. Mor-
gan in a golf tournament on the Brush
links. The score was 1,048 to 1,049.
The feature match was between Super-
intendent Cummer of Brush and Su-
perintendent Miller of Ft. Morgan.
Mr. Miller beat Mr. Commer by one
point, the score being 39-40. Mr. Mil-
ler's 39 was low score for the day.

Superintendent Cummer is at the
present time spending his vacation
with relatives at Center in the San
Luis Valley.

C. C. Cheesman of Longmont has
accepted the position of storekeeper at
the Brush Factory and reported for
work June 19.

On Sunday, June 11, Messrs. Gar-
land, Sunderland and Kidwell went
fishing at Jackson Lake and the Riv-
erside Reservoir. Tom caught noth-
ing, John caught cold, and Lloyd
caught one perch. We would advise
them to try Beaver Creek that runs
by the mill.

Clifford Scotland, formerly of Brush
and lately of Brighton, was a visitor
here recently. We understand that
Scotty has left the Company and is
now working for Uncle Sam in the
department of prohibition enforce-
ment.

FORT MORGAN

F. M. BAKER and A. C. WHITNEY,
Associate Editors

D. D. Kagy, Superintendent's clerk,
who has been in the South on a recre-
ation trip and indirectly to gather
some beet labor, has returned to Fort
Morgan.

Chief Chemist Huleatt was called to
Denver to assist in some research
work, but from the length of time he
remained away, we are all wondering
if there might not be some other at-
traction in Denver that helped to make
his stay pleasant.

Mrs. Giese and daughter Ada are
visiting in Nebraska this summer.

A. E. Markland, who was our store

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bookkeeper, has been taken to Denver
to assist in Mr. Saunders' department.

Marion Shaffer's wife and daughter
have returned from a visit with his
folks in Denver.

Beet End Foreman Leslie Miller has
disposed of his property on Riverview
Avenue to John Sergeant.

Fred Tucker's son Harry, who is en-
gaged in the patent roofing business
in Chicago, drove through to visit his
father.

Archie Burdett and Harrison Wil-
liams have both purchased Dodge tour-
ing cars. Both claimed that they did
not want a car themselves but their
families needed it.

In the Great Western Sugar Com-
pany's organization we pride ourselves
that we generally can find a man to
fit any job that may come up. Here
at Fort Morgan, one of the older men
has given out a great deal of informa-
tion and stories in regard to the sea,
and informs us that he used to be a
steamship fireman. The other day
when there was need for some power,
Superintendent Miller said, "That will
be all right, boys; have Fred Tucker
fire up that 'Marine' boiler," and Fred
started for the boiler room. The Su-
perintendent waited patiently for the
steam to show and at last started for
the boiler room himself, where he
found Fred working hard and only
about five pounds of steam. Upon in-
quiring as to the trouble he was told
that those fellows from Denver who
repaired the smokestack must have
spoiled the stack when they put those
bands around it. Fred's idea was that
when the bands were shrunk on the
stack they must have bulged the stack
inward, shutting off the draft. When
he was told to change and use some
other coal, it was not long before they
had plenty of steam.

Manager Giese made a trip to the
McCook district and states that "It is
a pleasure to live in Colorado" and
that we do not know what hot wea-
ther is.

Mr. Bennett of the Greeley agricul-
tural force has taken over the stations
of Weldona and Narrows for the Fort
Morgan factory, in addition to his sta-
tions in the Greeley district.

SCOTTSBLUFF

Genevieve Weidenheimer and Parry W.
Snyder, Associate Editors.

Miss Ida Banghart, formerly an em-
ployee at this factory, is now at Roch-
ester, Minnesota, where she will enter
Mayo Brothers' Institution for the
purpose of taking training in nursing.

Earl Snyder has been quite uncon-
sciously entertaining the Office force
whistling "I Wonder Who's Kissing
Her Now," and "I Wonder If She Still
Cares for Me?" SHE happens to be
out of the city at this time.

The following parties have new au-
tomobiles at this factory: Charles
Freese, Chevrolet; Frank Davies,
Chevrolet, and Henry Howe, Buick.
These parties have had various ex-
periences learning to operate their
new cars successfully, particularly
Henry Howe who found out he could
not by-pass the carburetor. He is a
very apt student and under the tute-
lage of the Superintendent, we believe
he will become a very good driver.

C. T. Carney and family motored to
Greeley, where they visited a few days,
visiting also in Denver before return-
ing home.

Chas. Durnin and family are spend-
ing their vacation at Cozad, Nebraska.

Effective July 1, J. B. Bagley will
go to Gering as Cashier and C. H.
Gleason will be transferred to Denver.
Other member of the Scottsbluff Office
Force will remain in their present po-
sitions.

Frank Davies motored to Ft. Collins
and attended the graduating exercises
of his brother at that place.

GERING

T. L. CRONIN and W. E. CLAYCOMB,
Associate Editors

(Editor's Note: Grateful acknowl-
edgment is made to the Gering Asso-
ciate Editors for several stories taken
out of these columns for use on other
pages of the publication.)

A romance which started at the
University of Nebraska four years ago
culminated in the marriage On June
1 of Lee A. Whipple of Gering and
Miss Laura Cecil of Lincoln. Ensign
Whipple is our general machinist and

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has made his home in Gering practic-
ally all his life, with the exception of
two years spent in the navy during
the German uprising. Mrs. Whipple
is not unknown in Gering, where a
host of friends join with The Sugar
Press in wishing this popular young
couple a long and happy existence.

Several times a cashier and once an
umpire, is a distinction that few men
enjoy, but such is the lot of the cash-
ier of the Seottsbluff and Gering fac-
tories. Umpire Alvey Conn was going
along nicely for six innings in a re-
cent game with Mitchell, but the home
team was slipping. Something had to
be done and that quickly, so Eddie
Clay was warmed up, took the indi-
cator, and we won 6-5. The records
now stand, "Winning umpire — Clay."

Among the notables who honored us
with visits during the month were
Messrs. Morrison, Devenish, Maudru
and Doherty. Mr. Booraem, former
general superintendent and director,
accompanied by Mr. Andrews of Port
Collins, dropped in for a short visit
while en route to South Dakota on a
pleasure trip.

That Ralph Bristol, Bayard's Super-
intendent, is an optimistic critter is
evidenced not only by the fact that
he still carries a bottle opener on his
key ring, but also he recently sent
us by aeroplane express the adorning
ball which was blown off Bayard's flag
pole, requesting immediate repairs.
Just what eloquence Ralph used to
obtain this additional authorization
under Account 289-90 should be broad-
casted for the benefit of the less elo-
quent. His must have been a master-
ful appeal when considering the pre-
vailing stringency and the fact that
Mitchell, Seottsbluff, and Gering are
still in the valley fully equipped for
pennant stretching.

By the resignation of our chief and
last bookkeeper, George Gordon
Springer, we are once again called up-
on to chronicle the departure of one
whose identity with the Gering factory
dates back to construction days. Mr.
Springer came to the Company in the
fall of 1916, and with the exception
of a year spent in answer to his coun-
try's call and short periods at Mitch-
ell and Minatare, was a valuable em-
ployee in the Gering office. He leaves

us to accept a position with a large
coal concern with headquarters at
Charleston. West Virginia, where he
will report after a short visit with his
mother at Ottumwa, Iowa.

W. T. Warren returned from a two
weeks' fishing trip spent in the Black
Hills country, South Dakota, fishless
but with a pair of doubletrees lashed
to the running board. In answer to
the question, "Why the unusual ac-
cessory?" Bill replied, "Unusual acces-
sory! Why, gentlemen, in that coun-
try doubletrees are as necessary as a
spare tire or a supply of gas. Just to
give you a vague idea of the mud, I
will tell you of a little incident which
occurred as I was mucking along in
the Old Woman's Creek country. I
noticed a large Powder River hat os-
cillating upward and downward just
above the surface of what, in that
country, is termed the highway. As
I drew up closer I could see the head
and shoulders of a man beneath the
hat. In amazement I asked if I could
be of any assistance. 'No, thanks.'
came the reply, 'I'm on horseback and
guess I can get along.' "

Can you imagine a direr calamity
than upon returning from a picture
show to find your home literally in-
fested with sugar tramps, sugar
trampesses, and little sugar tramplets?
Such was the lot of George Harlow
on the evening of June 12, the occasion
being Mr. Harlow's birthday. The en-
tire Efficiency Club was there with a
performance factor of one hundred per
cent. The color scheme was pink and
white and brown and white, the for-
mer combination being carried out
with ice cream, and the latter with
angel's and devil's food. The way the
angels, devils, and little angelets po-
liced up and put away the color scheme
was in true pennant form, showing
a plus unaccountable. Cards and danc-
ing helped make up the enjoyment of
the evening until well after the zero
hour, when all departed wishing Mr.
Harlow two birthdays a year, and vot-
ing Mrs. Harlow the best cake and
ice cream maker that ever demon-
strated the superiority of Gwesco
sugar.

"Bumps seem to be trumps now-
adays," remarked Eddie Clay as he
adjusted the cushion on a soap box

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used in lieu of his swivel chair, which,
by mistake, was listed and peddled,
"and a man that don't get his is very
clever or sadly overlooked. Being
neither, I got mine this morning. You
see, I docked my boat according to
blue print in front of the Scottsbluff
Drug, and started to disembark, when
'bing!' something raked me fore and
aft on my port side. I plunged for
the opposite gangplank, fully intend-
ing extemporaneously to tell that skip-
per who started the war. But I sud-
denly changed my course and lost my
equilibrium, as 'caflooey!' another
gunboat slammed into my starboard.
By this time I had a set speech pre-
pared, but adhering to the old adage,
'A wise man sometimes, a fool never,'
I suddenly changed my mind. Gee!
they were two pretty women, strang-
ers to each other and strangers to me.
Wonder where they came from?"

Assistant Superintendent Charles
Hargrave Scott, accompanied by Mrs.
Scott and daughter Eleanor, motored
to Brush, Colorado, to give the old
homestead the once over and attend
to a few preliminaries incidental to
the proposed erection of a glass fac-
tory on his place in the near future.
Scotty is very much enthused over the
project and reports an inexhaustible
supply of the raw material necessary
in the manufacture of glass. "The
way that country is settling up," re-
marked Mr. Scott, "is unparalleled in
the annals of the west. I counted no
less than ninety-seven towns which
have sprung up on my estate since last
fall." . ,

BAYARD

H. V. TOWNER,

Associate Editor

Superintendent Bristol has had his
car at Scottsbluff for a week or ten
days and has just gotten it back with
a new coat of paint. Following his
example Earl Pray patronized home
industry and his Overland looks bet-
ter. At present Dan Kussey has his
Cole in the paint shop.

Jack McDonald spent a few days in
Estes Park, returning June 12. He
reports fishing fine.

C. B. Turner and L. H. Calvert were
in Omaha June 5, the former attend-
ing the State Lions Convention and*

the latter attending the Masonic Grand
Lodge.

The Bayard Factory will come very
close to closing its doors from July 1st
to 15th, as a large part of the em-
ployees have chosen to take their va-
cations between those dates.

The Nebraska District office still
has confidence in Bayard's ability to
fly the blue pennant, as authorization
was very readily granted recently to
re-erect our flagpole, which was broken
down in the storm of May 11.

F. O. Rath returned from a ten-day
vacation spent with relatives in the
eastern part of the state.

A very successful elimination tennis
tournament has just been completed
in which H. R. Koenig eliminated L.
F. Flower, the entries being from the
entire town. A challenge tournament,
which bids fair to exceed the elimina-
tion tournament in interest, is already
under way. We extend through The
Sugar Press an invitation to all fac-
tories in the valley to meet Bayard
teams at tennis. Scottsbluff is not
barred.

Our friend E. C. Taylor has taken
unto himself a wife. They have taken
up their abode in one of the company
apartments. The cigars were greatly
enjoyed.

R. F. Bristol has departed for Hunt-
ington Beach, California, to visit his
brother and his mother. Some say
that his oil holdings also more or less
influenced him in making the trip at
this time.

Web worms are again with us, and
are already eating into our surplus list
paris green.

MITCHELL

R. I. BABBITT,

Associate Editor

The Memorial Day vacation period
was much enjoyed. Among those tak-
ing trips were E. E. Durnin and fam-
ily with Chas. Durnin and family of
Scottsbluff. They went to the Lara-
mie Peak country "fishing." We never
did learn just what the catch was. A.
W. Hall, warehouse foreman, and fam-
ily drove to Ft. Morgan for a short
visit.

Floyd Powell and family left on
June 10 for somewhere in the east.

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This trip came very nearly being de-
layed, as in getting things ready Floyd
tried to remove a fully inflated tire
from the rim. The result was a black
eye and a badly bruised face. He was
certainly fortunate in escaping more
serious injuries.

H. E. Faust, Assistant Master Me-
chanic, and wife left on June 2 for
Ohio.

At about 2 a. m. June 16 "Chet"
Chidester and part of his family left
for different parts of this state lo-
cated to the east from here.

Fred Urbach, wife and new Ford
coupe recently returned from their va-
cation spent at Gibbon, Nebr.

Not all of the vacations thus far
have been enjoyed to their fullest ex-.
tent. M. K. Hollowell left to attend
the Cashiers' meeting in Denver, ex-
pecting to be away about one week,
but was taken ill and was compelled
to remain an additional two weeks at
Ft. Collins.

Manager C. S. Campbell recently paid
another visit to the Mayo Bros. Hos-
pital at Rochester. We are certainly
pleased that Mr. Campbell has greatly
improved in health. He is now feeling
fine.

C. B. Jones is now officially Super-
intendent's Clerk. He drives from and
to his farm every day.

W. F. Loy, of the office "force," and
family are spending their vacation in
Denver.

BILLINGS

H. REEMAN and G. F. WEYBRIGHT,
Associate Editors

Orlin Rogers, Beet End Foreman,
spent part of his vacation fishing —
for bolts and nuts under his "fliv-
ver."

From the backfire on our requisi-
tions we deduce that the District Of-
fice at Scottsbluff is "not dead neither
are they sleeping."

Frank Gower, ex-Superintendent's
Clerk, and our little lady of the "Sales"
were married May 27th. The sugar
bunch presented them with a beautiful
set of silver but alas! neither of them
can cook.

Henry Scherrer, Master Mechanic,
and Geo. Near. Shop Foreman, drove
to Fromberg last week to study farm

prospects. Look out, George! Henry
has some "Everglades" over there he
wants to unload.

Mr. Barringer escorted "Isidore"
(Bob) Miller and his gang, who have
been here sorting pur scrap pile, on a
fishing trip to the Rosebuds. Says
"Isidore" to Herb: "Its a good thing
we brought some sardines along." They
had some good weather and a fine
time, however.

At a dance given recently at the
"Airdome" Chas. Ridley, Cashier, won
the prize waltz. "Hurrah for our
side."

Ed. Davenport, Assistant Superin-
tendent, found himself between a run-
away team and a "Ford delivery" one
Saturday afternoon while driving
around the city in his new "Gardner."
He chose smashing into the lesser of
the two "evils" and bumped the "Ford
delivery" up on the sidewalk, thereby
giving the team the right of way and
saving himself and car a good licking.
Total damage: One smashed fender.

Powell brothers, Alva from Billings
and Floyd from Mitchell, left the mid-
dle of June for their old rendezvous
in the Black Hills. , Little did we
know whom we have been harboring.
However, they have their citizenship
papers and can probably return to the
seat of their outlawry in safety.

Davis, Peck, Fosgate, Weybright
and their wives and sweethearts, spent
a very "quiet" evening at the "Tav-
ern" (Cabaret), hiding behind bar-
rels, tables, columns, etc., while the
sheriff chased a bootlegger 'round and
'round. Weybright claims he heard
one bullet twice, he heard it when it
passed him and when he passed it.
Mrs. "Jack" Davis was seen standing
on one of the tables and heard scream-
ing "Let 'er buck." " 'Tis a privilege
to live in Billings."

Gene Kenney. Machinist, ran amuck
the other day when he carelessly
parked his car in front of the City
Hall's "No Parking" sign. After pay-
ing his respects to the "Police Papa"
he drove out some place near Laurel,
got to worrying about the five bucks
he had to part with, had a lapse of
memory, and spent two days trying
to find Billings.

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On the Inside Pages:

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Pectin — In the Home and In the Factory . . 2

By R. /. Brown

The Sugar Chemist in Intercampaign ... 5
By G. W. Atkinson, Jr.

Crop Report ........ 7

The Sweetness of Sugar ..... 8

Mirrors of Sugar Lane . . . . . .10

3 — Ferdinand Klingenberg
4—R. C. Welsh

Sugar Cities — Windsor . 13

By Roy Ray

Sugar Tabloids ....... 16

Great Western Cook Book— Canning Time Table . 17

Messrs. Lippitt and Mendelson Return . . .18

Notes of Personnel ....... 21

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The Sugar Press

Pectin— In the Home and in
the Factory

What is Pectin? Where is it found? Did you know there is Pectin
in the sugar beet? More people are learning about Pectin through advertise-
ments for at least two commercial Pectin products to aid housewives in
making jellies. Every sugar man should learn all there is to know about
Pectin. We will print a series of articles on Pectin by chemists who have
made a study of the subject. The first article, below, is by our own

Robert J. Brown
Research Chemist

It can not be too widely taught that
the origin of the sugar used in jelly
making — whether from the sugar cane
or the sugar beet — has nothing to do
with success or failure with jelly made
from fruit juices.

For years, and lately more general
publicity has been given to the fact, it
has been known that a substance called
pectin is the jelling agent. If a batch
of fruit juice fails to jell, the sugar
should not be blamed. The trouble is
actually due to a lack of pectin in the
fruit used.

Pectin is a substance which is wide-
ly distributed in vegetable life, oc-
curring in most fruits, many roots and
other plants.

Pectin is present in the sugar beets
which enter the beet sugar factories.
Then why is the pectin taken out of the
sugar juices in the factory if pectin is
desired in making jelly? The answer
is: when we are making sugar we want
it to crystallize. Pectin tends to pre-
vent crystallization. Therefore, if we
do not remove the pectin from the
sugar juices we would have great diffi-
culty in crystallizing out the sugar.
But when we are making jelly we do
not want the sugar in the jelly to crys-
tallize. The addition of pectin, if not al-
ready present in the fruit in sufficient
quantity to make good jelly, is there-
fore necessary.

The average housewife has always
known that something was lacking in
many kinds of fruits to make good jel-
lies out of them. She has supplied this
deficiency by adding apple juice, which
was rich in pectin, even though she did

not exactly understand why she did
this. Now pectin is being manufactur-
ed commercially on an increasingly
large scale. It is a by-product of vine-
gar manufacture, and is obtained from
the apple pulp after the juice has been
pressed out. The pulp is cooked with
water which dissolves the pectin and
the solution is purified and concentrat-
ed. The commercial pectin is sold as a
syrupy liquid or a dry powder.

The elements of pectin are carbon,
hydrogen and oxygen, but the character
of their combination is not clearly
known. We know pectin more by its
physical properties and the way it acts
than by any chemical formula. It is
still a question whether any absolutely
pure pectin is obtainable, polarizations
of pectin having shown a great range.

The fallacy of the prejudice against
beet sugar for making jellies is clearly
shown in an analysis of the necessary
ingredients of good jelly: water, sugar,
acid, pectin and flavoring. The sugar
contains none of the other four ingred-
ients in any appreciable quantities. The
fruit juice should supply the flavoring,
the pectin and the acid, or if the latter
two are not present in the fruit in suf-
ficient quantities they can be supplied
by apple and lemon juice or by the
commercial pectin.

It is actually possible to make jelly
without using sugar, but such jelly
would not be good because it would not
be sweet nor would it keep well.

Since we now know that sugar, as
long as it is pure — and Great Western
sugar or any first class commercial
granulated white sugar is virtually

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100 per cent pure — can not affect the
jelling property of a fruit juice, it is
easy to understand why housewives
sometimes fail with their jellies. Near-
ly all fruit contains pectin, but the
amount present varies greatly, and the
result — as well as the amount of sugar
to be added — depends largely on the
quantity of pectin in the juice. There
are many fruits which will make jelly
but which give too strong a flavor when
used alone and are therefore mixed
with apples to give a better flavor. Of
course, adulteration with apples is un-
necessary if commercial pectin is add-
ed.

Another cause of difficulty is that the
large amount of cooking the jelly re-
ceives often renders the pectin inac-
tive, especially when only a small
amount is present. When using the
commercial pectin this does not hap-
pen. When there is a sufficient quanti-
ty of both pectin and acid present, it
does not require excessive cooking, and
satisfactory results are more certain.

Not a great deal is known about the
action of pectin in the beet sugar fac-
tory. We do know that a Iar.c:e amount
can be obtained from thi beets, or the
residue pulp, or dried pulp. If the ' <*ots
are boiled in a dilute u.cia sotiiticu i
large amount of insoluble pectin form-
ing substance is broken down rind hi
pectin goes into solution. The treat-
ment the cos^e.^es receive in the bat-'
tery causes pectin to get in;:o the dif-
fusion juice. Just what happens to the
pectin in the diffusion juice is not cer-
tain. It seems probable that a portion
of it is further broken down in the bat-
tery, forming among other things cer-
tain pentoses. In the first carbonation
most of the pectin is probably precipi-
tated and filtered out in the first press-
es. But it also appears likely that in
first carbonation some of the pectin is
broken down and gives soluble sub-
stances which are not filtered out but
go along with the juice, as do the pen-
toses freed in the battery. There are
indications that a soluble portion of
the pectin does leave first carbonation.

Fairly strong alkali was at one time
believed to precipitate pectin, but it
has been found that there is still some-
thing left in solution after treatment
with the alkali, which can be precipitat-
ed with barium chloride. It has often

been observed that the precipitate ob-
tained by adding barium chloride to
the juice to precipitate the sulphates,
seemed to consist of more than barium
sulphate. It is possible that this pre-
cipitate also contains some of the al-
kaline soluble portion of pectin.

It appears possible that some of the
organic acids present in the juice may
be due to pectin, this affording a pos-
sible explanation of the large increase
in lime salts when molasses is worked
in the Steffen House.

Another indication of the presence
of pectin derivatives in the juice are
the negative polarizing substances in
the juice. It has been found that our
molasses contains a substance or sub-
stances which polarizes opposite to
sugar and raffinose, and the average
minus polarization is about 2.2, on all
samples tested. After acid inversion by
our regular method, this minus polariz-
ing substance appears to change, par-
tially or completely to a positive pol-
arizing substance. This is what would
be expected provided the soluble por-
tion of pectin got past first carbona-
tion.

We must remember that with the
present knowledge of pectin it is im-
possible to say with certainty what
does happen. We do know that the
treatment the juice receives in the
battery, in first carbonation and in the
evaporators is certain to cause some
hydrolysis of pectin and its deriva-
tives, and we have very good indica-
tions of the presence of pectin deriva-
tives in the juice.

The presence of pectin or pectin de-
rivatives in the juice would afford a
partial explanation of poor-boiling-and-
gumming massecuite. It would also
explain the increase in raffinose in the
saccharate. We must not get the idea
that pectin causes all the trouble since
it is probable that, at most, only a small
amount is in the juice, but it is cer-
tainly worth while to make an effort to
keep as much out as possible.

From its actions we believe that a
very hot, highly acid battery will put
more pectin in the diffusion juice than
a cooler battery with juice of lower
acidity; and that carbonating juice to
too low an alkalinity at first carbona-
tion might be expected to free some of
the pectin and allow it to go through

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the first presses when it would, in an
insoluble form, be filtered out in the
first presses.

So, pectin in the home and pectin in
the factory are two different proposi-
tions. But we can work successfully
with beet sugar in both places.

Two- Gun Harry Runs
Bear To Death

The Bear Was Chasing Him, Accord-
ing to This Thrilling Reel from the
Studio of Cronin and Clay-
comb, Gering Scribes

The days of Daniel were the days of
miracles, as were also the days of Jo-
nah, and when the beasts of the forest
or the lions of the sea threatened, the
righteous feared not. But whether the
days of righteousness and miracles
have passed, we know not. At any rate,
three well known sugar tramps, Harry
Gross, Marion Andrews and Tommy
Williams, must have known their spir-
itual rating when they sighted a bear
near Laramie Peak on the morning of
the Fourth, for the thought that "self-
preservation is the first law of nature,"
seemed to predominate.

There the country is wild and wooly,
strange sounds uttered by strange ani-
mals and birds unnerved thp ladies of
the party, Mrs. Andrews and Mrs. Wil-
liams, and when a motherly old prairie
hen protested the pitching of camp so
near her nest, the ladies very naturally
screamed, bringing the three gladiators
to their rescue. Harry Gross, an ex-
ranger and real cow puncher of other
days, quickly put the prairie hen to
flight, announcing that no old hen
dared get fresh with him and, striking
a Buffalo Bill attitude, autobi-eulo-
gized himself thusly:

"I'm a pioneer of the Gering valley,
The toughest place on earth,
They call me Two-Gun Harry,
For with danger I love to flirt.

"Fur on my front teeth growing.
Wild blood through my veins is flowing,
Tarantulas, panthers, reptiles, cannot

mar my hide,
Rattlesnakes have bit me and gone

away and died."

Then turning to Tommy and Marion,
"Come on, boys, let's lasso some fish,"
this modern Tarzan plunged into the
underbrush followed by his two ad-
miring companions, while the ladies
ejaculated in unison, "Isn't he grand?"

An hour elapsed with strange sounds
still keeping the two ladies uneasy,
not for the safety of their husbands, oh,
no, for no harm could befall them un-
der the protection of Two-Gun Harry;
but — what was that? The crashing of
timber, the tramping of many feet.
Was it a stampede of the beasts of that
wild jungle caused by the sight of Two-
Gun Harry, or was it — At this point
our hero hove in sight with Marion and
Tommy a neck-and-neck second, giving
"youth will be served" a severe setback,
and leaving a trail of quaking aspen
sawdust from the bearsite to the camp-
site, the three gladiators plunged into
camp and the protection of the fright-
ened ladies.

Of the presence and color of the bear
all three agree, but as to size, that bear
is getting bigger every time they tell
it. Wow!

Gering Dam
Under Construction

R. G. (Bob) Miller, noted construc-
tion engineer, superintendent, master
mechanic, and of numerous other titles,
is welcomed back to the Nebraska Dis-
trict after an absence of two years
spent in the capacity of First Louie of
the "Isadora Division" of the Gwesco
forces, and will personally supervise
the construction of our dam near the
river intake. "With an ample supply
of water and a bumper crop of beets, a
new gas compressor and your pep," said
Bob, addressing the Boss and gazing at
our flag pole, "Gering, my firstborn,
should give her two younger sisters,
Bayardie and Mitchie, and cousin
Brightie a run for family honors."

Hired

Business man — "Why did you leave
your last place?"

Fair Applicant — "I was caught
kissing my employer."

B. M. — "You can report for work
here tomorrow morning."

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Genus Chemicus and the
Intercampaign

This story is the result of the Editor's query: "What Does a Chemist

in the Summer Time?" The answer, somewhat hidden in Latin,

describes the audax et cautus chemist a capite ad c ale em. I am sure

Atkinson wrote this absque ulle fraude but even a Chemist after

reading the story will say: uNon sum qualis eram."

By Geo. W. Atkinson, Jr.,

Chief Chemist, Sterling Factory

When recently the reporters for The
Sugar Press were found to be working
on the above subject, consternation
reigned in some quarters, for it seemed
that unrelenting publicists were about
to feature the genus chemicus in the
Sunday Supplements. But this feel-
ing soon passed away despite the sud-
den departure from old precedents, for
it was realized that the future of the
genus is dependent to a great extent
upon a common understanding of his
peculiar habits and unusual adaptabili-
ty and usefulness, which understand-
ing can only be realized through inti-
mate contact and publicity. Also in
view of the fact that the actions of the
chemicus are mere Hokus-Pokus to the
average layman, it is necessary to por-
tray him in a figurative manner.

Let us consider the sugar chemist
and try to classify him. It is easy
enough to place the animal in the pro-
fession chemici, but to follow the classi-
fication on through the various species
is difficult owing to the many similari-
ties found in all the branches. It is
even impossible to classify him geo-
graphically, for he is found from the
tropics to the limits of the temperate
zone, North and South, East and West.
Suppose then that he be considered as
belonging to the genus sugar-trampicus,
and in this locality place him in the
gwesco-beet family, of which there are
at least three species, researchicus, an-
alyticus and chief-solitarius. The spe-
cies analyticus is (temporarily) ex-
tinct, and since there is reason to be-
lieve that the chief-solitarious is a hy-
brid, we find that at the present time
there is only one group of true chemists
in existence, the chemicus-gwesco-beet-

sugar-trampicus researchicus, and a hy-
brid chemicus-gwesco-beet-sugar-trampi-
cus-chief-solitarious, so named on ac-
count of his isolation.

Of these two existing species, the re-
searchicus is so mysterious and so lit-
tle understood, that little is known of
his modus Vivendi. He has not been
long in captivity, and at the present
time he is being subjected to compre-
hensive experiments to test his suitabil-
ity as a permanent member of the so-
ciety into which he has recently been
transplanted. Among other tests he is
being called on to exert a powerful in-
fluence on elimination and extraction,
whence economy. This species is be-
yond the pale of common understand-
ing.

The other class, hybridus, or chief-
solitarious, is perhaps less mysterious
although none the less interesting, and
his attributes should be studied in de-
tail at this time, even emphasized, for
according to the old saw, familiarity
breeds contempt, and it would be sad
indeed if this contempt should allow
the solitarious to languish and fade.

After some twenty years of study and
experiment with the chief-solitarious
family, it has been found that they re-
quire careful and persistent attention
during their early life, and that they
thrive best in a moist climate, although
recent experiments have been conduct-
ed with the idea of adapting them to
arid environments. As to their early
training great strides have been made
in recent years, until now it seems that
greater attention is amply repaid by a
luxurious growth of responsibilities
and abilities. As an instance of these
returns, may be noted the elimination

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of the group of chemicai travelenti,
which were formerly supposed to be
necessary, but have been entirely re-
moved by careful training of the chief-
solitarious. All the virtues and possi-
bilities of the old species travelens are
now inherent in the other. Some have
even gone so far as to anticipate the
elimination of the old-time species
chemicus-generalis, but all experiments
in this line have proven more than use-
less, and no further progress is expect-
ed for several generations.

But it is the purpose of this article
to discuss the summer occupations of
the chief-solitarious.

Contrary to the habits of some ani-
mals which hibernate about the time
the snow begins to fly, the species soli-
tarious is distinguished by an apparent
tendency to lie dormant during the hot
summer months, and to come forth in
September or October with an insatia-
ble appetite for work. But during this
period when the chief-solitarious seems
to be dormant, remarkable transforma-
tions take place, and the seemingly
quiet animal is in fact one of the "busi-
est to be found anywhere. It is during
this period that he assumes the char-
acteristics of the analyticus, the re-
searchicus, the statisticus, and some-
times the medicus. It has been estimat-
ed that the returns derived solely from
these periods when the chief-solitarious
is acting as medicus, reach the stupen-
dous sum of $100,000 per annum to his
keeper.

During the same periods in some
years, the solitarious applies himself
diligently to the decoration of his sur-
roundings and the collection and prep-
aration of large quantities of supplies
for the winter months. In this respect
he resembles the beaver or the ant, ex-
cept that the result is accomplished
with so little show of labor. Also of
late years the superintendents and man-
agers have found in the solitarious
family a valuable assistance in solving
those multitudinous and vexatious de-
tails which cause so much friction in
an otherwise well organized campaign.
Even the mechanical and engineering
specialists have been known to spend
hours at a time in the habitat of the
solitarious watching and profiting by
his peculiar adaptability to many cir-
cumstances.

There is no way of predicting to what
lengths the development of the chemi-
cus-gwesco-beet-sugar-trampicus-solitar-
ious may lead in future years. In the
past, individuals from this family have
been trained to do remarkably well in
supervisory and managerial capacities,
but as yet no case is on record of any
member of any other genus adapting
himself successfully to the habitat of
the chemicus solitarious. And since
so large a part of the life of the spe-
cies is spent in comparative isolation
and apparent lassitude, this must seem
to be a prerequisite to his existence
and development.

Closer inquiry has revealed far-reach-
ing and momentous forces at work un-
der the outward calm of the solitarious.
One individual was found supervising
the shipments of several limestone
quarries in his spare time, another was
found busily engaged in completing the
work which the manufacturer of some
high priced glassware had omitted; an-
other was investigating the whys and
wherefors of a sample of troublesome
well water, another was devising a
cheaper piece of apparatus; several
were swinging paint and varnish brush-
es; some were engaged in journalistic
work, and so on. During one week the
lines of activity which were touched
by 16 members of the chief-solitarious
were as diverse as the items in a mail
order catalog, and 90 per cent of these
bore a direct relation to further econo-
mies and more complete information
along lines of primary importance. An-
other time would have found many of
the same things tein<r done, although
some are periodical or seasonal. But
completely to catalog the occasional ac-
tivities of the entire group would re-
quire an expert In indexing.

One of the most peculiar habits of
the solitarious )?. his diet, which seems
to change with ::ie seasons. During
the campaign months he mrives satis-
factorily on bkt of roots, especially on
^eet roots, and frequent draughts of
juices and syrups flavored with lime.
But during the latex winter and early
spring the imm<jdiH'.e vicinity of his
home is usually characterized by irri-
trting and nauseating <• ors, indicat-
ing the preparation of various sulphur
compounds, while still later in the sum-
mer he is known to consume immense

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quantities of paper whisfi he prepares
in a great number of forms.

Another peculiar trait of this strange
animal is his yearly custom of assem-
bling a number of companions from
several other species. This trait is first
noted some time in July or in August,
continuing until October, by which
time each individual of the species soli-
tarious has usually collected an assort-
ment of chemici assistantes, chemici
benchici (also chemicse benchicae) and
a number of less important individuals
from other classes.

Drouth Unbroken Around

the Horn; Splendid

Outlook Elsewhere

Crop Reports of July 15 Show Wisdom,
of Early Beet Planting and Beet's
Resistance to Adverse Conditions

The drouth around the horn in north-
ern Colorado had not been broken when
we went to press. Rains in August will
be necessary for production of a nor-
mal tonnage on a large beet acreage in
this territory, and not a few fields have
definitely suffered a severe setback on
account of the lack of moisture. Gen-
erally hot weather continued for the
last 30 days.

Even in the heart of the drouth area,
however, early planted beets look good.
The season offers another proof of the
wisdom of early planting.

Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana
have excellent prospects.

Considering the dry weather around
the horn, the beet crop is coming
through in better shape than other
crops. In a hailed district around
Windsor there was no first cutting of
alfalfa and unless rains come there
will be but one cutting. In districts
where the water shortage has been
acute the grain crop is beyond hope of
recovery. The cabbage yield around
Brighton has been reduced materially
by the drouth. In some instances the
pickle crop has been abandoned and
these farmers are putting their avail-
able water on beets. In the dry terri-
tories the farmers realize that the beet
crop gives promise of greater returns
than other crops affected by the drouth,

and the beet crop is given the prefer-
ence when it comes to the division of
the little water available.

The Sterling, Fort Morgan and Brush
districts are somewhat more fortunate
as regards the rain and irrigation wat-
er supply, but they will soon be in need
of moisture.

All crops look good in Nebraska and
the Billings-Lovell country. They had
a flurry over webworms and grasshop-
pers but have conquered the pests.

Irrigation now is being pushed to
the utmost by the agricultural forces of
the Company. In some localities no
more water is in sight than two irriga-
tions will require, and the supply of
late water is dubious. Yet on the whole
no shrink above normal between con-
tracted and measured acres is looked
for. Around Windsor there was enough
overplanting to make up what was lost
from drouth and other causes.

The continued strength shown on
the sugar market and the strong sta-
tistical position of the commodity leads
to a general hope that prices will be
maintained and that beet growers will
finally realize something above the
guaranteed initial payment in the slid-
ing scale contract for the present crop.

From These Deliver Us

The fellow whose story-fish and
whose off-the-course-golf are better
than mine.

The guy who just knows we could
have held a few million bags until
the sugar market reached the 6.40
basis.

The master of hindsight.

The bird who has wonderful
schemes, after working hours, for
doing things easier, better and
cheaper but who never opens his
mouth while the job is on.

The 50-year-old hero of his youth's
love escapades.

The liar whose car never gives him
the slightest bit of trouble.

The 27 -and-%-mile-o<n-a-gallon ga-
zabo.

The chap whose factory was rob-
bed of the pennant last year.

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The Sweetness of Sugar

Some Erroneous Ideas Due to Confusion of Taste with Flavor are Dispelled
in Lecture by an English Authority

The sweetness of sugars is frequently
the subject of varying opinions. Sugar
from one source is occasionally said to
be sweeter than the sugar from a dif-
ferent species of plant. How much re-
liance can be placed upon such state-
ments? What is sweetness? How can
it be accurately measured?

Geoffrey Fairrie, an Englishman, in
a series of lectures on sugar, discussed
the question recently in an interesting
manner. Honey, he said, for example,
is relatively less sweet than pure sugar.
The general impression that honey is
sweeter than sugar arises from mistak-
ing the pleasant flavor of the bee-fruit
for sweetness.

"Sweetness is only one example of
the sense of taste," said Mr. Fairrie.
"Taste is a sensation, and is classified
scientifically as one of the five senses.
The sensation of taste is confined to cer-
tain minute organs known as taste
buds, found chiefly on the tongue. A
substance capable of stimulating the
sense of taste must be dissolved in
some liquid before the taste becomes ap-
parent.

"The sensations of taste are elusive
and intangible, and their value can not
be measured and expressed in exact
terms. No one, for instance, can say
definitely how red a flower is. Simi-
larly, no one- can say how sweet a sam-
ple of sugar is. Sweetening power is a
property of refined sugar which cannot
be accurately measured, but it is known
to bear some relation to the polariza-
tion or sucrose content.

"One can merely compare the sweet-
ness of one sample of sugar with anoth-
er, as one can compare the different de-
grees of redness of two flowers. Four
taste sensations can be distinguished —
viz., sweet, sour, bitter and salt. If
two of these sensations are stimulated
together one may tend to neutralize the
other. Thus a weak solution of sugar
can be rendered almost tasteless by the
addition of a few grains of salt.

"From this is becomes apparent that
to get maximum sweetening power only
the purest refined sugar should be used.

The sensations of smell and taste are
closely associated; many of our so-
called tastes are merely flavors, and de-
pendent, not on the taste nerves, but
on the sense of smell.

"One should, therefore, be careful
not to confuse flavor with sweetness.
Honey, for example, contains a mixture
of dextrose and levulose, which is rela-
tively less sweet than refined sugar,
weight for weight; but it possesses a
distinctive flavor, due to the presence
of minute quantities of perfume de-
rived from the flowers by bees. The
pure sugar contains more sweetening
matter, weight for weight, than the raw
sugar, but the impurities present in the
other grades give them a peculiar odor
and flavor, sometimes mistaken for
sweetness.

"As explained be?ore, it is necessary
for any substance to be dissolved before
its sweetening power can be appreciat-
ed. Therefore the sugars which dis-
solve most rapidly, so far as their pow-
er to sweeten tea, etc., is concerned,
will prove the most economical. Exper-
iments show that large crystals take
about three times as long to dissolve
in a cup of tea as fine granulated.

"As regards small cubes, those which
dissolve most quickly in the tea cup
will most quickly give up their sweet-
ening power. The statement is some-
times made that one teaspoonful of
sugar makes a cup of tea sweeter than
three cubelets; therefore, it is assumed
to be more economical, as the teaspoon
is thought to contain less sugar than
the lumps. It shows how far appear-
ances are deceptive when the average
of a great number of experiments with
different types of teaspoon tells us that
the weight of one teaspoonful of sugar
considerably exceeds the weight of
three cubelets. Just as it is said that
"beauty lies in the eye of the beholder,"
so may one rightly say that "sweetness
lies on the tongue of the taster."

"To get the maximum return for
one's money as regards feeding, pre-
serving and sweetening value, only
white refined sugar should be pur-

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chased. The various coal tar deriva-
tives, such as saxine and saccharine,
while possessing great sweetening
power, have no food value whatever,
and should be regarded as drugs, the
excessive use of which is dangerous."

New Accounting Dept.
Now Complete

Nebraska and Montana Men Trans-
ferred to General Office Include Stars

The immortal Burns tells us "there's
no luck aboot the hoose when the gude
mon's awa'." So the losses in person-
nel sustained by the Scottsbluff, Mitch-
ell and Billings offices must be our
gain.

The arrival of the Nebraska-Mon-
tana contingent has been looked for-
ward to eagerly by the accounting de-
partment, and with the following gen-
tlemen now in our midst, the remodeled
auditing section is fairly complete and
we feel that the accounting innovation
will be a great success:

C. H. Gleason of Scottsbluff, T. M.
Garr of Mitchell, F. G. Simons and Au-
gust Carlson of Billings.

As was the case with the Colorado
boys Mr. Consigny's division gets the
lion's share of the newcomers, all hav-
ing reported upstairs with the excep-
tion of "Augie" Carlson who is to be
associated with Mr. Kisler's division.

Charlie Gleason in the son of old
man "Glee," and we understand has
exhibited no little glee at the prospect
of a sojourn in Colorado after serving
seven hot, weary, alkaline years in
Nebraska. Mr. Gleason was success-
fully and successively stenographer
and general bookkeeper at Gering and
general bookkeeper at Scottsbluff. He
comes strongly recommended as a
"good fellow" by both Mac and Eddie.

Mr. Garr, the other Nebraska repre-
sentative, has also seen about six years'
service with the Company, at Gering,
Bayard and Mitchell. His initials
stand for "The Mastodon." and while
he is not quite in Bill Morey's class he
is some light heavyweight. Garr is
especially fond of basketball and
thinks nothing of busting a couple of
ribs and reporting for work next morn-

ing strapped up with a couple of yards
of adhesive tape.

Simon of Billings is so well known
in our midst, it would be a case of
"painting the lily" to say much about
him. However, one man not knowing
him asked another who Simon was.
"Don't you know that guy? That's
Saint Simon, one of the apostles of
Bishop Hogarty from Montana. Come
on over and get acquainted." The two
moved over and the introduction was
made. In acknowledgment, F. G.
said: "Simon, simple Simon, no saint
about me."

Saint or sinner, we are glad to see
Simon once more with us.

"Augie," the incomparable expert
farm accountant, beloved of Mendelson
and French, savior of the Billings
farming department, welcome to our
city! Augie can juggle more tons of
hay and balance more pounds of oats
than any hostler in the barns, and the
h — of it is, Augie is always correct.
Any time a farm foreman attempts to
hide a bushel of wheat or call a man-
hour a tractor-minute, there is a horse
on him.

In welcoming the Nebraska-Montana
bunch we must not overlook a belated
Coloradoan, G. W. Speer, late assistant
bookkeeper at Sterling, who has joined
the claim department under Mr. Shep-
ard. We trust G. W. (company's ini-
tials, you notice) will spear a few
with Frank Weick.

Gue$$ What Thi$
1$ About

The manager had forgotten about a
certain matter important to one of the
young employee's existence, and as
times were not exactly favorable for
his broaching the subject in person he
wrote to the manager:

"There i$ a $mall matter which
$eem$ to have mi$$ed your thought?
for the pa$t few year$. To me it i$ e$-
$ential. I he$itate to $peak about thi$
a$ I am mode$t. I tru$t thi$ will $erve
to rai$e the que$tion. Very truly
your$."

Most of us old-timers are glad we
can recall the day that kissing a girl
meant tasting nothing but girl.

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Mirrors of Sugar Lane

Giving Additional Pen-Portraits of Some of our Family, but Cush-
ioning the Well-known Hammer with Kindliness. As the Leading
Journals Say, Watch for these Mirrors Every Month

3 — Ferdinand Klingenberg

The early life of great men is often
buried and unknown to their intimates
of later years. Where and how these
years were spent is sometimes not told.
Thus it is with the subject of this
sketch, for all that we know is that in
1902 he made his appearance in the
Great Western family and that at the
time of his coming, he possessed cer-
tain characteristics which were indica-
tive of his early training.

These characteristics were (1) some
slight knowledge of the beet sugar busi-
ness which had been acquired at Nor-
folk, Nebraska; (2) a keen knowledge
of a shotgun and how it should be han-
dled to be most effective — in other

Ferdinand Klingenberg

words, a sportsman, and (3) a finan-
cial sense that all money should not be
spent for pleasures and luxuries, but
that a portion should be saved and in-
vested for the inevitable rainy day.
In fact, many times in the early days
this saving instinct of Mr. Klingen-
berg's was used by others who are now
high in our own and other sugar com-
panies, to tide them over financial dif-
ficulties, and it has even been rumored
that not always were these debts re-
paid.

The development of the youth of 1902
into the man of 1922 has been largely
the development of the above charac-
teristics which were his when he first
came to our company.

Mr. Klingenberg came to the Eaton
factory for the campaign of 1902. Just
how he came and what means of trans-
portation he used has always been kept
somewhat of a secret, but some have
been so unkind as to suggest a box-
car. The campaigns of 1902, 1903 and
1904 were spent mainly at Eaton with
side trips to finish the campaigns at
Loveland and Port Collins. The sum-
mers were spent at Eaton where Mr.
Klingenberg was the "chauffeur" for
the old horse and cart which was used
to keep the yard and factory clean. It
is this experience which now enables
him to keep the Fort Collins factory
clean all summer without having any
money expended on the "Cleaning" ac-
count, much to the wonderment of the
Cashier.

In 1905 Mr. Klingenberg went to
Windsor as assistant superintendent to
Mr. Sullivan, which position he held
until 1908, when he was made superin-
tendent of that plant. In 1917 Mr.
Klingenberg became the first superin-
tendent of Brighton and in 1920 he be-
came superintendent of the Port Col-
lins factory. At each factory an excel-
lent record has been made and in 1919,
Brighton under his supervision, won
the efficiency flag against all other fac-
tories.

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As stated before, the characteristics
of the man of today are but the devel-
oped characteristics of the youth of
1902.

1. His slight knowledge of a sugar
factory in 1902 has developed through
many years of experience in the opera-
tion of a sugar factory to a sort of un-
canny operating instinct. He sort of
feels when things are right or when
trouble is ahead. In fact this is so pro-
nounced that some people have con-
tended that Mr. Klingenberg by smell-
ing the thin juice can tell whether the
sugar made from it will be B, B-plus, A
or A-plus. As a factory operator, both
from the organization standpoint and
the* operation standpoint, few men in
the Great Western Sugar Company are
his equal.

2. The ability to handle a shotgun
and the love of sport which was inher-
ent in the boy of 1902 has developed
the man into an all-around sportsman.
Mr. Klingenberg is a hunter, trap-shot,
fisherman, motorist and last but not
least, a golf enthusiast. In each sport
he excels.

3. The financial sense of early years
has remained with him and developed.
He has saved his money and has in-
telligently and successfully invested it.
His financial instinct is almost as keen
as his operating instinct.

As Mr. Klingenberg stands before the
"Mirror of Sugar Lane" we see the re-
flection of a man who through long
experience has learned his job, of a
man who knows how to build around
him a loyal organization, of a man who
through fraternal organizations has
learned to take his place in his own
community, of a man who knows how
to mix work and play; in other words,
we see the reflection of a successful
man.

4— R. C. Welsh

Every successful man is distinguish-
ed from others by a few characteristics
which combine to present a unique in-
dividuality. And it is the purpose of
this short sketch to portray the indi-
viduality of a successful sugar man
by a few unique characteristics.

On a bleak December day in 1873,
the home of Pa Welsh in the town of
Old Vincennes, Indiana, became the

birthplace of a dimpled cherub, who
was christened Roscoe C. The C is for
Cherub. We are told that the time of
one's birth, and the environment in
one's childhood, largely determine the
future of a child. Thus little Roscoe,
who was born in the rigorous eastern
midwinter and reared in a town on the
Wabash made famous as a pioneer out-
post and immortalized in song, was
destined to success through a life of
hardship and adventure, softened only
by a silver thread of melody. Note that
he was destined to succeed, for this is
a characteristic, and this one is accom-
panied by an inherited persistence,
which can best be attributed to his pio-
neer forbears.

Doubtless the love of adventure
which was cherished in the legends and
fireside tales of Vincennes led Roscoe
to the western portals of the continent
by the early year of 1893. At any rate,
we find him at the age of nineteen set-
ting out on a career of pioneer con-
struction at Chino, California. A nat-
ural adeptness, driven by persistence,
placed him as Steffen Foreman at the
Chino factory the following year, and
this experience fitted him for further
progress through the Steffen house,
Beet end, and Sugar end, at Oxnard
from 1897 to 1900.

We are told that it was during this
time that our youth took up melody in
earnest, showing for the works of Men-
delssohn a strong preference.

But the spirit of progress again called
for a move, and in 1900 Roscoe landed
at Rocky Ford, with the construction
outfit of the American Beet Sugar Com-
pany which built that factory. Here he
found unusual attractions, and in 1902
became the victim of cupid's darts, and
was married. For a time the spirit of
travel lay quiet, for he remained at
Rocky Ford until 1905. But adventure
he must have, and we hear of many
fishing and hunting trips during this
time.

A story is told of a hunting trip un-
dertaken at Rocky Ford, which while
not funny in any sense of the word, il-
lustrates the development of the man.
It seems that a group went out for deer,
— a rollicking party, well equipped with
weapons, grub, and much to the amuse-
ment of some of the party, with such
uncommon tools as needle and thread.

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Surely such a crowd as this one could
be excused for having a ravenous ap-
petite, and this explains their pres-
ence in an apple orchard. The luscious
fruit in some manner found its way
into the capacious pockets of R. C.'s
hunting coat, greatly to his pride, as
he joked with those whose equipment
was lighter. But hark! Who comes
there? A man! The landlord! What?
A gun! Oh, Boy! Gangway! Give me
room! I'm leaving this place. Damn!
Curses on the man who invented barb-
ed wire and hunting coats — too much
haste with too much weight — a slip —
a tear — chagrin! It is said that now
Roscoe always goes prepared for emer-
gencies.

After leaving Rocky Ford, the
Welshes spent a campaign at Walis-
berg, Ontario, another at Sterling in
1906-'07, and one at Longmont, at which

places Roscoe was assistant superinten-
dent. Then in 1916 he was sent to Fort
Morgan as Superintendent, and the
next year to Sterling, where he has
since been stationed.

Roscoe's success has come from per-
sistence and harmony — and now suc-
cess and harmony are both on the rise.

It is easier to portray some men by
their struggles and troubles, than by
their pleasures and successes. With
other men, such as Welsh, the strife is
incidental. Such men are destined to
have the strife for a time, for it is an
indication of the battle going on within
the man. But when the strife can no
more be seen, it is evidence that the
man has conquered himself — which we
are told, is a goal few men ever attain.

Your Food and You

Science and research work have
proven beyond a doubt that sugar is
an energy producer, not a tissue-build-
er or a tissue reducer.

Sugar bears the same relation to the
bodily functions, that coal does to the
furnace in the home — it produces heat
and energy, but at no time does it be-
come a part of the furnace or a part
of the home.

My experiments with beet sugar have
extended over the past fifteen years, —
as a preservative in canning fruits and
vegetables, I have not found its equal.
I use it exclusively in all my work —
both in dietetical laboratories fn hospi-
tals and on the platform, where my re-
sults must of necessity, be definite.

— Louise Palmer Weber.

Roscoe AVelsh, the handsome Hoosier,
at the age of 19

Value of Sugar Beets

Professor Middleton in his report to
the English government in 1916, show-
ed that sugar beet production of only
10 tons to the acre will maintain more
people on a given acreage than any
other crop. Also the beet culture has
been the great factor in the very suc-
cessful progress of German agriculture.
One hundred acres of beets will main-
tain 530 persons; 100 acres of wheat
will maintain 200 persons; 100 acres of
mangolds will maintain 36 persons.

This report also shows that from an
equal area, say 5000 acres, farmed by
1000 men, sugar beets pay $200,000
more than wheat.

12

The Sugar Press

The Sugar Cities- Windsor

By Roy Ray

Editor of "The Windsor Poudre Valley"

Seventh of a Series in The Sugar Press on the Cities near which
Great Western Sugar Factories are Located

The history of Windsor dates back
to about 1879, when the first settler on
this townsite erected a small home in
plain view of a lake, now known as
Kern reservoir. But the history of the
real growth and development of Wind-
sor and the advancement in agriculture
in the surrounding territory dates from
the erection of the Windsor beet sugar
factory in 1903.

According to the memory of old in-
habitants, the first trading place in
Windsor was established about the
year 1890. As the settlement grew,
other lines of business were set up. But
the growth of the "village by the lake"
was slow, and when the writer came
here in the summer of 1901, the build-
ings covered less than sixteen blocks,
with many of the residence streets
sparsely built up. The business section
was contained within the area of one
block, the north and south sides of
Main street, and there were choice
building sites vacant at that.. Today
the town covers an area of about 53
blocks.

It was during the fall and winter
that the writer suggested that Windsor
ought to have a beet sugar factory.
Two local men, Dr. E. I. Raymond and
H. C Branch, undertook the promotion
of a factory. They succeeded in con-
tracting sufficient acreage, by promis-
ing a railway up Black Hollow to the
Severance district, but were unsuccess-
ful in securing the factory that year.
However, their preliminary work bore
fruit and early in 1903 the work of con-
struction began. The first beets were
put through the mill in November of
that year.

Coincident with the building of the
factory, Windsor took on new life.
Buildings went up all over town, and
new additions were laid out and built
up. Municipal improvements soon fol-
lowed, including the creation of side-
walk districts, the creation of sewer
district number one and construction

of the main sewer with outlet to the
river, and the planting of the town
park containing two blocks near the
heart of the town to a variety of shade
trees and shrubs. Within the past
three years a large part of this park
has been seeded to grass and it is now
a beauty and pleasure spot that is a
credit to the town.

With the laying of the Greeley water
main along the railroad right of way,
arrangements were made with that city
to supply Windsor with pure mountain
water. This was a great boon to the
people of the town, who were much
better satisfied with this water for
domestic uses than with alkali water
obtainable from a municipal well.

With the growth in population at-
tendant upon the erection of the sugar
factory, Windsor soon found her school
buildings inadequate. The first wing
of the stone building, now known as the
Park School, was built. This was very
soon outgrown and the second wing
added. The present High School build-
ing was erected three years ago, and
with all of the buildings taxed to ca-
pacity Windsor faced the problem of
providing more school room. This prob-
lem was met by consolidation of the
Windsor district with two rural dis-
tricts and the voting of bonds for the
construction of the Junior High School
building and a Teacherage for the ac-
commodation of about thirty. This
teacherage is the largest and finest in
the state, and is even said to be one of
the finest in the United States. The
Windsor Consolidated school district
is probably the richest in the state in
property valuations.

Windsor was one of the first to con-
duct a summer school for the children
of beet workers, thus releasing the
children for the beet harvest. This
school has proved eminently success-
ful and effectually solves the problem
of compulsory education without in-
jury or injustice to anyone.

13

Windsor, Colorado, Views

m

4

/ — Main street with widest pavement in Colorado. 2 — Junior High School. 3 — Teacher age.
4 — High School. 5 — First National Bank Building.

14

Successful Preparation of

FRUIT JELLIES

By Arthur W. Christie

Assistant Professor of Fruit Products,
University of California

*r

RUIT JELLIES are annually
prepared by many house-
wives who take just pride in
their ability to successfully
prepare this most delicate
fruit product. The process of jelly
making appears very simple, merely a
matter of boiling together fruit juice
and sugar until the mixture jellies on
cooling. However, even the most ex-
perienced housewives are occasionally
unsuccessful in jelly making, indicat-
ing that the process as ordinarily prac-
ticed is at times uncertain. Most such
failures are caused by lack of familiar-
ity with the fundamental principles of
jelly making which if understood and
applied, lead to the making of ideal
jellies.

A perfect glass of jelly is clear,
sparkling, transparent and of beautiful
color. When turned out of its mold it
will retain its form and not flow and
yet will quiver. It should be so tender
that it may be cut with a spoon and
yet so firm that a sharp sparkling edge
remains where it is cut. It should not
be syrupy, sticky or gummy and should
retain the delicate aroma and flavor of
the fruit from which it was made.

A fruit jelly depends for its consist-
ency on three substances. These are
pectin, acid and sugar, the first two of
which are obtained from the fruit and
the latter to the greater extent added.
The most important of these is pectin,
the substance which, when combined
with proper proportions of sugar and
acid, gives the stiffness to jelly. Pectin
is found in many but not all fruits and
is more abundant in slightly underripe
than in fully matured fruit. Without
pectin jelly is impossible.

Some fruits are rich in both pectin
and acid and lend themselves readily to
jelly making. Some fruits are deficient
in either acid or pectin and must be
blended with other fruits in order to se-
cure jelly. Fruits low in both acid and
pectin can only be used to flavor jellies
made from a jelly stock, usually apple.

There are now on the market several
concentrated pectin preparations. These
are usually made from apples, although
one Los Angeles firm is now making a
pectin powder from oranges. These
pectin concentrates are inexpensive and
a few spoonsful will stiffen the most
impossible jelly.

Sugar and acid besides being essen-
tial ingredients in the physical con-
sistency of a jelly are important in
furnishing the desirable sweetness and
tartness. Sugar is also the preservative
which prevents the jelly from spoiling,
making up about two-thirds of its
weight.

Sound and clean fruit should be used.
It is desirable but not always essential
to use partly ripe fruit to impart the
fine flavor and color and partly under-
ripe fruit to furnish the necessary pec-
tin concentration. This pectin is held
in the tissues of the fruit and must be
released by boiling. Very juicy fruits
such as berries need only be crushed
and boiled a few minutes without addi-
tion of water. Less juicy fruits, as ap-
ples and quinces, are cut in small
pieces, barely covered with wate.- and
boiled 10 or 15 minutes till tender. Cit-
rus fruits require about an hour boiling
because of the tough skins which con-
tain the pectin.

The juice is then drained or pressed
through a cloth. If only drained a
clearer juice results, but a greater yield
is obtained by pressure. Probably the
best method is to drain off most of the
juice first and press the remaining
pulp. This pressed juice will be cloudy
and must be filtered through a jelly
bag several times till clear. The juice
should be as clear as possible before
jelly making is started. The pulp from
fruits rich in pectin may be mixed with
water, boiled and pressed two or three
times, yielding juices not as concen-
trated as the first but still capable of
making good jelly if the proportion of
sugar added is reduced.

Freshly made jellies are always best.
If the juice intended for jelly is sealed

(2)

in jars or bottles and pasteurized in a
tub of water at 175 degrees for 30 min-
utes, it will keep indefinitely and may
be made into jelly at any time by add-
ing the proper amount of sugar and
boiling down to the jellying point. An
added advantage is that such jelly
stocks clarify during storage and the
clear juice may be poured off from the
sediment.

If there is any doubt as to the jelly-
ing property of the juice, it should be
tested for pectin. This simple test will
avert failure. To one tablespoon of
juice in a glass add an equal quantity
of grain alcohol. This alcohol must be
of 95 per cent strength, and if dena-
tured is equally satisfactory. Mix the
juice and alcohol. A juice rich in pec-
tin will form a bulky gelatinous mass
of pectin, almost solidifying the mix-
ture. Juices moderately rich in pec-
tin show a few large pieces of gelatin-
ous material while juices too low in
pectin to make jelly will only show a
few small pieces of flaky sediment.

There is no simple way of testing
for acid but if the juice is not rather
tart the acidity may be increased by
the addition of a small amount of
lemon juice.

Knowing the pectin content of the
juice the proper amount of sugar to
add can be judged. To each cup of
juice rich in pectin at least one cup
of sugar may be added. If the juice is
high in both pectin and acid 14 to li
cups of sugar may be added. On the
other hand if the juice is shown to be
only moderately rich in pectin only %
of a cup of sugar is added, and if only
a small amount of pectin is present the
sugar is reduced to y2 cup per cup of
juice.

Reducing the amount of sugar in
proportion as the pectin is low makes
it necessary to concentrate the mixture
further than if equal quantities of
sugar and juice had been used. In any
case boiling must continue until the
jelly contains over 60 per cent sugar.
During this boiling the concentration

of pectin increases because water is
evaporated. If a large quantity of sugar
is added only a short boiling is re-
quired to reach the proper concentra-
tion of sugar and this may be insuffi-
cient to reach a pectin concentration
high enough to jelly. If a smaller
quantity of sugar is added, necessitat-
ing a greater concentration by boiling,
the pectin may reach a sufficient con-
centration to make jelly.

More failures result from adding too
much sugar than from all other causes.
When failure occurs housewives are
prone to blame some ingredient. Beet
sugar has been unjustly blamed for the
failure of many a pot of jelly. Impar-
tial tests conclusively show no differ-
ence between cane and beet sugar for
jelly making.

The juice should be boiled for a few
minutes and well skimmed before the
sugar is added. Best results are ob-
tained by cooking rapidly in small
batches, enough for a dozen glasses,
over a quick fire. Long, slow cooking
causes loss of flavor, darkening of color
and the pectin may become partly in-
activated by the action of the heat and
fruit acid.

There are several ways of ascertain-
ing when the jellying point has been
reached. The "sheeting test" is fairly
satisfactory and consists in dipping a
large spoon in the boiling jelly and
holding the spoon in the air so the jelly
will drip from it. If drops of syrup
leave the spoon boiling must be contin-
ued further, but if the jelly drops from
the spoon in a sheet or flakes, the jelly
is considered finished and removed
from the fire.

A more reliable method is to use a
thermometer in the boiling liquid. As
the boiling progresses the liquid be-
comes more concentrated and when a
temperature of 221 is reached it in-
dicates that the jelly consists of 65
per cent sugar, and should be stiff
when cooled. If a soft jelly is desired
boiling may be terminated at 219 or

(3)

220 degrees. This is the simplest and
most accurate method of determining
the jellying point. However, unless
a sufficient amount of pectin and acid
are present, merely boiling down to

221 degrees will not alone insure the
formation of jelly.

Pour the hot jelly into clean and dry
glasses and cool thoroughly. If neces-
sary strain into the glass, although if
well skimmed the jelly should be clear.
When the jelly is cold and stiff cover
with a layer of melted paraffine. If a
little stick is run around between the
glass and the jelly about 14 -inch down
from the surface before the paraffine
is poured, a much better seal is made.
The hot paraffine sterilizes the surface
of the jelly and makes a tight seal
which protects the jelly from contami-
nation.

In hot climates jellies finished below
221 degrees may ferment. In such
cases the jelly must either be concen-
trated further or the hot jelly may
be poured into scalded jars or glasses,
tightly sealed and immersed in water
at 180 degrees for 30 minutes. Such jel-
lies will keep indefinitely.

Jelly should be stored in a cool, dark
and dry place. Light injures the color

and warmth and moisture may cause
the jelly to soften and "weep."

The following list of the more com-
mon jelly difficulties suggests the cause
and prevention* in each case:

Soft Jelly: Too much sugar for the
amount of pectin. Add more juice or
pectin and reboil to 221 degrees.

Tough Jelly: Too little sugar for
amount of pectin.

Gummy Jelly: Overcooked. Stop at
221 degrees.

Cloudy Jelly: Juice not well strain-
ed. Jelly not well skimmed. Partly
congealed before pouring into glasses.

Sugar Crystals: Insufficient cooking
or stirring after addition of sugar.
Too much sugar because too much add-
ed or boiled too long.

Mouldy Jelly: Paraffine not hot
enough when poured. Paraffine seal
not tight because glass wet or layer too
thin.

Fermented Jelly: Not concentrated
to 221 degrees. Boil down further or
pasteurize in sealed jars. — California
Cultivator.

The Great Western Sugar Company
General Offices, Denver, Colorado

(4)

The Sugar Press

Situated in what may be correctly
termed the geographical center of the
great Poudre Valley, and surrounded
by some of the best farming lands in
the state, with the most highly devel-
oped and efficient irrigation system in
the state, Windsor's position is se-
cure. While her population now num-
bers about 2,000, her future growth is
certain to be like that of the past —
substantial and in accord with com-
munity needs.

Windsor's streets are wide and well
shaded with trees. Two blocks of
Main street were paved in 1921, an im-
provement which leads all other towns
in Weld county to the present date.

The municipality owns a large fire
truck fully equipped and manned bv a
live volunteer fire department. The
town also owns and operates a big quad
truck in its street work, such as grad-
ing, sprinkling, and hauling. When not
in use, the street machinery is stored in
a concrete building owned by the town.
A two-story town hall serves as coun-
cil room, clerk's office, and houses the
fire truck and hose. The jail, which is
seldom used, is located on the first
floor. On the second floor are rooms
set apart for the use of the fire depart-
ment and also the Forbes-McKay Post
of the American Legion. Another room
serves for small public gatherings, also
as a band hall.

Two splendidly equipped and success-
fully operated hospitals help conserve
the life of the community. It is unusu-
al for towns of this class to have a hos-
pital at all, but Windsor is even more
fortunate in having two. One of the
most skillful surgeons in Colorado re-
sides here.

In a general way the foregoing trac-
es the history and growth of the town
to the present date. The rural terri-
tory surrounding Windsor has kept
pace. With the advent of the sugar
factory came a more intensified form of
farming than had been practiced prior
to that. In this The Great Western
Sugar Company has been a potent fac-
tor. The policy of the company has
been to encourage better farming meth-
ods and assist those engaged in agricul-
ture to obtain the best results, not
alone in the production of crops but in
stock feeding as well. Many farmers
have attributed their success to faith-

ful observance of the methods suggest-
ed by the company's experts.

The growth of beets on a large scale
led to the reclamation of much land in
the Windsor district that had been
ruined by seepage. It was early dis-
covered that slightly seeped land,
which was useless for other crops,
would grow a fair crop of beets. While
this was not profitable of itself on
seepy land, the beets made the ground
productive of other crops for a season
or two. This placed the sugar beet in
the class with alfalfa as a rebuilder of
run-down soil. However, the increased
value of lands which followed this more
intensified farming resulted in the rec-
lamation of waste lands through the
more permanent drainage system plan.
Obviously the rural population has in-
creased greatly since the coming of the
factory, and neat farm dwellings now
stand in many a spot that was a barren
waste twenty years ago.

"Called" by Radio

Sugar tramps who happened to be
listening in to the program given by
the Colorado National Guard's Radio
sending station in Denver on Wed-
nesday evening, July 19, were sur-
prised to hear the operator reply to
a letter from Mr. V. I. Daniels, Ger-
ing, Nebr.

If Danny did not happen to be lis-
tening in, he may now learn that the
Denver station acknowledged his let-
ter with thanks, and explained that
Danny's complaint about the quality
of the concerts was not very well-
taken. Accustomed only to the very
best in Gering, Danny wanted to know
why better artists couldn't be sup-
plied by the sending station. Even
if Denver had Galli-Curcis and Ca-
rusos galore, they come Dretty high
and what can a poor sending station
do.

We'd like to live and give radio
music from the heavenly choir, but,
Danny, what do you want for nothing,
was the tenor of the Denver radio
man's reply.

Windsor Flower

Mrs. Ted Hyde: "What does Bob-
by's breath smell like anyway?"
Ted: "Milkweed."

15

The Sugar Press

Sugar Tabloids

Interesting Facts and Opinions about Important Things in the Sugar World

States west of the Mississippi River
produced eighty per cent of the beet
sugar manufactured in the United
States in 1921.

The cane harvest is under way in
Java, with a likely outturn of 1,G58,000
long tons of raw sugar.

With 14 centrals still in operation,
the Cuban production early this month
had already reached a total of 3,725,000
long tons.

A larger tonnage than Louisiana's
1921 production, 289,000 long tons, is
the expectation for the coming cam-
paign based on condition of the cane
fields there.

It is estimated that Germany must
import upwards of 150,000 tons of sug-
ar to meet consumption demands until
its beet campaign opens.

The Formosa cane raw sugar produc-
tion in the coming campaign is esti-
mated at 336,000 tons.

The duty on refined sugar entering
Newfoundland is reported to be 6
cents per pound.

Consumption of ice cream in the
United States is estimated for this year
at 300,000,000 gallons, in which indus-
try some 130,000 tons of sugar are re-
quired.

On July 1 there was estimated to be
only about 50,000 tons of beet sugar
left to be marketed from the 911,000
tons produced in the United States
from the 1921 beet crop.

The new tariff bill is still under dis-
cussion in the Senate. According to
Washington reports there are few in-
dications at present that the prevailing
rate of duty on sugar will be changed.

An analysis of the statistical posi-
tion of sugar for the United States, by
Lamborn & Company, brokers, shows
an indicated balance at the end of 1922
of only 258,000 tons. This is consider-
ably below normal supplies.

'As the heavy consuming period pro-
gresses, it is more evident that the
strong underlying factors in the mar-
ket are asserting themselves," declare
Lamborn & Company. "The increased
consumption this year, together with

a partial or gradual replenishment of
invisible stocks, has made such heavy
inroads into Cuba's production and the
surplus carried over from last year,
that the statistical position of sugar
has changed materially. In fact, Cuba's
statistical position is no longer bearish,
but on the other hand is gradually tak-
ing on a decidedly bullish aspect, with
prospects for practically no carryover
at the end of this year."

Willett & Gray, sugar statisticians,
published figures showing an indicated
consumption of sugar in the United
States for the first six months of 1922
of 2,781,218 tons. On this basis Czar-
nikow-Rionda Company, leading New
York brokers and Cuban factors, esti-
mate the consumption for the entire
calendar year will be over 5,000,000
tons.

The Junketeers

Lovell is enjoying a visit from
Messrs. Haley and Stevenson. They are
trying to evolve a surplus list "what
am" out of the material on the prem-
ises, according to Ankeny & Kendall,
Lovell scribes. A few days ago they
had occasion to pass a large pile of
iron, fittings, etc., and observing that
it appeared to be having convulsions,
stopped to see if an earthquake was
coming. Closer examination showed
that it was only Tommy and Stevey at
their usual pastime. Page Bob Miller.

Same with Sugar

Abraham Lincoln said:

"If America sends $30.00 to England
for steel rails, England has the $30.00
and we have the steel rails; but if, on
the other hand, America pays to an
American steel works $30.00 for the
steel rails, we in America not only have
the rails, but we also have the $30.00."

Experienced

Tourist, gazing at volcano: "Looks
like hell, doesn't it?"

Native: "How these Americans
have traveled!"

16

The Sugar Press

The Great Western Cook Book

This Month We Give Canning Suggestions and a Time Table for
Canning Fruits and Vegetables, but Next Month We Will Resume
Printing Tested Recipes if You Will Send Them in

The principles underlying success- one-half quarts of water is correct for

ful canning are absolute cleanliness, juicy fruits, one and one-fourth pounds

foods of good quality and sufficient of sugar to three quarts of water may

sterilization to kill all germ life. be used for firmer fruits.

The simplest outfit is a stout wash- Time r^able For Canning Fruits

boiler, a Wire rack to fit into it to hold Wash Boiler Pressure Cooker

the jars, good jars, new rubbers, a big Kind Outfit 5 lbs.

colander for blanching and dipping Small juicy berries,

and a steamer top to use in steaming as strawberries... 1G min. 8 min.

bulky vegetables before jarring them. Firm small berries,

A pressure cooker rightly used saves as blueberries 20 " 10 "

time, fuel and energy. Cherries 18 " 10 "

Preliminary work is as follows: 1 — Peaches & Apricots. . 16 " 8 "

Wash the fruit or vegetables in cold Pineapple 35 " 25 "

water. 2 — Blanch, that is, scald in Apples 20 " 10 "

boiling water from five to ten minutes, Pears . 20 " 10 "

or steam from fifteen to twenty min- Time Table For Canning Vegetables

utes. 3 — Plunge into cold water for Asparagus 1 hr. % hr.

two minutes. 4 — Peel or skin, as need- Greens . . . iy2 " % " '

ed. For example, one peels carrots or Beets ............. iy2 " 1 "*

tomatoes. Strawberries and plums do Rhubarb . 20 min. 15 min.

not need it. 5 — Remove seeds, stems string Beans.! '. 2 hr. 1 hr.

and blossom ends according to com- Corn .3 "1

mon sense. G— Pack as much as possi- squash & Pumpkin .' 1 % "

ble into absolutely clean scalded jars. Carrots iy2 " 1

7— Cover vegetables with cold water Tomatoes'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.' 25 min. 10 min.

containing teaspoonful of salt to the peas 2 hr. 1 hr.

quart; cover fruits with syrup or plain '

water. 8 — Place a new rubber on each

jar, and partly close down the covers. Puzzle Picture
9 — Place the cans in the boiler, cover
with cold water until the jars are sub-
merged at least two inches. 10 — Put
on the boiler lid, bring to boiling point,
and boil steadily the length of time
stated in the canning table below. 11 —

Then remove, close permanently with- L| < ... „7.

out opening, no matter how much the ' •''< ■ /!>||'* '

material in the jar may have shrunk. P *

12 — Turn upside down on a cloth and **^

cool, away from draughts. If the jars - '

leak, new rubbers will have to be put mm
on and the process repeated. 13 — Store
in a dark place, moderately cool.

The syrups used to cover fruits are

made by boiling granulated sugar and "Find the Fish"

water together for five minutes. A syr- _ m , TT . ... ,

up of medium sweetness or heaviness Left to rl%ht: Henry Acton, Alfred

is used for canning juicy fruits, a thin Lehman (holding the fish, look closely,

moderately sweet syrup being reserved and if necessary use a magnifying

for rather dry fruits needing long Slass> Henry Howe, Charles Freese.

cooking. A pound of sugar to one and All good fishermen, but —

17

The Sugar Press

Lippitt and Mendelson Back
From Europe

Glad Once Again to be on American Soil, They Report German Beet

Fields Haven't Anything on Our Best. Beet Seed Business

Apparently has not Suffered Much from the War.

W. D. Lippitt and Hans Mendel-
son, on their return from a study of
beet seed problems abroad, declared
that most of the old established beet
seed breeding firms on the Continent
have kept their establishments and
organizations intact over the war per-
iod.

"The leading beet seed firms," said
Mr. Lippitt, "display confidence in
the future and the permanence of
the seed business. This is evidenced
by the new installations made to im-
prove the handling of the seed
throughout the process.

"Those larger firms which had a
well-developed and systematic breed-
ing system before the war gave evi-
dence that they were able to keep
up their very complicated methods,
even during the stress of war activi-
ties. The substantial firms claim
they are taking vigorous steps to
avoid a recurrence of delivery to
American customers of questionable
seed which to some extent was sent
over in 1919 and 1920 because of the
entrance into the business of irrespon-
sible speculators. This together with
strikes in beet seed fields and at
cleaning establishments and ware^-
houses was the excuse given for the
shipping of poor seed."

The Great Western men said that
they found German authorities gen-
erally of the opinion that an early
return of sugar production to pre-
war levels cannot be expected.

"Among the reasons advanced,"
said Mr. Lippitt, "were lack of im-
ported phosphoric acid and lack of
sufficient stable manure, labor diffi-
culties and the setback given the
beet sugar industry by government
control of the sugar market which
until recently has held prices at rel-
atively low levels. At present, prices
for competitive crops are perhaps
more favorable than for beets, but

should this situation be reversed the
Continental countries are undoubtedly
capable of a quicker recovery in the
beet sugar industry than has taken
place so far."

While in general farming condi-
tions everywhere were marked by a
reasonably careful cultivation, the
beet fields seen by the Coloradoans,
in their opinion, did not show any
superiority as regards preparation of
seed beds and clean cultivation over
those American districts where beet
raising is the main business of the
farmers. However, the average sugar
content of beet crops in Middle Eu-
rope, exclusive of France, is mater-
ially higher than that of the United
States. This may largely be due, ac-
cording to Mr. Mendelson, to a more
favorable growing season and a larger
number of beets per acre. Instead
of the 18 inch and 20 inch rows com-
mon in the United States, the pre-
vailing distance in Europe was found
to be 14 to 16 inches. Favorable
germinating conditions and a larger
quantity of seed put in per running
foot of row also give the Europeans a
much thicker stand.

Comparatively high prices received
by the farmers of Europe during and
following the war has left the agrar-
ian populations on a good financial
basis, the travelers reported, al-
though they found evidence of a de-
gree of unrest unusual among these
rural classes.

The reason why radium is
valued at five million dollars an
ounce is because the world needis
it very much and it is scarce.

In industry men who have de-
veloped the quality of leadership
receive big rewards simply be-
cause the quality of leadership
is extremely scarce and is very
much needed. — Builders.

18

The Sugar Press

Was a Fly Fisher
a Flier?

No, by Himmel. Bob Miller's
Question Answered. Angle
was Hackle's Family
Name. Ask Noah.
Mr. R. G. Miller,
At Large, c/o Sugar Press,
Denver, Colorado,
Dear Bob: —

I read by the Sugar Press the ques-
tion what you asked somebody about
who is the oldest, the bate or the fel-
low what does the fishing. Himmel,
Bob, it stands in my church book
that Noah took two of them vigglers
on his house boat and a fellow would
have a helluva time trying to fish mit
only two worms.

In my old country, Russia, we used
to fish mit bugs whats name was no
relation to the job what what we was
doing. If the angle vorm got his
name from the angler, or vos it the
other way, then when I fish mit frogs
I am a frogger; when I fish mit flies
then I am a flyer, and when I fish mit
fish — well that would be all right.
No, Mr. Miller, I think Angle vos the
family name of your Hackle bug long
time before the flood, and I tell you a
man what fishes is not called after the
bate what he uses. Anyhow when I
go fishing, and while I am fishing and
after I get home from fishing, I am,
Yours truly,

Jacob Glosburg,

Gering, Nebraska.

Bob Miller a Casualty

The following letter was found in a
room occupied by some of the Wander-
ing Jews, and we feel that it might be
of interest to the Sugar Tramp frater-
nity:

Billings, Mont.,
June 25, 1922.
Dear Friend Charlie:

I haven't much time to write, but I
feel that I simply must tell you about
Bob Miller's experience with a wood-
tick. Bob went fishing yesterday after-
noon with some of the boys from the
mill and they didn't get back until
some time in the night. As it was Sat-

urday, I intended to sleep late the next
morning, but was awakened about 7
a. m. by Bob, calling "Steve, I think I
have a tick on me." Well, I took a
look,, and sure enough it was a tick,
life size, I can tell you that. I told
him I would get up and get some tur-
pentine, as that would take it off. Well,
I went to the drug store and got some
turpentine, also some iodine, as the
druggist told me that was good and I
wanted all the cures I could find. I
went back to the room and applied the
turpentine, also the iodine, but the tick
stuck to Bob like a grass widow to a
college boy. Well, the next thing I had
to get a doctor, so I telephoned to sev-
eral doctors trying to find the one that

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Doc Russell searching for the lost
wood tick on Bob Miller.

I knew, but as I didn't have the ini-
tials of his name. I got the wrong one
wherever I called, so I went over on
Montana Avenue and got my friend
Dr. Russell to come over and see what
he could do with a tick. As he was in
his office on the second floor and I was
on the sidewalk. I called to him and
told him about the boss having a tick
on him. He was in a hurry and didn't
understand, but thought I said the boss
had a jag on, and as we walked over

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to the room he said, "I don't see why
they drink that d — n stuff." I told him
he got me wrong, that the boss never
drank a drop, but had a tick on him,
and he said, "Oh, H — , a d — n bug!"
Well, we went back to the office and
got some more dope, then went to the
hotel, and the doctor sure took that
tick off in a hurry. Bob is all right
now, and has the best chances in the
world to recover.

Your friend,

STEVE.

On Lovell Highway

A Jayhawker
From Billings

We don't wish to mention any names,
but a certain gentleman from Billings
Factory went back East on a vacation
and while there in some way acquired
a new Oldsmobile. On the return trip
he passed through Chicago, or rather
he tried to pass through. Now this
same gentleman, years ago, was perfect-
ly acquainted with all the hi-ways and
by-ways leading from said city, but for
some reason unknown to him, these
different points of exit were all changed
around and led to parts unknown. Af-
ter several unsuccessful attempts to sep-
arate himself from the city, he gave up
in disgust and sought suitable lodging
and "hot groceries." The next day,
with the aid of the traffic squad, he
succeeded in "eliminating" the big town
and all went well until Boone, Iowa,
was reached. Now our hero had no in-
tention of stopping in this city, but
friend wife needed "sustenance" and
after heated argument a halt was called
and the much wanted "nose bag" at-
tached. A very unsatisfactory meal
was not enjoyed and our friends left in
a very unbeautiful state of mind. They
jumped into the "bus," whirled around
in the middle of the street and were
promptly pounced upon by one of the
city dads, who informed them that that
kind of stuff might work in the sticks,
that it was a nice looking car, that
they were probably nice people, but
would they please take it down to the
corner to turn it around. The balance
of the trip was uneventful.

H. S. Barringer and wife spent a very
delightful vacation in Lansing. Michi-
gan, with Mr. Barringer's mother. They
returned home in a new Oldsmobile.

Hank: "That's a pretty darn good
engine, don't you think Harry?"

iTarry: "Yes, but it ain't any bet-
ter than my National, it ain't."

Lovell has one passenger train each
way, each day. Not bragging, you un-
derstand, but volunteering a piece of
information so that the reader may
better appreciate what follows. One
train goes south at 11 a. m., and the
other goes north at 4 d. m., more or
less. Mr. Hooper and Mr. Chatfield ar-
rived on the evening train, and one of
the first persons they met after reach-
ing the factory was one Mr. Haley,
whom Billings has been so unkind as to
christen Isidore because of the contour
of his proboscis. After chatting with
them for a few minutes, Izzy remem-
bered some pressing- business elsewhere,
so extending his hand to H. W. H., he
said, with a rich Jerusalem accent,
"Arrah, Misther Hooper, and ye would-
n't be goin' on to Billings tonight,
would ye? 'Cause if ye ar-re, I'll have
to be sayin' good-bye to ye now."

At Sunday School

"Where do good little girls go when
they die?"

"To heaven."

"That's right. Now where do bad
little girls go?"

"To the depot to see the traveling
men come in."

It takes the combined opera-
tion of 65 muscles to produce a
frown, but only 13 to smile.

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er^onnel

DENVER

OLGA SCHMITZ AND EVA MAE
JOLLY,

Helen O'Brien, secretary to Mr. Luff,
resigned on the 15th and, according to
all reports, was married the following
Monday. She is spending her honey-
moon in Estes Park. The lucky hom-
bre? We don't know.

Ada Baxter, formerly of the Agricul-
tural Department, has been transfer-
red to the Secretary's office.

James Betts, formerly of Sterling, is
leaving the Accounting Department,
and will return to his home in Penn-
sylvania.

The list of vacationers is a long one,
including C. W. Doherty, who has gone
to Minneapolis; Messrs. Packer and
Shepard, to Hesse; Mr. Maudru, to
Cleveland; Mr. Devenish, to Grand
Lake, and Bailey Hutchings, to Idaho.

EATON

G. J. KUEMPEL,
Associate Editor

Miss Lottie McWilliams of the
office force is spending some of her
vacation in Laramie.

Friends of our Chief Chemist,
George Stevens, are watching with
keen interest the rapid strides he is
making in the baseball world. Steve
has signed up with Orchard, Colo.,
for the season and so far has won two
out of three games he has pitched.
He lost a close game Sunday 13 to 11
against Stoneham, Colo. We under-
stand the New York Yankees have
their eye on him.

We were all sorry to learn about
the death of our most faithful watch-
dog which occurred on June 2(5.
Queen was admired by everyone
around the mill. Her place is being
filled by Shep who is no stranger by
any means. No! Charlie Johnson
of Lovell, we no not want your ex-
tra dog.

Among those who been enjoying
their vacations are: D. M. Gambill,
W. H. Ziegler, G. W. Miller, F. E.
Miller, S. D. Stone, D. J. Givens,
H. A. Terry, Douglas Hill, J. L. Sher-
man, B. A. Matheney and Sam Dick-
ens.

What we need mostly in the Eaton
District is rain, and then some more
rain. The Sahara Desert hasn't any-
thing on us when it comes to being
dry and hot.

The many friends of our Associate
Editor, George Kuempel, are glad to
learn that Mrs. Kuempel is recovering
from the serious operation which she
underwent on the 24th of June.
George says that it is now expected
that Mrs. Keumpel will be able to
leave the hospital about the 23rd of
this month and will go to Fort Col-
lins and be with her folks for a while
before returning to Eaton.

The maintenance work in the fac-
tory is progressing nicely and it is
now in order for those that think the
Eaton Factory will not be in the race
this year to change their minds as
we expect to be "Up with the People"
from the word "Go."

Yes, we have a few fishermen at our
factory. Recently Don Gambill. Billy
Resch, Walt Ziegler and George Stev-
ens tried their luck. They all like
to fish in streams but find that lake
fishing while not as good a sport
nevertheless produces the fish, and
they brought home a real mess. It
pays to stay in one spot long enough
when it comes to catching fish.

WINDSOR

JOHN H. LEESEMAN,
Associate Editor

Wm. Barber, Eugene Taylor, Mr.
Rienks and Mr. Shaffer took advan-
tage of the three day vacation the
Fourth of July and sallied up to North
^ark. They reported fishing so good
that they had to keep out of the water

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to prevent their boots being eaten.

Mutt Ewing is sporting a fishing
flivver, having purchased a wreck
and making a right smart Ford out
of it for his pleasure trips. Leave
it to Mutt every time.

Al Hemmerle and family, Ray
Griggs and family, and Dad Brewer
and wife intend to go to North Park
the first week in August and bring
back what fish the Bosses did not get.
We hope to get some fishing pictures
out of this trip. To say nothing of
the fish.

Glen Chipman, formerly First Car-
bonator here, was a Windsor visitor
over the Fourth of July. He is now
located as Manager of the Western
Light and Power Co., at Lafayette,
Colo.

Ted Hyde, John Hopkins, and Char-
lie Williams made a trip to the little
South Fork of the Poudre last month
to fish; they say that all that saved
them from dieting was that Charlie
Williams ordered lots of bacon.

Among the vacationists now out
are Irma Webber, John E. Rork, and
Frank Whiting. Mr. Barber is spend-
ing some time at Cherokee Park.

Ted Hyde is just back from a vaca-
tion, a good part of which was spent
in motoring over the country, and
now he is too busy to talk, besides
being too hot.

Our Chief Chemist, Mr. Millen, will
take his vacation the last week in
July and is planning on visiting with
his son, Charles Keith Millen, who
arrived in Windsor July 10th, weigh-
ing 9 pounds. Congratulations!

While driving a gear wheel from
a piece of shafting on the Beet Ele-
vator. Levi Glover had the misfortune
of being hit on the finger by the
sledge. No bones were broken but
a very painful and smashed finger was
the result.

curly Brewer, Fred Casten, Eu-
gene Taylor and Clarence Potter vis-
ited Chambers Lake at the head of
the Poudre and report good fishing.
But she sure was cold.

Mrs. Frank Brewer has been quite
ill at the home of her mother, Mrs.
Tom Griffin, at Loveland. Mrs. Brew-
er is improving rapidly from her at-
tack of bronchitis.

Mr. Barber discovered that his new

Buick will do fifty miles an hour in
reverse and that on a minute's notice.
Not that he minded the speed in the
least, being used to that, but to tear
off a new trunk rack was inconsider-
ate, very.

Ted Ernst and Arnold Staats were
among those taking in North Park
and Laramie River fishing this past
month. W. S. Rowen will also soon
be visiting those parts.

A snowstorm in the month of July
out of the question? No, not where
Miss Willard was the 9th of July, on
the top of Pikes Peak in a raging
blizzard. And on her trips to Grand
Lake and Echo Lake cool weather
was plentiful, pleasant things to re-
member when we're back from our
vacations in a country with the ther-
mometer steadily rising.

FORT COLLINS

W. L. GREEN and BYRON ALBERT,
Associate Editors

D. Van Zante, who has been with the
Company for many years in various po-
sitions and lately in the position of
sugar end foreman, is leaving the em-
ploy of the Company, expecting to lo-
cate in Washington State.

The laboratory is coming to the front
rapidly. J. A. Bair, chief chemist, has
a young son at his home, and likewise,
Ralph Reese, vocational chemist. Ci-
gars and candy were plentiful for a few
days.

We have been expecting to hear some
mighty good fish stories since so many
have been on their vacations, but only
one has come out so far. "Heinie" Heu-
messer tells it. On a recent trip to
Encampment he caught two big ones
at one haul. His leader carried two
flies, one hooked an 18 inch trout and
the other a 22 incher. "Heinie" has
been limping around all spring suffer-
ing from rheumatism, but since land-
ing the 40 inches of trout he has had a
rapid recovery.

"Henry" frequently finds a purchaser
among the Agricultural force, his lat-
est sale being to Joe Williams, who is
now visiting the farmers in a coupe.

Our sympathy is extended to 0. S.
Halderman in the recent loss of his
father.

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John Rasmussen, formerly a member
of the Engineering Department, was a
recent visitor. He is now a member of
a firm of consulting engineers main-
taining an office at Denver.

Wm. L. Green, one of the contribu-
tors to this column, is now holder of
the low record on the Fort Collins
Country Club golf course, with a score
of 72 for the eighteen holes. The previ-
ous record stood at 73.

LOVELAND

O. S. RIKER and EMMA MATZICK
Associate Editors

Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Mooney returned
on July 4 from the Pacific coast where
they attended the International Rotary
Convention and visited places of inter-
est in California. Sam says he met a
great many old sugar men out there
and had a very enjoyable vacation, but
was not sorry to get back to Colorado.

Al DeGroat had the misfortune to
drop a casting on his foot, badly mash-
ing one of his toes.

Many of the Loveland boys spent the
Fourth up in the canyon. Among them
we noticed Joe Berry and family, Chas.
Atkins and family, O. S. Riker and fam-
ily and H. Scilley and family, all of
whom were up at Glen Comfort. Chas.
Angove with his family made the trip
over the Fall river road to Grand Lake,
coming home over Berthoud Pass via
Georgetown and Idaho Springs. He
says the roads are fine.

The last carload of potash made at
Loveland was shipped out on July 5,
and the boys who reconditioned it were
glad to say "Goodbye."

The Fieldmen were the only busy
men July 3, as land measuring is so
urgent now that they are putting in
long hours and have little time for
fishing.

V. V. Hartman and H. J. Jones en-
joyed a well-earned vacation in July.
A. N. Bennett of Fort Collins Factory
had charge of the Laboratory during
Mr. Hartman's absence.

Manager H. Scilley says he is feel-
ing older. The reason is the arrival
of Hugh Maxwell at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Maxwell Mattoon. Mrs.
Mattoon is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Scilley.

There are rumors of a joint-picnic

of the employees of the Longmont,
Fort Collins and Loveland factories
to be held at Chasteen's Grove. At
this time we are unable to give any
of the details but hope to be able to
tell you all about it in the next issue.

H. Scilley recently made a trip to
Wheatland, Wyoming, with N. R. Mc-
Creery, District Manager, and Messrs.
Roach and Griffin of Fort Collins.
They returned by way of Scottsbluff,
taking in Sterling, Brush, Fort Mor-
gan and Greeley, making the trip in
three days. They had some cool
weather enroute, but report condi-
tions fine in the country visited.

On August 15 Loveland will cele-
brate the completion of its first pav-
ing. There will be many athletic
events at which they hope to secure
some local talent for their Wild West
performances for the Larimer County
Fair to be held in September. Street
dancing will be the feature of the
evening's entertainment.

BRIGHTON

Supt. Harbeck took a few days off
for the purpose of visiting the Colo-
rado factories.

James Twombly, a former employe,
has returned to Brighton from Foun-
tain, Colorado, where he has been work-
ing on his father's farm.

C. W. Scotland, prohibition officer,
seems to be making it a point to call
on us each pay day, but we never have
a check for him any more, not even a
vacation check.

Bruce Petrikin is having "Bill Bu-
ick" repainted.

With a large crew of men working
on our lawn, and sufficient water, we
shall soon have our factory grounds up
to standard again.

"Doc" Miller and "Chet" Bradbury
report great fishing on the Little Lara-
mie river near Centennial, Wyoming.

Cuba has at last yielded up Fred
Center and delivered him home again.
For the past seven months, Fred has
been employed as Assistant Superin-
tendent at the Marcane plant of the
Cuban-American Sugar company. He
reports that they harvested a bumper
crop of cane and manufactured a great-
er amount of raw sugar with more eco-

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nomical operation than any previous
year.

Messrs. Shaffer, Mitchell, and Rienks
have been frequent visitors lately. They
are watching closely the changes that
are being made in our slicers and bat-
tery.

W. B. Jeffers had the misfortune to
run a piece of tin through the index
finger of his right hand while working
in the shop. The cut was so severe that
it was necessary to have several stitch-
es taken in it.

Our dried pulp pile is dwindling rap-
idly and we hope to have the warehouse
empty in a few weeks.

M. T. Metcalf, formerly extra fore-
man at Collins factory, has joined our
operating staff as beet end foreman.

STERLING

G. W. ATKINSON AND G. W. SPEER,
Associate Editors.

Manager Evans has acquired a cot-
tage at Glen Comfort, built to order,
and now has his family located in
the mountains for the summer. Char-
lie makes the trip eveTy week end,
but we can see that he would much
rather drive up there once and stay
until time to return in the fall.

Superintendent Welsh and family
left on the 15th for the wilds of
Wyoming on the big annual vacation
fishing trip.

Which reminds us, that Welsh was
up there for a few days not long ago,
in company with Jack Reece and some
others, and the stories that came
back are something like this: Three
men fished part of three days mak-
ing in that time a catch of 332 trout
which averaged 16.875 ounces per
fish in weight.

(Associate Editors' note: We have
personally investigated this report,
and are able to confirm the average
size of the fish caught by examina-
tion of a number of samples, but as
regards the number, — ? We under-
stand that the limit under the law in
Wyoming is 15 pounds per man per
day, which would be 135 pounds for
the trip. Draw your own conclusions,
gentlemen.)

We are glad to see a number of
Sugar Tramps among the delegations

of Elks who attended the State Con-
vention in Sterling recently.

E. T. Riley, our efficient machinist,
returned the first of the month from
an extended vacation trip at Glen-
wood Springs, Steamboat Springs
and other mountain resorts. Fred's
1492 Overland, after a good over-
hauling, made the entire trip of 1200
miles in fine shape, the only accident
to the machine being repaired by Ri-
ley himself in true factory campaign
style, 20 miles from civilization.

M. W. Nelson, F. L. Barger and
H. M. Craine have returned from
their vacations.

John Homberg, our veteran sugar
boiler, back from his annual pilgrim-
age into the woods of Washington
state, is on the job with renewed
vigor.

Billy Ross is building himself a
garage, — it must be for himself be-
cause he has no car to go into it.

Al Nies has bought G. W. Walter's
Ford coupe, and may be seen flitting
about every evening.

We are glad to report that George
Speer, formerly time-keeper and side
record clerk, has decided to accept
an offer in the claim department of
this company in Denver.

We believe that during the past
month the temperature at Sterling has
varied over a larger range than dur-
ing any previous period of the same
length. From a minimum of 38 to a
maximum of 102 is some variation.

The Evans cottage in Glen Com-
fort is christened "WEE BLUE INN."

Assistant Superintendent McClin-
tock returned July 15th, from an ex-
tended trip in Illinois and Indiana.

Miss Mary Landrum, the popular
girl who has been the presiding gen-
ius at the switchboard and the office
typewriter desk, has resigned to ac-
cept a position in the railroad freight
office. We greatly regret that Mary
is gone. She goes to a better position
with our best wishes and congratula-
tions.

J. J. Kennedy left July 16 for New
York City to visit relatives. Mr.
Kennedy's place in the store room is
being ably taken care of by Dave Ruff,
one of Jack's former assistants.

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FORT MORGAN

F. M. BAKER and A. C. WHITNEY,
Associate Editors

On account of Superintendent Mil-
ler's family spending the summer in
Estes Park, Frank has decided that
a Ford car is not fast enough so he
has traded it for a Buick.

The family of D. D. Kagy, Super-
intendent's clerk, are visiting in Chi-
cago this summer where Mr. Kagy ex-
pects to join them in August for his
vacation.

The shop force have overhauled
the crane and Charlie Shaffer suc-
ceeded in getting it in such good
repair that when Ike McGee fired her
up the other day to go to work, he
said, "why boys, she runs as smoothly
as Charlie's 'Olds'."

Roy Brown, Steffen House fore-
man, is taking his vacation in Califor-
nia. His friends here wonder if he
has gone for "Ever (ly)."

W. A. Mitchell and H. L. Hart-
burg dropped in to see us this week.
"Mitch" says that Hartburg brought
him to Fort Morgan in order to dem-
onstrate to him what a good meal
can be obtained here for "four bits."

The agricultural force have been
very busy for the past month measur-
ing beets and trying to keep ahead
of the web worms. We have already
issued 10,000 pounds of Paris Green
for use in combatting this and the
grasshopper pest — the grasshoppers
being the worst we have experienced
for the past several years.

Manager H. C. Giese has assumed
the management of the Morgan Coun-
ty Agricultural Fair for this year,
and we can see where some of us
are going to be kept busy for the
next two months.

Jack Davis, Chief Chemist at Bill-
ings, made us a brief call the other
day. He just dropped in, said "hello,"
and blew out.

E. B. Huff, our efficient storekeep-
er, has resigned to take effect Aug-
ust 1st. Mr. Huff expects to return
to his old home in Canada and en-
gage in the chicken business. H. Z.
Speer, formerly of the office force,
will take his place in the storeroom.

The wives of F. L. King and F. M.
Baker, who are in Denver under the

doctor's care, are both improving.

Billy Martin, our master mechanic,
tells us that you do not want to try
to fix a battery in your car with your
Sunday clothes on as the acid seems
to be hard on the trouser legs.

Ed Getzendaner, sugar boiler at
Loveland, visited with his brother-in-
law, Charles Shaffer, here last week.

SCOTTSBLUFF

GENEVIEVE WEIDENHEIMER and PARRY
W SNYDER, Associate Editors

H. A. Schmode and family motored
to Norfolk, Nebraska, where they will
spend their vacation.

Messrs. A. M. Ginn and N. C. Vande-
moer accompanied a shipment of cattle
to Chicago. This shipment topped the
market at $10.60. Incidentally, these
men attended the Golf Tournament at
that place, and gathered many pointers
in connection with the game.

Charles Freese returned from Have-
lock and points in the eastern part of
the state on July 9. He says nothing
worth mentioning happened on the trip
because his wife was with him. It was
ever thus!

Miss Dora Hardin and Miss Mary
Broderick of the stenographic force are
on their vacations. Miss Pauline Hood
is assisting during their absence.

Charles Hahn, our Blacksmith, was
returning from lunch in his Regal Five.
With him was F. Anderson, Sugar Boil-
er, who was wearing a show hat. Ev-
erything was serene until Fritz hap-
pened to look at the speedometer.
Cross-eyed bedbugs! She registered
fifty-six miles per hour. Fritz had a
strangle hold on the gasoline filler cap
and his feet were clinched under the
seat. His hat went into the alfalfa
field, and he yelled to Charley: "Raise
your foot off that accelerator. I'm a
young man yet and haven't much in-
surance." Charley only smiled as the
speedometer hand went to fifty-seven.
Fritz was whiter than any sugar that
ever came out of a sack. All speech
had left him when the needle reached
fifty-eight. Fritz thought of home and
family and wondered why Charley in-
tended to commit suicide when the car
slowed down, turned into the factory
gate, and came to a stop. After lifting

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Fritz out and sprinkling his face with
water, Charley explained that he had
the wrong gear on the speedometer
drive shaft and that they really were
going only twenty miles per hour.

Lyman Andrews is so busy these days
that he seldom sees his wife. She says
she will be glad when vacation time
comes so they can get acquainted again.
Such is the life of a fieldman.

J. B. Badgley assumed his duties as
Cashier at Gering on July 17. We will
miss Jerry's smiling face in this office,
but wish him success in his new job.

Mart and Edwin Schmode, accom-
panied by Max Garber, left July 9th
for California, making the trip in
Mart's Buick. They intend visiting
San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other
places of interest which, it is rumored,
include some small but very popular
villages on the edge of Old Mexico.

Scottsbluff claims the distinction of
having the largest sugar boiler in cap-
tivity. Alfred Roeske has returned to
us after three years' absence, which
time he spent in Michigan. From
Roeske's circumference we would ven-
ture to say that Mr. Volstead did not
include Michigan in his little amend-
ment.

The other night about 7:30 as Dick
Kent, our Assistant M. M., was driving
through Broadway, his Reo suddenly
stopped. After a thorough examination
everything seemed to be O. K. As ev-
erything else was advancing these days,
except his car — he advanced the spark.
Nothing doing. A by-stander nearby
said, "Perhaps the wheels are tired."
This proved to be correct, but the en-
gine wouldn't run. Just at this time
the marshal drove up and requested
Dick to move his car on as he was
blocking traffic. It is hard to imagine
such a predicament. However, Dick
had the car towed to his garage, rolled
up his sleeves and proceeded to exam-
ine the boat thoroughly. Several per-
sons passed and each offered some ad-
vice. A doctor said Dick should oper-
ate at once. A dressmaker said that
perhaps the carburetor was on the bias.
A bookkeeper said it didn't balance.
Dick's face took on a look like a fore-
man who has just been told that cam-
paign will run three weeks longer than
was first figured. Dick examined the
headlights and extra tire carrier. Ev-

erything was O. K. about the carrier,
except that some one had swiped the
tire off of said carrier. Every now and
then "Let's try her," but "No go."

To make a long story short, Dick's
little boy, unseen, had switched the but-
ton to "off" and in worrying over
things in general, Dick had never
turned it on again. But little things
like that will happen, and when she
purred down the road at 35 per, "Oh,
boy. wasn't it a grand and glorious feel-
ing!"

GERING

T. L. CRONIN and W. E. CLAYCOMB,
Associate Editors

An epidemic of baby girls hit the city
since the last issue of The Press and if
Bill Maupin wrote a poem dedicated
to each little debutante, we fear that
Hon. Bill's stumping in behalf of his
candidacy for the gubernatorial nomi-
nation by the almost extinct Demo-
cratic party would be seriously inter-
fered with. On June 29, little June La-
Vaughn came to brighten the home of
the H. O. Jones family; on July 1,
Helen Louise storked in on the Hos-
tetlers; and next day and next door,
came little Marjory Ellen Ponder. Mrs.
Jones, nee Alta Steele, proud mother
of June LaVaughn, was our sugar
bench chemist for two campaigns;
Helen Louise is the second daughter of
beet end foreman Ben Hostetler; while
Marjory Ellen is' queen in the home of
timekeeper Jimmie Ponder.

The 146th anniversary of the "birth
of the nation" saw the sugar fraternity
all decked out in renovated palm beach
suits, reconstructed panama hats, or
khaki and rubber boots, as they mo-
tored, dobbined, jitneyed, walked, and
mooched their way to the big Rodeo
at the metropolis across the river, to
the south hills for a quiet family pic-
nic, or to whip the lazy Platte and
mirror lakes for some poor fish.

In accordance with the advice of sev-
eral of Uncle Sam's physicians, Carl
McAlear, for several years chief screw
of the pipe fitting department, on June
30 resigned and left the employ of the
company to attend a government voca-
tional training school at Pittsburg,
Kansas, where he will take up mechani-
cal engineering. Carl broke into the

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sugar game at Greeley some twelve
years ago, and having a little more
gypsy blood in his veins than the av-
erage Greeleyite, drifted. He worked
in the pipe gang during the construc-
tion of the Bayard plant, and upon its
completion, came to Gering and the fol-
lowing year was appointed head fitter.
Our best wishes go with Carl for a suc-
cessful career in his chosen profession.

Messrs. Daniels and Hopper, with
their families, spent the Fourth at
Fletcher Park in the Wyoming Rockies,
and to a Press reporter the former
"admitted" having caught the Wyom-
ing limit, which is thirty fish or fifteen
pounds. Ye associate editors can vouch
for nine each out of the "possible"
thirty.

The scene has changed once more in
the Accounting Department. Eddie
Clay, who held the combined positions
as Cashier at Scottsbluff and Cashier
at Gering since the resignation last
March of Mr. McDonald, has transfer-
red his good will, Timekeeper J. W.
Ponder, and the Gering office over to
Mr. J. B. Badgley, formerly Cashier at
Minatare and later bookkeeper at
Scottsbluff. Au revoir, Eddie — vive le
Jerry — Jimmie turn the crank.

John Lenz is now the proud possess-
or of an up-to-the-minute riding gallery
of the Henry Ford species which he
uses exclusively as his town and busi-
ness car, while a Dodge tourist serves
as his pleasure caravan, all of which is
the result of John's having received an
exorbitant price for his famous Eden
Roadster which was recently comman-
deered by an antiquary from the Smith-
sonian Institution, Washington, D. C,
who happened to see this — well, we'll
not be unkind — automobile while on
his way to procure specimens at the
famous fossil beds at Agate, this state.
No doubt, this roadster will now re-
ceive the recognition justly due it by
being placed in the "antiquarium" of
the National Museum at Washington
with its contemporaries, the first loco-
motive, steamship, etc.

MITCHELL

R. I. BABBITT,

Associate Editor

According to our Assistant General
Manager, Edmund Simmons, the beet
crop prospects at this time are the best
since his coming here. This period
practically covers the entire time of
real active beet growing in this valley.

The first onslaught of webworms was
successfully met, this factory distrib-
uting about 9000 pounds of paris green
to the growers.

Mark Schmode left on July 9 for a
real vacation trip, starting to Califor-
nia in his car. Others now on vaca-
tions are, Chas. Towes, M. K. Deb, L.
L. Hays, M. K. Hollowell, Lee Stewart
and C. E. Morrison.

Floyd Powell just returned from his
trip to Iowa and South Dakota, cover-
ing something over 2000 miles while
away.

R. G. Miller and A. W. Stevenson are
here now, having finished their work
on the surplus material at the factor-
ies. The Miller family expect to start
for Yellowstone Park in the near fu-
ture.

There is now quite a force working
on the new intake structure on the new
Spotted Tail drain ditch. We have also
been shipping considerable sugar, our
supply being considerable over half
gone now.

T. M. Garr who was formerly head
bookkeeper, was transferred to the Den-
ver office about the first of this month.
We wish Turner much success with his
new work.

Poker — Luck or Science?

"Is poker a matter of luck or does
science enter into it?"

"It's science if you win; luck if
you lose."

BILLINGS

F. S. HAMILTON and G. F. WEYBRIGHT
Associate Editors

We have about completed a new bat-
tery chain arrangement that will make
Mitchell give up in disgust when it
comes to cutting beets.

J. T. Davis, Chemist, and family
motored to Denver and back for their
vacation, and report a delightful trip.

The remnant of the once rather nu-
merous force in the Cashier's office
were just recently under the sad neces-
sity of bidding farewell to Ford Simon
and "Augie" Carlson, who have de-

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parted for their labors in the Denver
office. Simon drove to Denver with
Mrs. Simon and their charming little
daughter, Pauline, in his Hudson speed-
ster. August, whose comments about
our attractive city were not always as
complimentary as they might have
been, took his departure on the train,
leaving many warm friends to regret
his transfer to Denver. We miss both
of these boys very much, and cordially
wish them good fortune in their new
work.

Our discard molasses has been very
much in demand in all parts of Mon-
tana, as the tasteful ingredient of
grasshopper poison. Fitch of the Cash-
ier's office and George James, our ac-
tive little storekeeper, have been busy
filling orders that have come in stead-
ily by mail, telegram, and long dis-
tance phone.

However, in spite of the many ene-
mies the farmers have to fight, excep-
tionally good crops in every part of the
Billings district are expected this year.
The rainfall of 7.35 inches since March
1st is far above the average, and the
ordinarily naked hills of eastern Mon-
tana, are now clad in a beautiful gar-
ment of green.

Ralph Millice, our genial General
Farm Foreman, who has boasted that
he had never had a serious wreck in
all the years he has driven a car, can
never so boast again. On a return
trip from Hardin recently accompan-
ied by "Scotty" Wilson, he lost one of
his front wheels in a lonesome part of
the road. Ralph caught a passing car
going to Billings leaving "Scotty"' to
spend a cold and wet night as guard
over the wrecked Hunp. The condition
of the roads delayed Ralph consider-
ably on his return trip with repair
parts and the eatless vigil of twelve
long hours were a severe tax on "Scot-
ty's" Scotch philosophy and fortitude.
Scotty should be glad he was not wear-
ing his kilts on this occasion.

LOVELL

J. S. ANKENY and J. W. KENDALL
Associate Editors
Chet Nolan and family and his two
nieces from Michigan spent the
Fourth taking in the War Bonnet Stam-
pede at the Crow Indian Reservation

in Montana. During the course of the
afternoon's program, the official crier
showed up and announced that the next
event would be a "Standing Roman
Race." Chet, being of a cheerful dispo-
sition, and wishing to show his ap-
proval, leaned out of his Sho^er-O,
cupped his hands to form a megaphone,
and in a sturdy voice yelled: "Let 'er
Roam!" Mrs. Chet's remarks at this
point have not yet reached our ears,
but we understand on good authority
that she wasn't handing friend hus-
band any bouquets.

Fourth of July vacationers were ap-
parently keen for getting away from
this place, as they left town by every
road that was passable. H. H. Sand-
mann, H. L. Fletter and H. E. Jack-
son, with their respective wives and
families, spent their time at or near
Pahaska soaking up the cool air and
trying to fool a few trout. H. O. Hyatt
and family motored to Tensleep on
Sunday and to Cody on Tuesday, view-
ing the enormous, nerve-racking and
hair-raising Stampede at the latter
place.

H. S. Looper appeared in our sanc-
tum not long ago, with the announce-
ment that he intended to drive to Fort
Collins in one day. After pressing the
button and summoning our private
bodyguard, we motioned him to a chair,
procured a drink of cold water for him,
applied a towel to his forehead, looked
at his tongue and finally decided that
he was still harmless. We inquired if
he did not think it possible to start
earlier in the morning and make the
trip in time for lunch, but he vouch-
safed very discouraging remarks along
that line, so we tried a different kind
of reasoning. In spite of our efforts,
however, he got away one morning with
his wife, children and Universal Car,
and to Fort Collins he went, consum-
ing two days time on the trip. On the
way they lost a suitcase containing all
the baby's clothes, but fortunately Loop
had packed quite a large number of
handkerchiefs in his traveling bag, and
there were a few gunnysacks in the
car, so they were not greatly inconven-
ienced.

George Wilder and wife visited rela-
tives and friends in Tensleep over the
Fourth.

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Published Monthly For The Employees Of

THE GREAT WESTERN SUGAR CO.

Denver Colorado.

6

H. J. WALSM1TH

PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER

W. D. WRIGHT, JR.

SECRETARY AND TREASURER

THE CORBETT ICE CREAM COMPANY

WHOLESALE HIGH GRADE

QUALITY ICE CREAM

PHONES

MAIN 4285-4286-1049

1117-1123 WELTON STREET

P. O. BOX 635

DENVER, COLORADO

August 1, 1933

The Great Western Sugar Company,
Denver, Colo.
Gentlemen :

In reply to your letter of recent date,
in regard to using beet sugar in ice
cream, will say that we have used beet
sugar in ice cream for the last eight
years, and have always preferred Great
Western Sugar in preference to any other.

I cannot say that I agree with the old
theory of cane sugar being superior to
beet sugar. We believe that beet sugar
is far superior to cane in the manufacture
of ice cream, and that is the reason that
we buy same, as we have found in our
organization that beet sugar dissolves
nicer and quicker for our purposes than
cane sugar.

Thanking you for the many courtesies
extended to us in the past, we are

Respectfully yours,

THE CORBETT ICE CREAM COMPANY
HJW:RN By H. J. WALSMITH

"Beets Will Prove the Salvation
of Our District"

By Mrs. Mary H. Isham
Agricultural Editor, The Brighton Blade

August 10, 1922.

The sugar beet is the only crop left above the ground in the
Brighton district, after the terrific hail and wind storms of the 7th and
8th of August. Tomatoes, beans, cabbage, pickles, cantaloupes, berries,
apples and alfalfa are completely ruined wherever the hail hit them.
The work of nearly an entire summer was wiped out in less than forty
minutes. There is no doubt that the beets will prove the financial
salvation of our district.

The experienced farmers otherwise so discouraged are of the
opinion that a good average crop of beets will be harvested from the
hail areas in spite of the fact that only "spikes" are visible today.
With nearly two months of growing weather in sight, the beets will
have an opportunity to redeem themselves. In only a few acres was
the crown of the beet hit so hard that the plant will die.

The per cent, of sugar content may be somewhat reduced as the
sugar is made by the leaves and stored in the root. New leaves will be
developed in two or three weeks. Plenty of late water will doubtless
be available for beets, as there will be little else to use it on. Wonders
may be done with the beets in September.

The sugar beets by standing up under these frightful hail storms
have proved to the satisfaction of the farmers of the Brighton district
that they are the hardiest crop that can be grown.

Indeed, the farmers feel that they are extremely lucky to have had
as large an acreage of beets as they have.

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Oiling Problems in a Sugar Factory

By S. D. Morrison
Master Mechanic, Scottsbluff

Steve has Written an Excellent Paper on a Variety of Phases of the Oiling Problem.
Our Little Publication Could not Devote Sufficient Space in a Single Issue for His Entire
Paper, but will Carry it in Two or Three Installments. The First Section Deals with
Selection of Oilers. In the Pre-campaign Issue of The Sugar Press, Next Month, We Will Carry
Some of the Most Practical Portions of His Text.

A few days before campaign I call
my assistants into my office and we
proceed to select our oilers.

We first run through the applications
to ascertain how many of the old oil-
ers are on hand. It is something like
this — "Do any of you boys know this
man?" One says "Yes, he oiled for me
and he is a good one." We have one
good oiler. "Do you know this man?"
"Yes, he is fair enough oiler, but he
comes out drinking, or he does not
come because he has been drinking."
We pass him. "Do you know this
man?" "Yes, he is the best oiler that
has ever been in the mill and is as
regular as a clock. You can find him
at the same place at the same hour any
night." "You mean he sleeps." "No,
sir, he never sleeps and never stops."

After running along about as stated
we find we have about seven old oilers
and must select five new ones.

The experiences of the new oilers as
a rule run something like this: "Oiled
in a sawmill," "Oiled in a packing
house," (these are usually gocd), "Oiled
on a threshing machine." "Ran a trac-
tor and plow for two months," "Never
oiled but have been told that it is a
good job," and some have oiled on the
section.

This is about the way we are lined
up when we start to break in the house.
Anyone who has had any experience
knows that the Master Mechanic and
Assistants have no time at this period
to break in new oilers, so we must put
one or two of the new oilers with the
old oiler for a shift or more.

These old oilers have oiled under the
same Assistant Master Mechanic one or
two seasons and as all men have not
the same idea of how the oiling should
be done it often happens that after we
are in the campaign the new oiler must

be taught all over again.
One Man Oiling
My first experience taught me that
the best way to keep out of trouble was
to let one man do all the oiling. This
applies to any particular section as-
signed. He knows which box is inclin-
ed to heat and must be looker! after
often. He knows which box throws rts
oil out and must be oiled often. He
knows when the grease cups were filled
because he filled them. He never com-
plains about what the other shift left
him because there is no other shift.
The one man oiling approaches the
ideal oiling system which I will take
up at the end of this paper.

Two Man Oiling

I learned also that one man could
not oil any portion of a sugar factory,
for men do not like to work 24 hours.

Next to the one man oiling is the
two man oiling, that is, twelve hour
shifts.

There is not a great deal of differ-
ence with the two shifts if the oilers
are friendly and do not try to put some-
thing over on each other. We often
find that some oiler is missing some-
thing all the time. Then if for some
reason the other oiler misses it we have
a hot box, or a burned-out box. which
sometimes causes big delays. When
working the twelve hour shifts we
made a practice of getting all of the
oil for the mill at a certain hour. The
oiler on the day shift drawing the oil
for both shifts. This works very well
on the twelve hour basis, for both oil-
ers are then at the change of shift and
there is no argument as to what oil is
left.

Three Man Oiling

At the time we went to the eight
hour shifts we had the poorest help ob-

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tainable and most Master Mechanics
had sad experiences which are hard to
forget. We might have one good oiler
and if we did we had two bad ones
who made it so hard for the good man
that he soon gave up trying to do his
best.

I have had, during the first and sec-
ond years of the eight hour shift, from
one to three oilers quit every day for
weeks at a time. This is always dis-
couraging to the old oilers, for when
they come on shift and find a new man
they are sure to find trouble and often
serious trouble. A new oiler will not

ask for help soon enough, and often he
does not know that a box is danger-
ously hot.

We have not had any success in hav-
ing one shift draw all the oil since we
have had eight hour shifts. The man
on the third shift seldom finds any oil
left for him when he comes on. The
man on the first shift will say that he
did not use any of the oil he drew, the
man on the second shift will swear that
there was not one half gallon left for
him. For this reason we have allowed
each shift to draw its own oil.
(To be continued next month)

Future Sugar Supplies and Prices

In which Ye Editor Doesn't Care to Die as a Preliminary to
Ranking with the Prophets.

The author of Proverbs must have
been thinking of today's sugar situa-
tion when he wrote ''Boast not thy-
self of tomorrow; for thou knowest
not what a day may bring forth."

The statistical position of sugar, as
the wiseacres say, looks very good for
the beet sugar industry and for the
price to be paid for beets under the
sliding scale contract. But it was a
man as wise as Solomon and Shakes-
peare, who said "you never can tell."

The higher sugar prices are very
likely to cause Cuba to put forth a
great effort to harvest another bumper
cane crop next winter. Last year, you
may recall, the first estimates of this
past campaign's production in Cuba
was 3,500,000 long tons of raw sugar.
Some estimates were even lower. But
along came Cuba with an outturn of
4,000.000 tons. Luckily, this increase
of 500,000 tons plus the Cuban hold-
over was nicely assimilated by the
world's barren sugar cupboard. An
unexpected increase in sugar consump-
tion helped.

Again we have a sample of the
unreliability of estimates, even by ex-
perts, in the changed outlook for Eur-
opean beet sugar production in the
coming campaign. Europe was only
expected to produce about 4,000,000
tons, while the latest cables state that
present indications point to a crop of

4,400,000 tons (excluding Russia.)
And with favorable weather for the
balance of the growing period there,
the output can be still further in-
creased, according to F. O. Licht, lead-
ing European estimator.

Therefore, nearly a million tons over
estimates will have been added to the
world's sugar supply in the year if
Europe's yield comes up to expecta-
tions. A European crop of 4,400,000
tons this year would be 500,000 tons
larger than last year's outturn. Be-
fore these sugars are available, of
course, Europe probably will continue
to be a heavy buyer in other markets,
including Cuba. So it is reasonable
to expect Cuba to enter her next cam-
paign with a holdover that is normal
or even below normal. And if the
prognostications already heard come
true, that Cuba's 1922-23 crop, due to
restricted plantings must necessarily
be smaller than in the last two seas-
on's, sugar should rule strong during
the 1922-23 marketing period.

A prominent individual connected
with the Cuban sugar industry has just
returned from the Island with tfhe fore-
cast that an actual dearth of sugar
will exist in the United States by
next December. He predicts even
higher prices. What effect this would
have on consumption is not to be
overlooked.

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Beet sugar companies in the United
States are quite generally in a posi-
tion where they will not be unduly
hard pressed to market their sugars
at a disadvantage too soon after slic-
ing this Fall to benefit from possible
improvement in prices next spring arid
summer.

Socrates said that when men are

about to die that is the hour in which
they are gifted with prophetic power.
Sounds nice but I don't care to qualify
as a prophet at such a cost. About
as much as a healthy man who doesn't
desire to die would say about the fu-
ture of the sugar market is that
anything may happen, and we ought
to watch our step pretty closely.

NEW SUGAR TARIFF

The Rocky Mountain News comments editorially on the action of the
U. S. Senate in voting for an increase of .3 of a cent a pound on the full
duty rate. ''Remove the sugar beet from agriculture and a revolution back-
ward will take place at once," says Editor MacLennon.

The House of Representatives previously adopted the present emergency
tariff of two cents, full duty, on sugars. It may be several months before
the tariff bill is finally enacted into law, with a possibility that the Senate's
action will be compromised in the conference committee.

American beet sugar, in price and
production, is controlled by the Cuban
cane sugar crop so that the action of
the senate in fixing sugar schedules is
to be judged solely by the effect of the
latter upon the Cuban product. Osten-
sibly the duty on imported sugar is
placed in the measure now pending
in congress at 2.3 cents per pound,
but as applied to Cuba the duty is only
1.84 cents a pound on account of the
differential allowed Cuban sugar under
treaty. As "mandatory" for the sugar
island a preferential is allowed Cuban
sugar entering American ports of twen-
ty per cent, enough to give it suprem-
acy over other cane-producing terri-
tories. Cuba in the last decade has
come to be the decisive factor.

The new tariff on sugar as agreed
upon in the senate is fractionally
higher than the prevailing rate, but
not enough really to affect the retail
price of sugar — the differential will be
dissolved before the article gets into
the retailer's hands. To the grower
of beets and manufacturer the slight
increase will be of moment particularly
at this time. The American beet mar-
ket in the last eighteen months has had
a hard row to hoe. Beet growers suf-
fered and manufacturers and stock-
holders in sugar beet corporations had
to bear heavy losses that are not bal-
anced by the regulated profits from the
war period. The slightly increased tar-

iff will give courage to the industry.

A duty on cane sugar is a matter of
principle, purely. Sugar beet produc-
tion in this country cannot exist with-
out the aid of a tariff. This is admitted
on both sides of the house.

The Cobdenite, in effect, says it is
wrong economically to encourage the
home production of sugar when it can
be imported cheaper than it can be
grown and refined, as this policy im-
poses a burden upon the consumer.

On the other side the protectionist
holds that while it may cost the con-
sumer slightly more for his sugar bill
under a protective tariff measure, the
loss is in reality a gain. Instead of
sending annually very large amounts
abroad for sugar the money is held
at home and in this way encourages
home production and new industries.
In addition, he argues with some merit,
if there were no beet factories at home
very soon the consumer would have to
pay as much as he does now, because
the importer would add more to his
profits in the knowledge that there was
no competition.

To this state and Western beet- grow-
ing states there is further reason why
beet sugar growing and manufactur-
ing should be encouraged and that is
the relation beet farming has to the
live stock industry. Kill the sugar beet
industry in Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Ne-
braska and California and a severe jar

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is given to the production of live
stock. Remove the sugar beet from
agriculture and a revolution backward
will take place at once.

For the harvest year of 1921-22 this
state produced 2,279,000 tons of beets.
the farm value of which is placed at
$14,310,000. The return to the farmer
was at the rate of $71.53 an acre. Colo-

rado led all the states, California,
Michigan and Utah being very close
for second place.

For the year 1920-21 the farm value
of Colorado beets is given at $27,627,-
000. The fall in value last year to
nearly one-half affected seriously many
sections of the state. — Rocky Moun-
tain News, Aug. 10.

Mirrors of Sugar Lane

The Life Story of Some of Our Own Men Told in a Kindly Way but Occasionally
Touching Upon Their Faults, in Spite of Which We Still Like Them.

5— C. H. Criswell

Mirrors are of many kinds. In some
it is impossible to recognize one's self
or others because of the irregularities
of the reflecting surface. Others are
apparently so perfect that it is a joy
to the eye to look into them. And yet.
ordinary mirrors always show the im-
age reversed or just the opposite of
what the object is.

Now if you were to look at our ob-
ject in an ordinary mirror you would
think you saw a small man. This is
just the opposite of the true image. A
convex mirror is necessary to correct
this error. Having scientifically over-
come this difficulty we see the real
Chesney Criswell. He is a big man,
big-minded and big-hearted. When a
man graduates from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology he gets a diplo-
ma which means something. It means
that he had the appearance of excellent
scholarly qualifications to begin with,
or he never would have entered. It
means also that he had these qualifi-
cations in reality or he never could
have stayed there to the completion of
his course, as it is impossible to fool
the faculty of that institution. At least,
if he did fool them that long he is
smart enough to deserve a diploma
anyway.

"Cris" was graduated in civil engi-
neering and chemistry at Washington
and Jefferson College, in 1905. He was
employed by the New York Central
Railroad for a season before entering
Massachusetts "Tech." Following two
years in that famous institution he

taught chemistry for a year tefore com-
ing to the Great Western Sugar Com-
pany in 1909, at the Greeley Factory.
In our organization he started with
the handicap of being a "student," and
he is one Exhibit A to justify the stu-
dent policy. If only a few Criswells

Why be Upstage About Our Mirror Pictures ? No Reason

Why a Mirrored Subject Should not be Shown

Alongside His Better Three-fourths. Mrs.

Criswell is Justly Proud of Chesney

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are developed, and even if most of the
students who start with us do not make
good, the system is as solid as the Pru-
dential Life or the rock it emulates.

"Cris" quickly shook off any stigma
attached to that title and worked up
rapidly to the position of Assistant
Superintendent at Greeley, simply be-
cause his personality and ability were
felt by all with whom he associated.
He just naturally taught them to use
the convex mirror when they looked at
him.

In 1916 he was called to serve with
the engineering department in the cbief
engineer's office at Denver and the fol-
lowing year entered the assistant gen-
eral superintendent's office there. But
(with apologies to both those august
bodies of men) "you can't keep a good
man down," and Criswell was needed
as an executive to handle not only en-
gineering problems but many of the
most complex mechanisms on earth —
men. So he became Acting Superin-
tendent at Greeley in 1918 and Super-
intendent the following campaign.

Criswell is well proportioned and
well developed. His eye is good. He
sees clearly and sees things in good
perspective. He understands the use
of mirrors and takes pains to use the
proper mirror when studying his men.
He sees all that is going on and has a
great capacity for detail. He gets the
other fellow's viewpoint and gives it
impartial consideration. He holds the
respect and confidence of his men by
very democratic methods.

His education in the favorite Ameri-
can indoor sport has not been neg-
lected. In fact, he is a past master
in the art of holding hands — just a lit-
tle higher than the other fellow holds.
What he knows he is always willing to
impart. He is a good teacher — but
sometimes the lessons are expensive.

Criswell is a co-operator. He will give
and take freely for the advancement of
the industry and of the company. He
is modest and unpretentious, and does-
n't worry over who gets the credit but
"saws wood" all the time.

6— E. R. Griffin

In the reconstruction days after
the Civil War, a young boy sat read-
ing, and as he slowly closed the pa-
per backed book he wondered wheth-
er it would be better for him to be a
pirate or go out West and fight the
Indians. His choice was never made
as his parents decided his future for
him and little did they dream how
close both of the ideals of their boy
came to be realized. He was put to
work on the new railroad which
eventually became the Union Pacific.

This road was just in its infancy
and was trying to link the East with
the West. It had bean constructed
across a hostile Indan country and
the men who had built it and were
attempting to operate it, had dealt
with the Ind'ans so long they had
acquired many Indian habits, cus-
toms and mannerisms. Noncommit-
tal at all times and with a stoicism
characteristic of the Indians, these
men bad obtained half of the glori-
ous West from the United States by
means of a land grant and did not
know what to do with it. They held

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a pat hand and Indian-like said noth-
ing and waited.

Our hero was gradually moved out
into the country where the West
practically ended and was thrown
into close contact with these hard,
old railroaders. He saw the real es-
tate deal manipulated until the grant
became worth untold wealth, and
soon the environment began to tell
on him and he acquired many of the
characteristics of his associates. For-
tunately it was mainly the better
ones that were assimilated, as at
that period there came into the
young man's life the gentle and re-
straining influence of Nellie, whose
delicate hand really set the brakes.
Our hero worked hard, never forgot
the watchful waiting policy of the
real estate deal of his superiors, was
recognized and got promotion.

He worked up to a high position
with the road with headquarters in
Denver until in January, 1905, he
was made traffic manager of the
Great Western Sugar Company. This
position included the General Man-
agership of the "Sugar Road," which
has grown and prospered under his
direction. His service with the Great
Western Sugar Company has been
more than successful and he has a
host of friends who have penetrated
the Indian atmosphere and love him
well.

Noncommittal at all times, pre-
senting an atmosphere of coldness
which is really non-existent, and an
abruptness which is by no means
meant to scare, our hero will sit
down with his little scratch pad and
pencil and try to figure out that you
are wrong anyhow, even if he knows
in his great big heart that you are
right. This procedure is all from his
early training and is from the fa-
mous fire and water test of the Chey-
enne Indians.

It needs little imagination to pic-
ture the old west as you enter his
office today. The outer door is
guarded by two handsome Indian
braves, who grunt almost like real
Injuns. Enter the inner sanctum
and you see the "old man" himself
sitting at ease. If the feathers were
there, your noted chief of ancient

days would be complete, but after
trying to tell whether its a four card-
flush or a pat hand, you are com-
pelled to admit that it's a pleasure
to lose to him and he's a pretty good
Indian at that.

Even to the fable:! unerring accu-
racy of the red men is he true to tra-
dition, albeit the accuracy may not
be with rifle, but with saliva. He
never misses, and he never hunches
up on the receptable but sits or stands
erect and — shoots.

Few men there are with broader
knowledge of the many sides of the
sugar business. His counsel is always
sought and his advice is highly
regarded. Whether it is coal, sugar
shipments, storage, sugar sales, mo-
lasses, freight tariffs, dried pulp,
beet contract, bags or whatnots our
hero is ready for battle. And woe
betide the adversary who overbids
his hand by one ton or one bag or
one cent, because the subject of this
sketch accepts no other man's figures
without the closest scrutiny.

It is as if he was trying to hide
his largesse, to screen the warmth of
hfs inner nature from his fellow
workers. That is only true of stran-
gers, however, for once you are tried,
proven and accepted by him you
have the open sesame to his sunny
disposition and helpful experience.

Perhaps there are a few who still
do not recognize the Mirror: for
them we say, our hero is E. R. Griffin.

Wo (e) man

An eastern editor says that a man
out west got himself into trouble by
marrying two wives.

A western editor replied by assuring
his contemporary that a good many
men in that section have done the same
by marrying one.

A northern editor reports that quite
a number of his acquaintances found
trouble by merely promising to marry
without going any further.

A southern editor says that a friend
of his was bothered enough by simply
being found in company of another
man's wife.

— Contributed from Longmont.

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The Estes Park School and Picnic

From July 24 to 28, One Assistant Suptintend:nt From Each Great W:stern Sugar Company Factory
Attend d the Y. M. C. A. Training School for Supervisors, in Estes Park. The Superintendent and Man-
ager of Each Factory Joined the Group for the Week-End Conference on 'Human Relations in Industry,"
July 28-30. A Group From the General Office Pitched Camp in a Chosen Spot Above Estes Park Village for
a Picnic July 31 and August 1, the Company Men at the Y. M. C. A. Grounds Being Guests of Mr. Petrikin
at the Picnic.

The Management Rsgr ts That Physical Conditions did not P rmit of the Master Mechanics and Other
Employees Participating in the Training School and Picnic. Should a Similar Opportunity Com: in Future
Years Many of Those Present This Time Expressed an Unselfish Willingness to be Left Out if Necessary so
That Other Classes and Individuals May Share in a Futur Get-Together.

By Tom L. Cronin

"There where the mighty mountains
bare their fangs unto the moon,

And the streams from the tranquill
snows sweep down at the clarion call
of June," is situated, by the hand of
God, in the heart of the rockies, and
endowed with all the picturesque beau-
ty at Nature's command, the far-
famed, untamed Rocky Mountain Na-
tional Park.

A more appropriate site, far from
care and the world's busy hum could
not possibly have been chosen by the
officials of our company for a confer-
ence on Human Relations in Industry,
nor could a more appropriate spot
have been selected to arouse the spark
of creative instinct dormant in the
hearts of all human kind, than the
Y. M. C. A. grounds at Estes Park.

In passing a brief description of this
beautiful and particularly well adapted
site, consisting of over five hundred
acres, may be of interest.

The property known as the Fall
River Ranch was purchased in 1909 by
the Y. M. C. A. and today the approxi-
mate value of land and equipment
is $230,000. The buildings erected in-
clude a large Administration Building
with office, social, and correspondence
rooms, and bathing facilities. A kitch-
en electrically and steam operated, and
a dining hall with seating capacity of
four hundred, equipped with one of
the finest double cafeteria services to
be found anywhere, and at most reas-
onable prices, is at your service.

The Assembly Hall seats six hundred
and there are seven class-room cot-
tages. Detached lodges, dormitory, and
sleeping cottages provide accommoda-
tions for eight hundred people.

The camp is served by its own post
office, a general store, a laundry, and
an electric plant, also telegraph and
telephone service, and the grounds are
fully equipped with water and sewer
systems. Tennis and volley ball courts,
and athletic fields are provided for
the use of guests.

Most of the sugar factory employees,
who were given the golden opportunity
of attending the foreman's training
school course of five days, held prior
to the Week End Conference, arrived
on the grounds Sunday night and were
introduced to Dean Bruce Minear by
Mr. McCreery, who, we have every
reason to believe, was delegated as tru-
ant officer.

Roll call Monday morning found all
present except "Heinie" Heumesser of
Fort Collins, who appeared later in the
day, and Guy Weybright of Billings,
who in due time also became a member
of the class.

I will not attempt in this article to
outline the Foreman's Training Course,
as same is to appear in a general sym-
posium elsewhere in this issue.

The Week End Conference consisted
of a series of eight lectures delivered
by leading business and professional
men, including a talk by our president,
Mr. Petrikin, on "Confidence and Good
Will." At the close of the Week End
Conference, the notables from the Den-
ver office, Managers, Superintend-
ents, and District officials of the com-
pany from four different states, to-
gether with the seventeen assistants
(Brush showing a plus) made ud a
never-to-be-forgotten 24-hour "high
jinks" with our president, Mr. Petrikin.

And what a time we had! What an

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Some of Our Base ball Stars

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1—McCreery, Always Smiling. 2 — Charlie Evans, of an Athletic Race. 3 — Sugar Beet Bill Hogarty. 4 — Gen.Mgr

Lippitt, Back of the Bat. 5 — Hugh Scilley. 6 — LiV Sam Mooney, Pitching for the Pot Ashes. 7 — Bruce

Petrikin, Letting a Low One by. S — Harry Harbeck, Sleep Disturber. 9 — "Rev." Ernest Durnin.

— Snapshots by Frank Wilson

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impression the association with the
"higher ups" left with us! What a
real picture of social relations in in-
dustry; what a fitting climax to follow
and demonstrate the eight lectures so
ably presented by our president and
others on that subject. How well did
Mr. Petrikin exemplify the wisdom of
his theme "Confidence and Good Will!"
How I wished that the entire organi-
zation at Gering, of which I am proud
to be a member, could have been pres-
ent to enjoy the demonstration and
carry home the "confidence and good
will" I now feel towards the executive
board and district leaders of our com-
pany! To sum it up in good North
American English, they are a cosmo-
politan bunch of regular fellows.

Well, I guess I'd better tune off this
serious stuff, as I promised the Master
of Ceremonies, Assistant Chef, Choir
Leader, etc., etc., I would let him have
a scoop on the serious part of the pro-
gram, but I could not resist in passing
to hand out just one little timber-line
minuette.

And just a few words relative to the
base ball game between Harry Hooper's
six factories, and George Shaffer's ten,
including the Denver office allowed as
a handicap. I did not promise Sam a
scoop on this, although I have every
confidence in his ability as a writer,
but too much caution to allow him to
chronicle this all-important game.
Sam was a member of the Shaffer line-
up and to relieve him of the embarrass-
ment, since his team lost, I feel justi-
fied in covering this game myself.

Well, to make a long story short,
the game was scheduled for a seven in-
ning contest. The lineups follow:

Hooperites: — Dodd; Daniels; Bris-
tol; E. Durnin; Sandrnann; Turner;
Barringer; Ginn; Carney; C. Durnin;
McDonald; Towse and Compbell.

Shafferites: — Ewing; Lang; Resch;
Barber; F. Miller; Treadway; Doc
Miller; Cummer; Austin; Freed; Mc-
Creery; Petrikin and James — the latter
four being the handicap allowed, which
they proved to be.

The climax came in the last half of

At the Summer School

The Assistant Superintendents stuck together, like regular Gwesco men,
when the photographer shouted "look pleasant" at the large group of men in
attendance on the Y. M. C. A. training school. We have stripped our boys from
the large picture, and give their names in somewhat like a left to right order
but the absence of definite row-lines leaves the readers to make their own
identifications: Chas. Durnin, Lowry, Dodd. "Doc" Miller, Austin, Lang, Cronin,
N. R. McCreery, Berry, Ed. Mitchell, (just his head), Resch, Towse (in front),
Ewing, Heumesser, Milford, McDonald and Whitney. "Whistling Rufus" Wey-
bright of Billings isn't shown.

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the fourth inning with two down, score
six all, three balls and two strikes on
pinch hitter Daniels, with Ernest Dur-
nin on third. The suspense was awful
— a big black watery cloud being sev-
ered in twain by a cruel mountain
peak near by — Pitcher Doc Miller was
winding up. Umpire Haskell was filling
his bellows with rare mountain ozone
to call the game on account of rain.
Ernest Durnin, on third, took in the
situation, saw the pennant slipping,
dashed for home and was called safe
with a portion of the breath used by
Umpire Haskell to call the game. Hur-
rah, for our side! 7-6.

The next game between the Denver
office "Exects" and the three "hog
all" plants, Loveland, Longmont, and
Fort Collins, while hotly contested,
was not so spectacular as the inter-
state game, in that back lot tactics
predominated over head work. The
factory aggregation won 4-3.

Sterling, Brush, and Morgan then
crossed bats and bases with Eaton,
Greeley and Windsor. Every member
of the EG&W's scored once or twice,
except Criswell and Griffiin, for a total
of eleven runs. The SB&M's, though
vanquished by one tally, were loudly
cheered for the gallant stand they
made considering the overwhelming
handicap; i. e., Giese, Evans, HarbecK,
Bruce, Petrikin, and Cross.

The last game of the meet was the
much advertised contest between Sam
Mooney's Pot Ashes and Herb Barring-
er's Patty Acids, the Acids winning
nineteen to five. The summary of a
couple of innings follows:

The Acids took the field. Bruce
Petrikin hit to Luff and was
thrown out at first; Jno. Petrikin
lifted one over Johnson for three
bases; Giese sacrificed Jno. Petri-
kin home; Durnin out, B. Petri-
kin to Doc Miller; One hit. one run,
no errors.

Acids up: Rienks hit for three
bases; Morrison hit for two scor-
ing Rienks; Doc Miller doubled
scoring Morrison; Saunders beat
out a bunt, Doc Miller going to
third; H. J. Miller lined one out
for three bases scoring Doc; Ho-
garty sacrificed scoring H. J.;
Evans out, Scilley to Giese; John-
son hit to Barringer, who muffed,

Johnson taking second; Petrikin

out, Scilley to Cross to Giese. Five

hits, four runs, one error.

Read this over seven times and you
have the entire game — 19-5.

And now for a few side lights on
camp life. As mentioned above, most
of the assistants, including those ac-
companied by the other ninety-nine
hundredths of their families, breezed
in Sunday night and were quartered
in sleeping cottages surrounding the
campus or in the large dormitory, the
youngest member of the sugar frater-
nity being Billie Dale Resch of Eaton,
a bright little fellow of four moons.

And say, isn't it surprising what
wonderful influence religious environ-
ment exercises over men. For in-

President W. L. Petrikin

Here's the Big White Chief who gave
us the picnic.

Mr. Petrikin enjoyed the affair as
much as anyone.

He is wearing his Umpire's regalia
in the memorable game between the
Fatty Acids and the Pot Ashes.

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stance, I dropped into our quarters
for the night, as was my custom,
about 9:30 (friend wife, please note)
and there on the bed sat Charlie Dur-
nin with a Bible on his knee while
"Howdy" Lang was endeavoring to
recite from memory the eight beati-
tudes, getting them badly mixed with
Woodrow Wilson's fourteen points.
And in the next room sat Fred Lowry
and Doc Miller searching through the
book of Hamlet for the Sermon on the
Mount, while down on the banks of
lonely Fall River, gazing Long's Peak-
ward and chanting something in latin,
sat Dannie, offering up his gaudily
trimmed nightie as a sacrifice.

Each evening e'er the sun dipped be-
hind some snow capped mountain peak,
our good friends Ewing, Heumesser,
Berry and Whitney, formed a silent
procession as they wended their way
to the summit of stately old Flat Top.
carrying a small fifty-two chaptered,
loose leaf, celluloid testament, there to
spend the twilight hours in deep med-
itation. We believe that this earnest
endeavor of these "two pair" to go
"straight" resulted in their getting a

good "deal" of "valuable material"
one from the other.

Our cottage No. 8, was as quiet as a
mausoleum on Thursday night, July 27,
occasioned by the arrival and quarter-
ing of Edmund Simmons. V. I. Daniels,
C. T. Carney, and Jeff Morrison in
number 9. Jeff, however, with cheery
hello and a hurried good-bye, harkened
to the chirp of a turtle dove and hit
the lone trail for home. That night
everyone in our cabin said their prayers
and sought their little trundle beds
long before taps were sounded. This
proved to be an unnecessary precau-
tion, for about 2:00 a. m. next morning
a smooth running car Was heard to
steal silently up to cabin number 9 —
our ideals had broken the rules of
camp the first night. The "God Bless
Our Home" motto which hung on the
wall in our quarters was turned over
and on the reverse side was painted
in large box car letters "Copy Your
Uncle Ed," and I am here to tell you
that adherence to the latter motto was,
for the balance of the week, an endur-
ance test.

An Appreciation

A Broad Look at the Picnic's Big Night by a Poor Reporter Who
was too Busy to Wield His Pencil in the Way He was Taught.

A roaring camp fire sending its jag-
ged tongues of flame twenty feet into
the black-domed night.

A bunch of good fellows squatting at
the comfortable edge of the bonfire's
warmth, forming a circle.

Behind them the majestic pines and
hills thrown into relief by the firelight.

Over all a starry sky, and the river
close by singing in a steady undertone
as it rushed over the rocks.

That was the setting for the real get-
together of the Gwesco clan at their
Fall River picnic grounds on the night
of July 31. We had a preliminary pro-
gram of songs and stunts on a sloping
sward lighted by basket-torches and
colored firesticks. But when we have
forgotten the good-natured parodies
and the "wireless" bass of Tom Cronin
booming out the clever jokes he, Fred

Lowry, Howdy Lang and Doc Miller
had arranged, there will always be
with us the memory of that campfire
gathering, listening to a few serious
talks by men called at random to ad-
dress us.

To most of us that was the climax of
the week's school, conference and pic-
nic. The spirit that Great Western
men bear toward each other, a kindly
generosity that makes us tolerant of
each other's faults and ready to fight
for each other — like a family — hovered
over the circle.

And there was another dramatic
climax — if two are possible. It was
when we stood around the cooks' camp
and tasted simple food which was
spiced by appetite born of the out-of-
doors. We were not to be blamed for
living in the present, tremendously en-

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They Weren't So Frisky the Day After

/ — Georg Shaffer Swinging. 2 — Andy Cross. 3— IV. L. Baker, Sales Mgr. 4 — W. D. Lippitt. 5 — A Bunch on

the Horseshoe Sidelines. 6 — Looks Like Frank Miller of Morgan. ? — See Danny Keeping Score.

8 — The Eaton-Greeley-Windsor Team. 9 — Sherman Saunders Standing. 10 — Watching

Baseball in the Shade. 11 — That Right Ought to Stop the Runner. 12 — Mr.

Petrikin Pitching for Eaton-Greeley-Windsor. 13 — A Gam: Between Two

Pickup Teams. — Snapshots by Frank Wilson.

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joying the moment. And there came
the call of the President of the Com-
pany:

"Fellows: Do you sometimes think
of C. S. Morey, the founder of our com-
pany? Let's spend a few moments in
silent tribute to his memory."

It has always seemed fitting that
men go into the wilderness for solitude,
better to face their Maker and to en-
gage in worth-while meditation, wheth-
er to write a great book or to think
out some deep problem of life. Foi
several moments the camp in the pines
was still while our better and highei
natures paid the tribute of men to a
noble character.

These things remain with me, more
than the details of the acts given in
the show and the talks at the great
bonfire. It is due the fellows to credit
them with charity for seeming to like
the performance and the efforts of the
performers. To the men who led in
the singing, and especially to Mr. Men-
delson for his coaching preparatory to
our appearance, thanks are due. To
Lang and his aides in the wireless
stunt, to Tom Cronin whose ever
read:/ memory produced a princely
toast and impromptu recitations, to
Guy Weybright for his whistling, Chat-
field for his lyric singing, Walter Tripp
for his unexampled kindness in sacri-
ficing personal business to help enter-
tain, and to the men who arranged the
electrical lighting — to these and more,
thanks. The efforts of James. Saun-
ders, Morrison and Luff, in various ca-
pacities, come to mind — all conducive
to the success of the events.

To Hugh Scilley and Sam Mooney
with their funny skit on The Sugar
Press, John Petrikin and his witty pre'
sentation of the tin Silver Loving Cups,
"Judge" Caldwell Martin and the kan
garoo court and Prank Wilson whose
pictures perpetuate the happy memo-
ries, go our thanks. The men from the
general office who helped to pitch the
camp receive our special and sympa-
thetic consideration because they did
well toil to which they were unaccus-
tomed.

Speaking for everyone there, as the
employee's voice which The Sugar
Press is or should be, we can not ex*
press too deeply our gratitude to Mr.
Petrikin and the management for mak-

ing the school, the conference and the
picnic possible. May the time come
soon when either as a whole or in
more of such gatherings every em-
ployee of the Company will have the
opportunity to get better acquainted
with the officers and executives and
with each other.

Jackson, Rutherford, Price

The cooks who served the hungry
pack three squares were caught by the
camera in front of the kitchen camp
fire. The cafeteria service was en-
cored. Massa' Price on the right of
the picture is known to a large num-
ber of Great Western men from other
happy days in which he presided over
the cooking.

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- -'

For a trout fry a specialist was
brought in. He is shown in his famous
act of turning a fry in the skillet with-
out disturbing the network of a score
of fish, much like one turns a single
pancake. This stunt was no more sur-
prising to some of us than his state-
ment that he personally caught the two-
hundred fish in the Big Thompson
along the meadows near Estes village.

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The Thirst Quenchers Were .00000 Proof

/ — You're Right, the Barrels Don't Look Natural. 2 — The Feet of Andy Cross and Bruce P-trikin are Parked Insid
the Picture 3 — Henry J. Miller, P. A. 4 — The Ginger Ale, Root Beer and Not-Near-Enough Stuff Were Placed
in the Shade of a Beautiful Grove Worthy of More Potency. 5 — So C. S. Campbell Didn't Miss Anything by
Sticking to Milk. 6 — Old Glory Was on the Job. 7 — Where They Lined up for Dent Noble Rations.

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The Songs They Sang

The Bunch Gathered in the Open Air Theater on Monday Night, July 31, at the Picnic Near Estes Park, Sang in th:

Best "Community''' Spirit. There Were a Few Parodies by a Septette Composed of Garnsey, Saunders, Simmons,

Lippitt, Chatfirtd, Scilley and C. Martin, with Mendelson at an Asthmatic Organ. We are Printing the

Parodies in the Hope That They May Come :n Handy at Meetings of the Various

Factory Efficiency Clubs, Especially the Song "Gwesco Men."

Gwesco Men

To the Tune of "Maryland"

We're Gwesco men,

We're Gwesco men,
We like to picnic now and then.

We have the hunch

We are the bunch
That on occasion has the punch
In spite of all that's on our hands
We have no use for monkey glands.

We're Gwesco men,

We're Gwesco men,
We like to picnic now and then.

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To the Tune of
"There's a Long, Long Trail"

(Committed by C. W. Doherty)

In just a few weeks we'll be grinding

Three thousands tons every day.
While the chemists will be finding

Where the loss got away.
Coal on sugar, lime salts, sulphate,

Elimination and draft,
They're our dish, and so is lime cake —

The efficiency flag is a graft.

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To the Air of " 'Til We Meet Again"

Smile the while you're here in Estes

Park;
Pet's the lad who engineered this lark.
Leave your troubles all at home,
Sugar's come into its own, yes,
Hard times' gone we trust it is for aye.
Let retrenchment also pass away,
So hope and pray the worst is past,
And better times will last.

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To the Tune of
"Let the Rest of the World Go By"

We use water to bathe and even to
shave,
So let's shun it for today.

With a river close by, we still feel
pretty dry
In the good old U. S. A.

Chorus:

For one little trip, just one little trip

To good old Germany, I'd like to be

Where Hans and Bill didn't need any

still
Or a prescription when they were ill.
Our pipes fairly ache, we taste sacc-rate
cake,
So here upon the mountain high,
We'll build a little still, for Sugar Beet
Bill
And let the rest of the world go dry.

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To the Tune of "Kalua"

Although we're absolutely pu-ar

As we stray on the green,
We are just as young as you are

Though we're gray on the bean.
Although no longer may our Imees go

bare,
Although we're wearing woolen under-
wear,

We don't care.
Tenderfeet may all be su-ar
We and you are

All THERE.

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Dixon to Become Dodge Agent

H. W. Dixon, Cashier at the Fort
Morgan Factory, has obtained the
rights to distribute Dodge cars in
Morgan, Washington and Yuma Coun-
ties. His headquarters will be in Fort
Morgan.

Mr. Dixon has been in the employ
of the Great Western Sugar Company
for 12 years. He has a host of friends
in the organization who wish him good
luck in his new enterprise. He leaves
the cashier's office on August 31.

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Lippitt and Mendelson at Coblenz

The Beet Sugar Technical Society heard W. D. Lippitt and H. Mendelson
on their "Observations and Impressions of Europe," in an interesting meeting
at the Shirley-Savoy Hotel, Monday evening, August 14.

About the best picture we have seen of the pair abroad, shown here, was
taken on a Coblenz boulevard with the Rhine flowing back of the trees on the
right. Mortimer Simons was the camera artist.

Now comes "The Grocers' Journal," the only trade paper published in
the Pacific Southwest owned, controlled and operated by independent re-
tail grocers, and avers:

"The old idea that cane sugar is superior for canning purposes has
been exploded by exhaustive analysis."

In its issue of July 28, 1922, the Journal, published in Los Angeles,
reprints long excerpts from the pamphlet issued by the University of
California whose scientists after an exhaustive investigation found that
both in fruit canning and jelly making beet sugar makes as fine a product
as can be made with sugar from any other source.

The University's experiments with beet and cane sugars, referred to
in previous issues of The Sugar Press, resulted in the state institution
going formally and officially on record as approving pure beet sugar the
equal of any for canning and jelly making. The organ of the South-
western Grocers, representing retailers who constantly are in contact with
sugar consumers, now emphatically backs the University's findings.

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Ten Years From Now

By J. E. Austin

Assistant Superintendent, Brush

Johnny has Made Some Pretty Broad Statements in This Paper. Perhaps Some of
You Other Assistant Superintendents Would Like to Take Issue With Him. He'd
Appreciate it — and the Rest of Us Would Like to See "Somebody Start Something" in
the Little Old Sheet.

"Progress of Beet Sugar Manufacture
in 31 Years," by Henry A. Schmode (in
the June Sugar Press), makes us won-
der if the progress in the next ten
years will not be greater than in the
previously mentioned period.

Necessity is the mother of invention,
they say. The writer is of the opinion
that greater advancement in the manu-
facturing of beet sugar will be more
essential than the improvements of the
31 years when the manufacturer, for
the most part, was encouraged by gov-
ernment bonuses and tariffs. (I am
speaking here of the technical process-
es in the factories, not of the quality
of beet sugar which already has reach-
ed virtually 100 per cent in the better
factories like those of The Great West-
ern Sugar Company.)

The most serious questions of the
beet sugar industry man today are:
Will the beet factory have to compete,
without a protective tariff, with the
cane factories in Cuba? If so, would the
beet sugar companies of the United
States survive the storm? It is need-
less to say that under the present cost
of manufacturing beet sugar in the
United States the beet industry could
not exist without a protective tariff.

Realizing that the tariff on Cuban
sugar may be lowered or taken off en-
tirely by some future administration
in Washington is the beet sugar manu-
facturer going to develop processes that
will automatically lower his costs suf-
ficiently to live under a free sugar cus-
toms law? Like Mr. Schmode we may
well fear that in the reduction of our
forces mistakes may creep in, not the
mistakes that we have already made
but the mistakes we are making every
day and know not that they are wrong.

With some of the beginners in the
business the questions might arise: Is
the sugar industry not past its ex-

perimental stage? Have they not got
the business down to perfection? I
answer: Let them take the tariff off
Cuban sugar and the beet business
will cease. But only for a short time,
caused by unpreparedixess. During
this pause ye men of mighty brain
will get to use them. Your brain is
loafing on the job because you are sat-
isfied with your surroundings. And
during the aforesaid pause you'll have
time to worry. In two or so years
your worrying will cause so many
changes that in looking back you'll
wonder how the factories ever got
along with the old crude devices.

The greatest change you'll make is
in the raising of beets because they are
the largest item of expense in the pres-
ent cost of making sugar. You will edu-
cate the valley farmer to raise fewer
acres, perhaps, but larger yields and
beets of much higher su#ar content.
He will get paid for quality, a 22 per
cent sugar content average. The dry
land farmer will be taught that five to
ten acres in beets, well cared for, will
be a paying proposition. He with the
man with poor railroad facilities will
be encouraged to haul to a cutting sta-
tion where his beets will be cut and
boiled to a solid raw sugar, ready for
hauling by motor truck to the town
with the refinery, to be worked up after
their beet campaign is over, making a
six months run of all.

The farmer will be taught that haul-
ing dirt is not a paying proposition.
Means will be devised to clean the roots
as they are loaded. The beets will ar-
rive at the factory in a thoroughly
clean condition and the present trash-
catching and washing equipment in the
factories, while they may still be pres-
ent in this coming "millennial" era,
will not be so essential. In the factory
the long beet elevator will be out of

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date. Prom the scroll that elevates the
roots to the top of the house they will
drop onto a scale belt and from here
to the cutters. The cossettes will drop
into an elevator boot filled with hot
juice, having perforated buckets so
when elevating after passing through
the hot juice bath, a juice spray and
later a water spray, the sugar will be
extracted to a virtual zero.

At the top of the elevator the pulp
will discharge into high speed centrifu-
gals with a worm feed arranged to
carry the pulp through the machine
slowly to give the pulp time to dry.

The enclosed elevator with its boot of
juice and fine sprays will be known as
a continuous battery and its by-product
machinery, making dried beet pulp, al-
so will be continuous. Just as this
present era is one of standardization
the next era will be one of "continua-
tion."

The raw juice will be pumped out of
the lower part of this boot at a brix of
20 to 24. to an instantaneous, continu-
ous carbonation. Instead of the slow
carbonation system we now have mi-
nute carbonation will be accomplished
by propellers in a conical-bottom tank
with overflows two feet from the bot-
tom and the raw juice being sprayed
in above this level to exhaust the es-
caping gas above the juice level.

The presses will consist of centrifu-
gal drums much like our sugar ma-
chines but much longer, and with
worm feeds through them (like the
pulp dryer). After spinning the juice
from the lime a light spray of water
will hit the upper part shortly before
the mud is discharged. Unlike the
pulp machine the filters will be fed at
the bottom and discharged at the top,
the slow worm feed making it continu-
ous.

The evaporators will be small, only
exhaust steam being used. Much of
the exhaust will be used for other pur-
poses as at 24 brix raw juice evapor-
ators will be an unnoticed station.

As the boiler house is only for high
pressure, the pan will obtain its steam
from the kiln, by having a water jacket
lining the kiln in the fire-belt region.
Small kilns will do thrice the work
now accomplished, by use of triple gas
pumps; also the water jackets will aid
the lining to resist the heat.

The pans will be like our present
ones but instead of two boilings there
will be four, the last three going into
three classes of crystalizers. The mo-
lasses from the last will discard to an
alcohol plant, each Steffen factory hav-
ing this additional department. Steffen
molasses will be 35 to 40 purity. The
crystalizers will be similar to the pres-
ent ones, but the high grade will be
forced to cool gradually in twelve
hours.

The sugar centrifugals will be contin-
uous, by means of a worm feed. A
foreman here will be the only labor
expense. Through such a house, in
fact, the labor expense will be trifling.
Outside of pulp and sugar storage two
men will run the beet end on each
shift; two sugar boilers will handle
four pans and the crystalizers. A cen-
trifugal foreman and sugar end fore-
man, a boiler house foreman and one
repair man and helper will complete
each shift, with a laboratory force and
necessary supervisory officials.

The engineering force will be larger
than today, installing machinery that
the research department advises. The
research force will be mammoth.

East Meets West

Sandman, Daniels, Brig.-Gen. C. G.
Edgar, Barringer, Evans

One of the honored guests at the Es-
tes Park picnic was Brig. Gen. C. G.
Edgar of the Continental Sugar Com-
pany, Toledo, Ohio, also of Edgar's
Sugar House, Detroit. He is a leader
in the domestic beet sugar industry.
He is flanked by four virile types of
western sugar men.

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The Sugar Cities — Fort Morgan

By Verner C. Beck
City Editor of the Fort Morgan Times

Eighth of a Series in The Sugar Press on the Cities Near
which Great Western Sugar Factories are Located

A modern, up-to-date city of 5,000
population is Port Morgan, Colorado,
the "City Beautiful," a prosperous,
thriving, happy community, which has
grown from a desert waste to one of
Colorado's leading agricultural centers,
in the short period of twenty years.

The first record of explorers in the
Fort Morgan vicinity is that of Major
Stephen H. Long's expedition which
passed through northeastern Colorado
in June, 1820. It is claimed that his
party made camp on the ground where
now stands the city of Fort Morgan,
and that Major Long, in his report to
the government described the country
as "hopeless and irreclamable of steril-
ity, which must forever remain deso-
late." After Major Long's expedition
came an Indian trader, Sam Ashcraft,
who in 18G1 became the first settler in
the desolate wasteland. Other settlers
came, and met with the failures, disap-
pointments and hardships of their
predecessors, but they overcame their
obstacles step by step.

They conceived the plan of storing
water against future needs. In the
spring the South Platte river ran full
to its banks with water, and in summer
shrank to a tiny stream. As early as
18G0 the pioneers attempted, in a crude
way, to divert the water into small
ditches, but this effort met with indif-
ferent success. Co-operative methods
were adopted in 1880, and the Weldon
Valley Ditch was begun, followed a few
years later by the Platte and Beaver
ditches and the Fort Morgan canal.

Today Fort Morgan is situated in
the center of seven great irrigation
districts, which would in itself make
the city one of the richest agricultural
centers in the West. With the advent
of water on the waste lands, came the
sugar beet, and with it began the real
history of Fort Morgan.

The Great Western Sugar factory
was established in Fort Morgan in

1906. In 1900 there were 634 souls in
Fort Morgan; in 1910, it had increased
to 2,800, and today there are over 5,-
000 people in the city and its environs.
No booms have caused the phenomenal
change — the steady growth of the sugar
beet industry being largely responsi-
ble.

Fort Morgan is located on the main
lines of the Burlington and Union Pa-
cific- railroads, and has a service of
twenty passenger trains daily. Even in
this country of rapid development the
growth of the city has been more rap-
id than that of most of the cities of
the state.

The county of which Fort Morgan is
the county seat, was named after Col-
onel Christopher A. Morgan, and be-
came Morgan county in 1889 when it
was separated from Weld county. The
mean annual rainfall is about eleven
inches, and the average temperature
is 55 degrees. Flowing through the
county is the Platte river, and for
miles on both sides of this stream valu-
able land is under cultivation, while
farther from the river are well-paying
dry land farms.

Fort Morgan draws its trade from
about thirty miles in every direction.
The city offers attractions today for
people of moderate means who desire
to own a home and raise a family un-
der ideal conditions. The city is ambi-
tious for the welfare of its growing
citizens and plans wisely and well for
their protection and development. Most
excellent schools have been provided,
and plans are now under way for the
construction of a new high school
building. The school district comprises
313 square miles, has 2,690 persons of
school age and employs 75 teachers.
The valuation of the school district is
$12,571,179. It is almost as large a
school district as Greeley, larger than
Sterling, and in fact, one of the lead-
ing districts of the state. The annual

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school budget is $135,120. The pres-
ent high school was built to accommo-
date 198 pupils. During the year just
closed there was an enrollment of 380
pupils, and it is estimated that the en-
rollment for the coming year will be
425.

The city is noted for her homes, her
schools and her churches. The streets
are paved, storm sewers carry away the
flood waters, while the beautiful art
lighting system makes Main street a
great "white way." Streets and side-
walks are wider than those usually
found in cities of the size of Fort Mor-
gan. Residence streets are lined with
beautiful trees, and the lawns are one
continual stretch of green. Flowers
are easily cultivated and bloom in
great profusion. Many people have
spared no pains in making their resi-
dences beautiful homes to live in, and
there is a civic pride that makes all
citizens want to keep Fort Morgan
clean, beautiful and prosperous.

Morgan county ranks high among
the cattle and sheep feeding industries
of Colorado. This is made possible to
a great extent through the by-products
from the beet growing industry. Ten
thousand head of cattle are fed annu-
ally on the beet pulp taken from the
Brush and Fort Morgan factories. The
resultant fertilizer keeps the soil vig-
orous and refreshed, with the result
that grain crops and hay crops prosper
as well as do the sugar beet crops. Hog
raising is also a growing industry.

A bumper potato crop is the outlook
in the Morgan district this year. Nev-
er in the history of the community
has such a large acreage of potatoes
been planted. A potato expert sent to
Fort Morgan by the department of Ag-
riculture estimates that several farm-
ers will harvest as high as two hun-
dred sacks per acre.

Were the Great Western Sugar fac-
tory to cease operations in Morgan
county for one year there would be a
decided tightening of the purse-strings
by every adult in the community, so
pronounced is the relationship between
the local sugar industry and the busi-
ness life of the county. In 1907 the 6,-
000 acres of beets in Morgan county
were valued at $430,000; in 1922 the
crop on 30,000 acres is valued at $2,-
500,000. The company pays out a huge

sum for beets each season; beside this
sum, $200,000 is paid out for freight
in Morgan county; $500,000 for sup-
plies, which amount is distributed as
equally as possible among the mer-
chants; $280,000 is expended for fac-
tory labor, most of which labor is fur-
nished by local residents.

Business is flourishing in Fort Mor-
gan. The Burlington is building a new
station and the county and state is
building a concrete bridge across the
Platte river, the cost of which will be
approximately $100,000. This bridge
will be the longest concrete bridge in
the state, as well as the most beautiful
and ornamental structure of its kind
in Colorado. Dwellings are going up
in all sections of the city, and old-time
homes are being remodelled and
brought up-to-date.

A number of transients are attracted
to Fort Morgan each year with the
opening of the sugar campaign. They
seek employment, and in most cases
become bona-fide residents of the city.
Several men have gone into business
of their own when laid off at the end
of campaign season. The sugar beet,
through the agency of the factory, is a
remarkable feature in building up the
population of a community. Fort Mor-
gan is an ideal example of a city made
possible by flourishing beet fields.

Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground

dft

V-tf-KrflJfe {..-l^

George Shaffer went on a fishing trip
around Centennial, Wyoming. He got
so hot over the waywardness of one
member of the party that George had
to sit on a snowbank to cool off.

IF THEY'RE PRETTY

"Pa, what makes typewriters go?"
"Your mother."

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The Middle Picture is a View of the Picnic Camp Grounds Near Estes Park

The Lower Panel is Another View of the Y. M. C. A. Conference Grounds Near the Village.

The Top Picture Shows the Fatty Acids (in White Uniform ind the Pot Ashes (in Blue Denim) with Their Partisans

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Rienks — Evans Win Horseshoe
Championship

Hogarty and Dodd and C. Martin and McCreery Were Two Pair Hard to Beat

but the Sweepstakes Champs Finally Cleaned Them up.

Luff and Barringer Made Another Good Team.

Ye ancient game of quoits, played
with those omens of good luck which
follow a manicure job on a mare's hoof,
attracted a large number of devotees
at the Gwesco picnic in Estes Park.
The automobile is a wonderful contri-
bution to man's pleasures — and expens-
es— but may the day never come when
it is impossible to obtain horseshoes
to play the old game. The passing of
horseshoe playing is more to be re-
gretted than the fact that the auld
gray mare ain't what she used to be.
What is there about an automobile that

one can adapt to gaming like a worn-
out horseshoe? You can make a pre-
carious swing for the children out of
a blown casing but no one has yet
tried successfully to make a ringer
with a 35x6-inch cord tire off a motor
truck.

Well, as we were saying, there were
some hot games of horseshoe at the
picnic. Charlie Evans and George
Rienks were the kitten's vest with
the iron oxfords. A few of the pairs
they eliminated were Scilley-Giese,
Luff-Campbell, Hooper-Campbell, Dan-

Around the Horseshoe Stakes

/ — Showing Four of the Five Horseshoe Games in Progress Simultaneously. 2 — Dodd of Lovell is Standing in Fiont

of One of the Dozen Torches Provided for the Picnic Grounds, 3 — Caldwell Martin and Charlie Luff Standing

Arms Akimbo. 4 — On the Original You Could See Howdy Lang's Wrist-Watch, at the Left.

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iels-Bristol and Hogarty-Dodd, and
Roach and Heumesser.

Miller and Cummer beat Fred Lowry
and Howdy Lang three straight. Ho-
garty and Dodd nearly fell a victim to
John Petrikin and Hugh Scilley but
came up from behind on a 4 to 19 score
and won out with a ringer, 21 to 20.
Ewing and Treadway beat Weybright
and Resch two straight, both tight con-
tests. Martin and McCreery were hav-
ing it their own way in the prelimi-
naries, taking into camp C. Durnin and
Roach, Charlie Johnson and Avery
Clark and Barber and Bristol. Luff
and Barringer after dropping one to
Martin and McCreery came back with
two straight victories.

There were numerous other players,
prominent among the good ones being
Bruce Petrikin. He and Charlie Ev-
ans undertook in a match game to beat
Rienks and a certain harmless-looking
chap in mustaches and glasses, but

Rienks and his partner won two out of
three.

Hartburg, a former tournament play-
er, was beaten pretty regularly before
he got into his old form. He grew sev-
eral blisters trying to make the shoes
turn only once and caress the stake
like the wash wringer does your B. V.
Ds.

The reporter wants to be neutral be-
tween friends, but there was current an
authentic report that Rienks beat Ev-
ans in a match game. Charlie has
some explanation about shoes, dis-
tance, grades, freckles and other im-
pediments and is willing to play off
the question of singles championship
with anybody in the Company. Bruce
Petrikin was not up to his usual form
because his Buick, newly-painted so
that it looks like a U. P. comfort sta-
tion, formed a poor color background
for championship horseshoe pitching.

The Famous Kidnapping of "Doc" Miller

lilt*"/!-/

X*L . - „. ;

When the Pot Ashes found "Doc" Miller unsolvable in the pitcher's box
and a tower of strength at bat and in the infield, the Pot Ashes decided on
strategy to get rid of him.

Chief of Police Babbitt was persuaded to arrest the Brighton pitching
demon. "Bill" Mitchell, as assistant Chief, went to Verny's aid. But the
Fatty Acids were not inclined to lose their slugging captain's valiant service.
The Fatties rushed to the rescue. A free-for-all resulted in which good-nature
and bumps mixed astonishingly well. Even Ed Simmons in his civies took part.

Mitch says he was satisfied as long as George Rienks was at the bottom
of the pile and acted as absorber of the shocks which Mitchell, just on top of
Rienks, received from sundry other persons in the heap. Ed Morrison, the demon
catcher of the Fatties, was prominent in the rescue. Miller resumed the box.

LOGICAL

"Mamma, was baby sent from heav-
en?"

"Yes, dear."

"I guess they like it quiet up there."

He Didn't Fall For It

She: "Isn't it strange that a man's
arm is equal to the circumference of
a girl's waist?"

He: "Let's get a string and see."

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What I Got From the
Training School

Assistant Superintendents Tell Briefly About the Ideas They
Carried Away from the Y. M. C. A. Training School in Estes Park.

By J. W. BERRY

The first favorable impression of
the Y. M. C. A. Training School was
the manner in which the institution
was conducted, from the sound of
the 6:00 A. M. bugle call until Taps at
10:00 P. M. Every thing was run on a
schedule to the minute. Too much
praise cannot be given Ira E. Lutes,
who was in charge.

The lectures on Industrial History
and Economics by E. S. Cowdrick of
Denver, were interesting, as he gave
us facts and not his personal opin-
ion. No doubt many people think
that schools of this kind are for the
purpose of promoting the capitalist's
or corporation's viewpoint. In this
connection I wish to say that this
was not the case. If the teachings
of Mr. Cowdrick could be applied to
labor organizations there would not
be such a wide breach between cap-
ital and labor.

The Foreman's Place in Industry
was the topic of Fred C. Kelley, In-
dustrial Secretary, Y. M. C. A., Lin-
coln, Nebr. He brought out the re-
sponsibilities of the foreman in
terms that I had never viewed him
from before. I am afraid he made some
of us squirm in our chairs as I must
admit he convinced me that I am not
the ideal foreman that he pictured to
us. However, he gave us an inspira-
tion for the future which, I hope,
will be of material benefit to me as
well as the men who work under me,
and to the Company who employs me.

The talk of T. W. Currie, Univer-
sity of Texas, was the event of the
day which we all looked forward to.
He told us of so many little mean
things that we do in our every day
work day, unconsciously. I believe
that if we would use the Sermon on
the Mount as our every-day guide
this would be a much better world
to live in.

In addition to the education from

the lectures the Get-Acquainted fea-
ture of the school was of great value
to the men as well as to the Com-
pany and I hope that the school will
be carried on in the future.

m m m

By TOM CRONIN

A short article cannot express the
vast amount of useful knowledge
imparted to me in the five days I at-
tended the foremen's training school.

The series of lectures so ably pre-
sented was not only surprising, but
inspiring. It took me out into the
industrial world away from my own
little, narrow sphere, giving me a
broader conception of existing con-
ditions, which otherwise could not
have been obtained by one in my po-
sition except through similar lectures
and course of study.

The value of loyalty, efficiency,

Lillian Russell Dies
and This Pair Lives !

Bill Campbell and Harry Lambert,
the carnal beauties of the Great West-
ern Railway, caught by the camera af-
ter two wakeful nights. Harry is reah-
ing after his Prince Albert without
which he would run as smoothly as a
Ford without wheels. Campbell and
Lambert are two of the principal rea-
sons why the Gwesco Traffic Depart-
ment is the best in the business.

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job-pride, and the true precepts of
the Golden Rule as applied to indus-
try, were never more vividly im-
pressed upon me than during the
twenty-five hours spent in the class
room. True, many phases of this
excellent course could not be applied
directly to a business such as ours,
where unskilled labor during cam-
paign make up the greater portion
of our crews, the majority of whom
have no intention of following this
business as a life vocation and know
that when the campaign comes to a
close their connection with the com-
pany ceases, thus hanndicapping the
sugar foreman in his endeavor to in-
still the spirit of "incentive to ex-
cell" in the rank and file, which was
emphasized in so many of the lec-
tures.

But on the wnole, the course was
an excellent one, masterfully pre-
sented, and all points brought out,
whether directly applicable to our
industry or not, were a broadening
education for anyone, whether en-
gaged as an executive next to the
men or as an executive director at
the head of an organization.

Fred O. Kelley, Industrial Secre-
tary of the Lincoln, Nebraska, Y. M.
C. A., in response to a glowing intro-
duction by Dean Minear, waived all
other claim of achievement except
that "I was once a foreman."

T. W. Currie convinced me, with-
out argument, that my education on
Bible topics had been sadly neglect-
ed. His comparison of modern in-
dustry to the precepts of the Sermon
on the Mount was most unique and
interesting. It is surprising how apt
were the words spoken by our Savior
about two thousand years ago as ap-
plied to modern industry.

In conclusion I am frank to state
that I gathered more sound, funda-
mental facts relative to industrial
leadership in the five days I was
privileged to attend the Conference
on Human Relations in Industry
than in all my twenty-five years
spent in the sugar business. And I
am thoroughly convinced that if
this or a similar course should be
conducted for all the supervising
force at each factory, the Great

Western Sugar Company could boast
of the most efficient and loyal oper-
ating organization to be found any-
where on earth.

m m m

By J. E. Austin and Ed Mitchell
of Brush Factory

In reviewing the several lectures de-
livered at this meeting, and in en-
deavoring to select from said lectures
the conditions best suited for a Fore-
man employed in the production of
Sugar, we are of the opinion that the
lecture pertaining to "Creative Spirit"
was one of the most important of any
delivered at that meeting, and one
which cannot be given too much con-
sideration.

Industry has in many instances lost
on account of the failure to release
and make use of the Creative Spirit.
Many losses of a serious nature have
been occasioned because the practical
ideas of the men failed to get before
the Management. Too often have sug-
gestions been acknowledged, only to
be filed away or pigeon-holed, never
again to be resurrected. Again, the
Foreman has in many cases led the
men to believe and think that there
was sufficient brain power to formu-

Howe, Milford, Wilson, Ewing, Petrikin

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Mr. E. C. Howe was a very welcome
guest of the boys at the picnic. He
has long been identified in a leading
way with the American beet sugar in-
dustry.

To Frank Wilson we owe our thanks
for the picnic pictures. His camera
was never idle.

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late policies and it was up to him to
carry out this power.

If a man conceived an idea which
would increase production and confers
with his Foreman regarding same, he
in most cases receives a very cool re-
ception, and is advised to leave such
matters to the management. The cre-
ative impulses of that man is in a
manner stifled, and his zeal for larger
service is allowed to wither. These
conditions, however, are not the policy
of today, although they may be used
by the more self-important Foreman.

Mr. Kelley in his lecture contrasted
the Foremen, and the many failures
as given by him, viz: the self import-
ant, the talkative, the toadying, the
short sighted, and the slave driving
foremen.

The real Foreman is an all round
square deal, open minded man, one
who truly serves his employer and the
men, said Mr. Kelley.

Industrial history of England was
used to demonstrate how closely we
follow in the foot steps of our fore-
fathers, and although following in
these foot steps, we should allow our
minds to broaden to that extent to
profit by mistakes as well as successes.

We have but just started in our
progress, and both employer and em-
ployee must keep in mind that two
separate armies have been battling, and
although at peace, are not as yet dis-
armed. The Foreman is looked upon
as the peace maker. However, not
until Dr. Thomas Currie's theory has
been adopted of weaving in a Christ-
ian program with industry, will either
side disperse their standing army, even
though they may be at peace, and the
Foreman will never be able to fulfill
expectations.

m m m

By J. B. McDonald of Bayard Factory

I am sure the school held at Estes
Park for Industrial and Business exe-
cutives was a very great help to all
of us who attended. So many of us
get into a rut and have the same old
ideas that we need just such lectures
to give us new ideas and broader views
of industry.

Mr. Kelly quoted the following which
I believe would be a fine thing for
some of us to think over: "The aver-

age man uses only one-tenth of his
brain power. In ten years the foreman
who does not use his brain will be a
back number in industry."

T. E. Barker gave us some very
interesting facts about the elimination
of waste and showing the large profits
that can be made from the waste ma-
terials of the modern machine shop,
stores, etc. His lecture on Safety First
was appreciated by all present.

Tom Curry of Texas I believe was
our most interesting lecturer although
his work was far from ours. It opened
up a field that I think few of us have
ever given more than a passing
thought. His subject for the five days
was "What Place Has Religion in In-
dustry." It is a very broad subject.

One big feature of the conference
was the association with other Assist-
ant Superintendents of the different
Gwesco Factories.

By W. W. Dodd

The Foreman is assuming more
and more responsibility in industry.
There are four production factors
which he must control: 1. The work-
man; 2, the material; 3, the ma-
chine; 4, the process.

The Foreman is the man who is
next to the workmen, his first duty
being to get the work done with a
minimum of effort, time and mate-
rial.

The type of Foremen who fail are:
1, the self-important foreman; 2, the
talkative foreman; 3, the "do-it-your-
self" foreman; 4, the shortsighted
foreman; 5, the slave-driver foreman.

The type of Foremen who succeed
are: 1, the all-round foreman; 2, the
square-deal foreman; 3, the depend-
able foreman; 4, the open-minded
foreman; 5, the foreman who truly
serves.

There is what we call a creative
spirit in industry. No business stands
still — it either grows larger or small-
er. Give the man a chance to develop
this creative spirit — there is nothing
that w?ll do it more than competition;
there is nothing that pleases a man
more than to beat his own record.

The Elimination of Waste

There is enough waste in some fac-

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tories to pay a fair dividend on the
investment. Some of the causes of
this are: 1, over ordering; 2, lost or
mislaid material; 3, improper storage
conditions; 4, spoiling of material in
process.

A Word on Efficiency

Processes and operations in busi-
ness today are based upon science,
where ten years ago they were done
hit-or-miss. Men do not earn more
because they do not think more.
Eighty-five percent of workers earn
$15.00 a week or less. There are four
things that we do in life: 1, we
think; 2, we remember; 3, we imag-
ine, and 4, we act, and to make a
success we have to put them all to-
gether.

Among Those Present

The employees who were at Estes
Park during the training school, week-
end conference and picnic were:

W. J. Resch, Howard Lang, H. B.
Ewing, E. Heumesser, Perry Sunder-
land, Fred Lowry, S. T. Miller, C. S.
Milford, J. E. Austin, "Billy" Martin,
Chas. Durnin, Tom Cronin, J. B. Mc-
Donald, Chas. Towse, Guy Weybright,
W. W. Dodd, Edmund Simmons, A. M.
Ginn, V. I. Daniels, R. P. Bristol, C. B.
Turner, E. E. Durnin, C. S. Campbell,

C. T. Carney, H. W. Hooper, N. L. Chat-
field, W. P. Hogarty, H. Barringer, C.
P. Johnson, H. Sandman, C. P. Miller,
H. C. Giese, O. M. Cummer, C. E. Evans,
H. A. Harbeck, F. A. Wilson, F. S.
Treadway, S. C. Mooney, H. Scilley,

D. J. Roach, F. E. Klingenberg, Wm,
Barber, W. S. Garnsey, Jr., C. H. Cris-
well, Avery Clark, W. M. Rex. S. P.
Saunders, Hans Mendelson, W. D. Lip-
pitt, H. J. Miller, Colin James, W. L.
Baker, C. W. Luff, C. W. Haskell. Bruce
Petrikin, W. L. Petrikin, Andy Cross,
N. R. McCreery, Edwin Morrison, G. M.
Shaffer, George Rienks, W. A. Mitchell.
V. H. Babbitt, H. L. Hartburg, Bailey
Hutchins, Harry Lambert, E. R. Grif-
fin, A. C. Whitney and Ed Mitchell.

"Bo" Berry of Loveland took in the
school but could not attend the picnic.
Jeff Morrison and possibly one or two
others who escaped the reporter's tired
eyes were in the same fix.

Hartburg Now Incognito

One look at H. L. Hartburg of the
engineering department disclosed a
void, gave the feeling of a catastrophic
loss and a second look was necessary
to make certain that it was the same
old "Hart."

The beautiful sable-black mustache
of yesterday is gone. That misplace-
ment which perched above provocative
lips has felt the sharp edge of a razor.
Whether it was to thwart the signs of
advancing winters of life or whether
'twas only a nuisance well to be rid of,
we wot not.

Tenderly Hartburg was posed before
the camera to record the rape of his
Samsonian tresslette. But the camera
could not stand the shock. The picture
was a failure.

Powerful Radio Set with

Magnavox Defeated

by Static

In hopes of giving the Estes Park
picnickers a real surprise, Sherman
Saunders had installed in the camp a
powerful two^stage vacuum regenera-
tive tube radio receiving set. On the
night of the show static interfered with
receiving the program of the Colorado
National Guard sending station in
Denver. A short speech intended for
the Gwesco campers was actually
broadcasted. The receiving station in
our camp heard Denver on several oc-
casions but on the "fatal" night Old
Man Static was to much for us. A
magnavox was on hand to make the
radio program audible throughout the
camp. Messrs. McCullom and Gall,
who graciously endeavored to add the
radio performance to the other features
of the picnic, gave numerous individu-
als in the party their first experience at
listening in when static conditions
were not adverse to receiving.

Out O' Luck

"If I grow up will I have a husband
like papa?"

"Yes, dear."

"And if I don't get married will I
be an old maid like Aunt Susie?"

"Yes."

"Well, I am in a fix."

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Franklin Dies on
Fishing Trip

The sudden death of E. A. Franklin,
Master Mechanic at the Fort Collins
Factory, left a large number of his
friends throughout the organization
with a deep sense of personal loss.

Mr. Franklin died Monday morning,
August 7, at Saratoga, Wyo., while on
a fishing trip with Fieldman Jack Hous-
er and the latter's two sons. Pneu-
monia and acute indigestion were the
causes of death.

tory in 1906 and went to Fort Collins in
1916. He left a widow and three chil-
dren to whom the sympathies of the
entire personnel of the company are
extended.

E. A. Franklin

Manager D. J. Roach and Superinten-
dent F. Klingenberg of the Fort Col-
lins Factory, General Manager W. D.
Lippitt, representatives of the engineer-
ing department and members of Mr.
Franklin's family were present when
the body was placed in its final rest-
ing place in Fairmount Cemetery, Den-
ver, Friday afternoon, August 11.
Members of the Fort Collins Masonic
Lodge conducted the funeral.

Mr. Franklin was 56 years of age. He
began his very efficient service with
the Company at the Fort Morgan Fac-

Were You Lucky ?

A big tent was fitted up with games
of chance redolent of the old days of a
mining camp. Edwin Morrison had
the games in charge, but if you would
give the "house" a square deal pay
Ed to remain away. With President
Petrikin dealing and Morrison's eagle
eye on the board a group of players
pulled stunts that kept the gallery in
hysterics, and were never caught at it.
Ask Bruce Petrikin, Hogarty, Lippitt
and Martin. Afterward they returned
their winnings and let the pair in on
the joke.

The "house" ended with $140, includ-
ing a dollar each from about seventy
individuals. This was divided into ten
parts, and distributed to drawers of
ten blue chips mixed with sixty white
in a hat.

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Griffin and James Won
the Sartorial Prize

"Chat" is finishing his breakfast. But
we want you particularly to note Mr.
Griffin's oil-skins. Lemon-colored. He
looked like a Cape Cod fisher-captain.

Welsh Brought Home the Fish

Roscoe Welsh, Sterling Superinten-
dent, returned from his vacation in
Wyoming with the picture below. He
says the fishing couldn't have been
better, and the snapshot tends to bear
him out. R. C. Welsh, Jr., on the right,
probably helped in the catch, eh, Dad?
The string was only three hours' work,
they say.

On the Laramie

By H. 0. Banta
Warehouse Foreman, Greeley

Blank Verse, Very Blank!

Vacation days are over now

Let's wade in and do our best,

After camping in the foothills
Taking ever needed rest.

After camping by the river

Among mosquitoes, ants and flies,
With the tourist in his glory

Where enjoyment never dies.

Frying fish upon a campfire,

While the boys are out for more,

Drinking coffee from a tin cup,

While we scratch until we're sore.

Well I'm busy cooking breakfast,
Just a few more fish to fry,

When two ladies dressed in trousers
Call on me from a tent near by.
(See Picture)?

Said they smelled my fish a frying,
And they sought a friendly turn,

Cause their men had gone a fishing,
And their campfire wouldn't burn.

And they thought perhaps I'd let them
Make some coffee for Jim and Sam,

They had had no luck in fishing

All they had was eggs and ham.

Well they brought their grub box over,
Also a great big coffee pot,

And when the boys returned from fishing
Found their breakfast good and hot.

So we all ate lunch together,

' Twas a hungry bunch, you bet,

Oh vacation days on the Laramie
Are days we never will forget.

(To be continued next year.)

FOUND — Somewhere in Rocky
Mountain National Park, a beau-
tiful henna silk night shirt,
trimmed in jade, with the mono-
gram "V. I. .D." embroidered on
the pocket. Owner may have
property by proving same and
paying for want ad.

The cover

on

this issue of The

Sugar Press

is

a Clatworthy pic-

ture of the

Y.

M. C. A. Camp

Grounds near Estes Park Village,

Colorado.

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The Gering Valley

By Will M. Maupin

Away out here in the sundown west,

Where the mountain slopes meet the rolling plain;
'Neath the far-flung shade of Scottsbluff' s crest

That points to billowing fields of grain.
Where the winding Platte with its silv'ry sheen

For ages on to the sea has rolled;
Where the sugar beet reigns a gracious queen —

Lies the Gering Valley in green and gold.

And the glad days come,
And the glad days go,

While the reapers hum

And the joy streams flow.

Away out here where the skies are blue,

Where the spaces wide give to life a zest ;
Where friend greets friend and all hearts are true,

And rewarded toil earns an honest rest.
On the distant hills where the sky beds low

Show waving shades as the pine trees nod;
Where the stars shine bright and the cool winds blow,

The Valley basks in the smiles of God.

And the workers sing

As the days speed by,

Till their anthems ring
To the vaulted sky.

Away out here "on the edge of things,"

Far off from squalor and petty strife;
Where men who toil are the honored kings

And love of home is the zest of life.
Where church spires point the heavenward way

And the old flag floats from each schoolhouse dome
Where love gives welcome at close of day,

The Gering Valley is "Home, Sweet Home."

And dreamless sleep
Is the toiler's pay

As the night hours creep
To awakening day.

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EATON

G. J. KUEMPEL,
Associate Editor

Our Cashier, A. A. Tinn, is en-
joying his vacation at Buena Vista
and other Colorado points. He is
making the trip in a new Chevrolet
touring car which he recently pur-
chased. We understand he doesn't
make Lafayette any more, but goes
straight to Den\er from Eaton. It
has ben rumored that he left Buena
Vista Wednesday for parts unknown.
We suppose he is somewhere in the
"Moonlight."

Our storekeeper, D. J. Givens, un-
derwent an operation for appendici-
tis at St. Luke's hospital, Denver, on
August 3rd. Latest reports are that
he is doing nicely and we all hope
"Bert" will be back with us in a
short while.

Well, well, well, we are digging
three of them on our factory site
with the expectation of helping our
water supply during the coming cam-
paign.

"Rody," our fieldman, attended
the big Frontier Day Celebration re-
cently held at Cheyenne, and inci-
dentally he went fishing somewhere
in Wyoming, and said he caught a
big one, but we think he is just like
all other fishermen.

Agricultural Superintendent, C. H.
Turner, is somewhere in Utah enjoy-
ing his vacation.

Assistant Superintendent G. W.
Cumley, and family left July 22 for
a month's vacation to be spent at
Thermopolis. Wyoming, and touring
Yellowstone Park.

W. J. Resch attended the Fore-
men's meeting recently held at Estes
Park.

GREELEY

H. O. BANTA,
Associate Editor.

The old pulp faengers that gave
way last winter has been replaced by
a new and up-to-date structure that
gives our pulp silo the appearance of
a genuine sugar factory pulp silo.

W. S. Garnsey, Jr., has been
spending the hot sultry days at
Grand Lake with his family. Reports
fisiiing fine.

Heck Luman "and the famibly"
started Saturday, August 12, for En-
campment and "that big trout." He
says he is going to get him this time
sure, unless some one else has got
him first. We understand he goes
well equipped. Will report later.

W. J. Long, our worthy gardner,
has returned from his vacation spent
at Fall River where he says fishing
was hard to beat. Says he wanted to
stay longer only the whole family be-
came ashamed to look a fish in the

C. H. Criswell, I. E. Gilbert and
Howdy Lang and brother spent a few
days in the vicinity of Walden, Colo-
rado, at the end of a fish pole, where
they say the fish just wouldn't leave
the other end alone. They all report
a fine time if it hadn't been fcr the
mosquitoes. And the hills were steep-
er than they used to be.

Floyd Peralta is enjoying the hot
August days in the shade somewhere
among the pines of the Rcckies.

Jack Hipps, our congenial Assist-
ant Master Mechanic, started on his
vacation Monday. August 14, for an
extended tour of the southern part
of Colorado. Watch out, Jack; don't
let the hob-goblins get you.

Miss Norma Scott started her va-
cation last week. Her substitute is
Miss Ruth Williams, a graduate from
Greeley High, who says the switch-
board keeps her thinking. We all

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make mistakes, Ruth, don't get dis-
couraged.

Herm Howard, our worthy Master
Mechanic, came in a few days ago
after an absence of two weeks, on
the Little Laramie in Wyoming, and
from the looks of his face fishing
was good. He must have got lots of
bites, mostly mosquitoes, but he re-
ports a dandy time.

WINDSOR

JOHN H. LEESEMAN,
Associate Editor

Frances Irene Brewer, four months
old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Brewer, answered the call of the
Reaper, Death, July 25. The moth-
er and father have the sincere sym-
pathy of the entire Gwesco family in
their sudden bereavement.

Cherokee Park was the destination
of W. M. Barber during his vacation.
Mrs. Barber and children spent two
weeks at the park previous to Mr.
Barber's visit.

H. B. Ewing and wife claim The
Gwesco are some hosts, having re-
turned from the Estes Park trip.
Both seem to have enjoyed themselves
to the limit. They say the Gwesco
family are all good sports.

The Kern Reservoir and Ditch
Company, of which E. C. Walter is
Superintendent, is trying to keep one
jump ahead of the drouth. They
have installed a ten-inch pump in
Windsor Lake, figuring that this
pump will supply all land under this
lake.

Eugene Taylor and family, and Al
Hemmerle and family spent five days
fishing in North Park. They had as
their guests Chas. Royce and family
of Lincoln, i\ebras"ka. After return-
ing from North Park, they motored
to Estes Park. Mr. Royce is a cou-
sin of Mrs. Eugene Taylor and Al
Hemmerle.

All vacations are soon to be forgot-
ten. Among those still out are Eu-
gene Taylor, Al Hemmerle and Er-
nest Primmer. After this week ev-
ery one will practically be back in the
harness.

"Mutt" Ewing has traded the de-

livery body of his Ford for a touring
car body and intends to make "some"
car out of it.

It is with deepest regret that we
heard of the untimely death of E. A.
Franklin, and to the bereaved fam-
ily and friends the Windsor Sugar
employees extend sincerest sympathy.

The Windsor Sugar Tramps and
Windsor Community Club extend an
invitation to all Sugar TJramps to
come to Windsor to help celebrate
the Second Annual Street Carnival,
to be held Labor Day. The Sugar
Tramps will all be there to welcome
you.

The following attended the funer-
al of E. A. Franklin at Fort Collins:
W. M. Barber, J. R. Clark, E. C. Wal-
ter, Eugene Taylor and W. S. Rowen.

Theo Sorenson, sugar boiler-sheep
shearer, after an attack of typhoid
fever, has returned to the old nest
among the sugar tramps. Mr. Soren-
son has contracted the fever of sweet-
ness; not being able to boil sugar
in the summer, he has purchased 40
stands of beets to make the sweetness
in the summer for him. Good luck,
Theo.

Levi Glover and wife, Ralph Blake-
man and Wayne Van Matre returned
August 1 from a trip through North
Park, Glenwood Springs, Craig,
Kremmling, Grand Lake and back
through Estes Park, covering about
700 miles. Although they did not
catch many fish, they were well
pleased with the trip.

Charlie Williams and family spent
several days of his vacation touring
North Park, over Rabbit Ear Pass,
Glenwood Springs, Grand Lake and
Estes Park. The trip was highly en-
joyed. F. E. Casten helped in the
storeroom during Charlie's vacation.

Ray Griggs and brother, Albert,
spent their vacation trying to induce
the finny tribe to bite their hooks.
Their luck was good as the writer
can vouch for one mess, having par-
taken of them. We hope Ray goes
again.

John E. Rork was appointed
Treasurer of the celebration to be
held in Windsor September 4. We
know of none better to fill this posi-
tion.

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W. H. Evans, former timekeeper
at this factory, was appointed chair-
man of the Executive Committee of
the celebration. This appointment
followed Bill's efficient handling of
the Salamander Club picnics.

FORT COLLINS

W. L. GREEN and BYRON ALBERT,
Associate Editors

The Sahara desert has little on us
this season, the last rain of any note
was on June 13, since which time there
has been no precipitation except light
showers, scarcely enough to settle the
dust, and very few of these.

Otto Nieder, sugar boiler, has been
seriously ill with typhoid fever since
the middle of July. His condition is
but little improved at time of writing.

Dick Hubbell, formerly warehouse
foreman here, was a recent visitor re-
newing old acquaintances. He is now
living at Casper, Wyo.

Alfred R. Williams, representative of
the agricultural staff at Wheatland,
Wyo., was a recent visitor. He reported
that moisture conditions were fairly
good in his territory.

Beet seed harvesting on our factory
farm was finished the middle of the
month. Farm Foreman Ralph Part-
ridge refused to intimate what the
yield might be. saying that estimates
often prove disappointing in the end.

Ed Wallace and Francis Moon of the
G. 0. force were visitors on Colorado
Day. Francis didn't stay very long,
there being too much attraction in the
automobile parked in front of the office.

Everett ("Rip") Colpitts says he saw
many sights while on the Elks' Conven-
tion trip to Atlantic City, and he was
especially pleased with the beach
sights. Yes, Rip left his wife in Iowa.

Ferd Klingenberg now has one of the
classiest coupes hereabouts, having
traded his Dodge touring for a Dodge
business coupe.

North Park fishing is going to suf-
fer for future fishing as the stream?
there are drying and fish dying by the
hundreds. For years this has been a
paradise for Ft. Collins fishermen.

Ed Heumesser. Ferd Klingenberg and
D. J. Roach were in attendance at the
Foreman's School held in Estes Park.

We heard indirectly that the night ses-
sions proved very beneficial to the sti*-
dents from Ft. Collins.

W. W. Christinck is the proud owner
of a new Dodge touring car.

Not since 1920 have we had a Com-
pany picnic, so considerable interest
has been taken in the picnic to be held
at the entrance to the Big Thompson
Canyon, August 19, with Loveland,
Longmont and Fort Collins factories
participating.

LOVELAND

O. S. RIKER and EMMA MATZICK
Associate Editors

Following is a list of vacationists
and destinations: J. W. Karns,
Loveland Heights; G. F. Willard,
Kiowa and Grand Lake; Mars. Guin-
don, Denver; Sam Evans, Utah and
Oregon; C. E. Angove, Yellowstone
Park; F. W. L. Rulkoetter, Estes
Park and Denver; H. Scilley, Glen
Comfort; E. J. Nugent, Nugent's
Acre; Bert Berner, Estes Park; C. E.
Miller, Estes Park and Grand Lake;
F. Harrison. Middle ^Park and San
Luis Valley; H. J. Jones, Denver and
Mountain Parks; Miss Matzivk, Boul-
der; Dad Apgar, Estes Park, and V.
V. Hartman at Raymond's on South
St. Vrain.

During the vacation of Miss Mat-
zick the position of stenographer
and telephone operator is being cap-
ably filled by our former employee,
Mrs. Robert Baird.

Dad Apgar employed his vacation
nursing a case of acute bronchitis of
which we are pleased to say he has
now fully recovered.

John Peak has returned to work
after ten weeks' lay off due to ill-
ness.

We were favored this month by
visits from the following: Messrs.
Shaffer, Riencks, Mitchell, Babbitt
and Hutchins of the Denver Office
and Charles Williams of Windsor.

Our inter-factory picnic is to be
held August 19, at Chasteen's Grove,
eight miles west of Loveland. The
factories participating are Ft. Col-
lins, Longmont and Loveland. From
all accounts the three factories will
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a grand and glorious time. On Au-
gust 2nd, representatives of the Ft.
Collins and Longmont factories met
with us to formulate plans for an
inter-factory picnic. At this meeting
Mr. S. C. Mooney was appointed
Chairman, Mars Guindon, Assistant
Chairman of the Executive Commit-
tee and C. S. Scott of Longmont, Sec-
retary. Following is the action taken
by those assembled: That a joint
basket picnic be held at Chasteen's
Grove on Saturday, August 19th.
The following committees were ap-
pointed by the Chairman: Grounds:
C. C. S'tarbuck, Chairman. Enter-
tainment: Longmont with Mr. Low-
ry, Chairman, with Chas. Ritter and
J. W. Berry. Financial: Mr. Heu-
messer, Chairman. Fellowship: Mr.
Scilley, Chairman, with Mr. Roach
and Mr. Wilson. Refreshment: E. P.
Sunderland, Chairman. Invitation:
Messrs. Treadway and Klingenberg.
The Chief Chemists were appointed
to act as judges of all contests except
baseball, for which S. T. Miller will
be requested to officiate.

LONGMONT

MISS C. L. McGREW and V. L. AIKIN
Associate Editors

We had the pleasure, a couple of
weeks ago, of a visit from W. P. Ho-
garty, and enjoyed talking over the
good old days when he was the Agri-
cultural Superintendent at this fac-
tory, with never a thought of one day
becoming the district manager of the
Montana district. While lie may have
added some little dignity and avoirdu-
pois to his general makeup, we still
find him the same genial W P. He
was accompanied on the trip by
Messrs. Herb Barringer and G. F.
Weybright from Billings and Charles
F. Johnson and Mr. Sandman of
Lovell. All were on their way to Es-
tes Park to the sugar conclave and
picnic.

Fred Lowry was the lucky man to
be chosen to represent this factory
at the lectures given at the Y. M. C.
A. at Estes Park. We presume Fred
absorbed all of the information given
out and will be ready to disseminate

it at the proper time. (Editor's Note:
Fred has a crackerjack tenor voice
and was heard to good advantage in
the choral work around camp ov
nights.)

L. N. Phillips spent part of his va-
cation fishing in the Platte canon, and
on his way back was marooned at
Pine Knot by a washout, but by
swimming his Ford across the river
a couple of times he was able to get
back with only a day's delay.

Mrs. Robert Miller will be substi-
tute stenographer while Miss McGrew
is "vacationing." Mrs. Miller is no
stranger to the sugar business, hav-
ing worked in the beet room one win-
ter. Miss McGrew will spend her va-
cation in Estes Park and Denver.

Miss Elsie Rockwell will enjoy
ranch life for a couple of weeks,
spending her vacation at her sister's
ranch near Eagle, Colorado. She will
probably be an expert cow girl when
she comes back.

V. L. Aikin, Assistant Superintend-
ent, is loafing with his family at Pine
(K)not in the Thompson canon. May-
be he will try his hand at fishing if
he thinks the fish are biting, and the
family need some fish for dinner.

Wm. McCullough, Assistant Super-
intendent, is denying the rumor that
he is to be married this fall, but we
all wonder why he always spends his
vacations in and around Windsor.

Tom Carlson, who used to be As-
sistant Superintendent here, but is
now Superintendent of the Swink fac-
tory for the Holly Sugar Company,
paid us a short visit the other day.
He told us that when vacation time
comes down there they just shut up
the factory and every one takes a va-
cation for two weeks. That's all right
at a little mill like Swink, but could
it be worked at a real factory like
Longmont?

E. M. Payne, assistant storekeeper,
is no doubt enjoying himself thor-
oughly pursuing the finny tribe in
their watery haunts, and studying the
beauties of nature set forth in our
"so wonderful" Rockies.

Here is a fish story perhaps you
haven't heard: A fish and game war-
den found a man fishing on the Pou-
dre before the season opened. He
asked the man if he knew that the

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penalty for fishing out of season
could be made a jail sentence. The

man replied: "I don't give a d ,

I am in for life anyway." He was a
convict with the road gang which
was then working in the canon.

With the exception of the above
we can say with the darkey, "They
aint no news."

BRUSH

E. WARD, JR., Associate Editor

Superintendent Cummer has re-
turned from a month's vacation spent
in the San Luis Valley. He reports
very good luck fishing in the Rio
Grande and in other streams in the
vicinity of Del Norte.

Effective July 1st Henry Diehl be-
came Assistant Superintendent and
Mr. Herbert Dietz was promoted to
the position of General Foreman.

Master Mechanic Joe Lackner and
his family are spending their vaca-
tion in California.

Sugar loading has been resumed
and in spite of the railroad strike
sugar cars seem to be plentiful.

A new paving district has been
formed at Brush. Colorado avenue
from the north side of the Company
dormitory to Railroad street is being
paved. The paving on Clayton street
has been finished and the new elec-
tric lights installed. Ex-Brushites
would hardly know the town now.

Messrs. O. M. Cummer, C. M. Good
and E. Ward, Jr., were included in
the Brush delegation to the Repub-
lican County Assembly held at Pjrt
Morgan August 2nd.

Nick Bonck of New Orleans, who
has boiled sugar at Brush for the
last two campaigns, is with us again.
Nick has been in Cuba and California
since leaving us last January, but
says that he is mighty glad to get
back to Brush.

Chief Chemist Matteson is spend-
ing his vacation with his family at
Log Cabin, Colorado.

Messrs. Garland, Howe and Sund-
erland have returned after spending
a week fishing in North Park. The
fishing was only fair, they said, as
some of the streams were nearly dry.

Mr. Cummer has given his Dodge

its yearly coat of paint and new top.
He is going to get a new car when
this one wears out. It is only seven
years old.

Agricultural conditions at Brush
are good. The heavy rains we have
had during the past three weeks
have been very beneficial, and unless
something unforeseen occurs a satis-
factory tonnage will be harvested.

FORT MORGAN

F. M. BAKER and A. C. WHITNEY,

Associate Editors

C. V. Maddux of the Denver office
is with us at present, establishing
the Mexican colony of the Company
land one mile west of the factory.
There will be 20 adobe houses 12x16
feet with 8-foot walls in this colony.
Twelve are started and under con-
struction at the present time. As
only the better class of labor are al-
lowed to participate in this scheme
we anticipate that a great deal of
benefit will be derived from this set-
tlement as it will help us to hold this
class of labor over instead of having
them return to El Paso or Old Mex-
ico for the winter.

Marion Shaffer, general foreman,
has been transferred to Brighton.
We are all sorry to see Marion leave.

Assistant Superintendent Pash
and his family spent their vacation
in Estes Park.

Walter Wiles, our genial black-
smith spent his vacation in Missou-
ri. He did not forget his friends
while there, but sent a fine box of
apples back to Jack Horner for dis-
tribution. Jack is now known as
"Apple Jack" Horner.

E. K. Huleatt, our Chief Chemist,
is taking his vacation in Estes Park
and we understand that he is con-
siderably interested in Masonry.

On August 11 our factory was
silent for a time, with the Flag at
half mast, in memory of E. A.
Franklin. Mr. Franklin was the
first master mechanic of this fac-
tory and one of the men to whom
credit is due for bringing this fac-
tory up to its present high state of
efficiency. Mr. Franklin had a host
of friends here, not only in the fac-

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tory but all over the community,
who were grieved to learn of his sud-
den death.

D. D. Kagy, Superintendent's
Clerk and Warehouse Foreman, is
spending his vacation at his old
home in Pindley, Ohio. Paul Mey-
ers, who was laboratory clerk last
campaign has been looking after Mr.
Kagy's various duties during his ab-
sence.

Assistant Superintendent Whitney
was one of a party who took a fishing
trip to North Park. "Whit" says they
had a fine time but for one thing.
When they arrived they decided to
spend the remainder of the afternoon —
fishing. He became separated from
the others and when he returned late
in the evening with some fish, found
the others in camp and all the bait
they had brought with them, had evap-
orated. He was obliged, the rest of
the trip to catch the fish with his
hands, for which reason they did not
show very good results. "Alibi."

George Goldfain, Chemist at Ger-
ing, was looking up old acquaint-
ances here this week.

During the absence of our black-
smith, a man was here to give in-
structions regarding tempering chis-
els. Charles Shaffer and Charlie
Schiller took the lessons. We rather
imagine that they could not absorb
the idea, as they still take their chis-
els to Wiles when they want a good
job of tempering done.

Dan Drew, who is Western Weigh-
ing Association Inspector for this fac-
tory, is away on his vacation.

We have a suspicion that some-
thing interesting happened at Estes
Park, but the only tangible evidence
we have is that Billy Martin's cloth-
ing looked as though it had had a
mud bath before their return.

An invitation was extended to
some of the Morgan factory em-
ployees to attend the Efficiency Club
meeting held at Brush August 11 to
hear the report of the men who at-
tended the Estes Park meeting. At
seven o'clock we were ushered into
fhe dining room of the southern Ho-
tel where the tables were spread.
This hotel lived up to its reputation
in regard to good "eats." An unex-
pected treat was given us in the way

of music furnished by the Misses
Hansen of Brush, all of whom are
talented musicians. After listening
to these ladies, we saw why John Sun-
derland and E. Ward and Tom Gar-
land insisted on Mr. Cummer arrang-
ing for the presence of this trio of
musicians. After the banquet, H. C.
Giese, Manager, as toastmaster,
called upon Messrs. Austin, Whitney
and Mitchell to tell us what they
learned at the meeting. Mr. Martin,
Superintendents Cummer and Miller
also gave their ideas of what they
learned there. The impression that
the writer received from the talks
was that the success of constituted
authority depended upon the ability
of the executive to choose his sub-
ordinates and that if this was done
with good judgment, and the sub-
ordinates in their handling of men
used the principle of "putting your-
self in his place" in settling ques-
tions that are bound to arise with the
men there would be more efficiency
and co-operation in the work which
ultimately would work out for the
best good of the Company and also
for the benefit of the men.

Pieldman J. Y. Henderson is
spending his vacation with Mrs. Hen-
derson's people at Julesburg.

STERLING

G. W. ATKINSON AND G. W. SPEER,
Associate Editors.

(Editor's Note: In the absence of
Mr. Atkinson on his vacation C. H.
Linden has written these notes.)

Ho, hum, another day, another dol-
lar, and since the Editor-in-Chief
wishes to go on his vacation, Press
notes are due a few days in advance.

It is with regret that we announce
the death of Mrs. Wind, mother of
our senior Assitant Superintendent,
L\ E. Wind.

C. J. Rodewald and Chas. Jones of
the Agricultural Department have
been spending a few days of their
vacation in the mountains. Both
must have fared well as they returned
looking none the worse for their trip.

The vacation list includes: Wm.
Ross, L. E. Michael, Geo. Atkinson,

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A. H. Nies, Geo. Walters and Clyde
Garber. Bill is working on his gar-
age and informed ns the other day
that he would have a car "some day."
Michael is spending his vacation un-
der his flivver. Atkinson is vis. ting
various points of the compass. We
are not sure of Nies, but are under the
impression that he is going some-
where on his honeymoon. Walter says
he is going to catch all the trout in
Colorado and Wyoming, and Garber
sneaked away without telling us his
destination or intentions.

C. E. Evans was a visitor at the
factory and office during the first of
the month, having taken a vacation
from Wee Blu Inn. He never gave
us any fish stories, but we presume
that he will when he returns for good.

Jack Kennedy, our storekeeper, re-
turned from an extended visit in lit-
tle old New York and Jack informs
us that the drinking is fine in that
village. However, he must not have
taken anything as there were no
snakes in his boots when he returned.

Edwards, one of our Assistant Mas-
ter Maniacs, had a notice on the
board the other day which read as fol-
lows: "For Sale — Two cars, one
Reo and one ancient Overland, both
in good condition with exception of
the engine, carburetor, tires, etc.
For other information see Edwards
anywhere in the mill or at his home
after 6:20 P. M. Priced cheap for cash.
What will you offer?"

We were wondering the other day
what was J. R. Mason's reason for
buying a nice new home on Beattie
street. Since he hasn't informed us we
are still wondering.

Work is progressing very rapidly in
the factory with the exception of the
baffles in the coolers. Groves and
Eliason spend most of their t'me
walking in circles and swearing be-
cause Walters went on his vacation
and left the job of making the in-
stallation up to them and Mr. Welsh.
Every time cooler wrater baffles were
mentioned before George left busi-
ness picked up.

Jack Rece and family left for Es-
tes Park and other points of interest
in the state. However, Jack lost all
interest in Colorado when he took a
slant at the pictures that Roscoe re-

turned with from his fishing trip in
Wyoming.

Destructive hail storms have visit-
ed various parts of Logan county dur-
ing the past month, doing considerable
damage to corn, small grain and beats.
However, the rains that have come at
intervals of every two or three days
have kept crops in good condition
and have been a great aid in the re-
covery of some damaged by hail.

McClintock, our new Assistant Su-
perintendent, has disposed of his
flivver and has purchased a second-
hand Stutz from M. W. Nelson. Mac
says 'Watch me feed them dust now."

Beets are looking fine in this dis-
trict, and with work progressing rap-
idly in the mill it begins to look like
someone is going to have to do some
stepping this campaign to take that
old rag or to keep it.

We nearly forgot to mention that
Curley Rawson claims to be the best

Good Morning ? Good Night !

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^B mm ' Hk

Frank Wilson was up Early Enough to Catch "Doll

Ginn and Charlie Evans Dressing After One of

Those Famous Restful Nights in Camp.

Gosh, Charlie, it Took Nerve to

Print This Picture !

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high diver in the state. A few days
ago while on his vacation, he en-
deavored to drive a car of well known
make over the top or under a Pack-
ard and with the result that he landed
in the bottom of a canon. Curley
says that he did not mind the fall; it
was the sudden stop that hurt.

Oh yes, Al Nies has been buying
cherries. I wonder what for.

The paving work has been com-
pleted and the men living on Beattie
street can go back and forth without
driving all over the city. .

Train service has been rotten for
some time but we can't see how that
gives Atkinson an excuse for being
late about three mornings out of the
week. It seems that he waits until a
freight train with seven hundred cars
appears over the hill and then starts
to work, but we will vouch for the
fact that Atkinson draws freight
trains just as honey does a fly, be-
cause the rule does not only apply in
the morning when is coming, but
when he returns home as well.

BRIGHTON

Max Proffitt, who was bench chem-
ist at Windsor and at one time in
the Research Department, dropped
in for a short visit with Chief Chem-
ist Henry. Mr. Proffitt is Chief of
the Sugar Division cf the Bureau of
Standards and makes his headquar-
ters in Washington, D. C.

Tom Crane, Timekeeper, is taking
his vacation in the mountains.

Messrs. Harbeck, Miller and Bruce
Petrikin attended Mr. W. L. Petrikin's
picnic in Estes Park and report a
very enjoyable time.

"Doc" Miller represented Brigh-
ton at the Foremen's School conduct-
ed at Y. M. C. A. Conference Grounds
July 24 to 28th. At the present time
"Doc" is spending his vacation in the
mountains at Glen Eden.

H. A. Harbeck, C. E. Houston,
Harry Johnston, and Bruce Petrikin
were among those who were dele-
gates from this district to the Repub-
lican Second Congressional District
Assembly at Golden August 8th. C.
W. Scotland, a former employee of
the Sugar Company, was a delegate

to the Republican State Assembly at
Denver, August 9th. The boys say
that they recognized quite a number
of sugar men present at these assem-
blies.

Agriculturist Walters, and two of
his fieldmen, Phil Dale and Frank
Whiting, of Windsor, paid Mr. Hous-
ton a visit following the hailstorms.

It is reported that the Kuner
Pickle Company may be forced to
discontinue their canning campaign
because the hail practically destroyed
all of the pickles, tomatoes and cab-
bage which had been contracted. Al-
most all of the growing vegetable
crops with the exception of potatoes
will be a total loss in the entire dis-
trict tributary to the Brighton can-
neries. It is too early at this time
to say whether the pumpkin \rines
are a total loss or not.

The corn fields present an array
of broken and twisted stalks. The
crops on many farms where only
vegetables were being raised will be
a total loss. The foreign laborers,
largely Mexican, who work these
crops throughout the entire summer,
are beginning to hunt work else-
where.

The fruit crops in this region
which are produced in commerc'al
quantities, consist of apples, cherries,
plums, raspberries and blackberries.
The unripe fruit lies in heaps under
the trees and vine^. The fruit trees
in many cases were badly broken by
the wind which accompanied Hie hail
storms. Shade trees suffered simi-
larly and many were uprooted.

The farmers who are raising bests
consider themselves lucky, on ac-
count of the fact that even though
their beet fields now appear to be
only leafless stalks, tne beets them-
selves are not harmed and will yield
a substantial tonnage.

C. A. Rockwell, fieldman is sport-
ing a brand new Chevrolet car. Clint
says he's too busy to be both-
ered with repairing the old car,
which has been laid up for repairs
twice in the last six months.

"Andy" Tinn, Eaton's Cashier,
stopped in a few minutes to see us
on his way home from Denver.

The General Superintendent of the

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Michigan Sugar Company, James
Dooley, of Saginaw, Michigan, paid
Superintendent Harbeck a visit. Mr.
Harbeck was for years associated
with Mr. Dooley and the Michigan
Sugar Company.

Mr. Dooley is making a tour of
the western sugar factories in the
interest of potash burning processes.
After showing him our factory, Mr.
Harbeck took him on a trip through
Estes Park, over the Highline Drive,
and to Denver.

Our Assistant Master Mechanic,
Wm. Birlieu. is a candidate on the
Republican ticket for the office of
constable.

At a supper served to the local
sugar men at the Shirley Cafe, "Doc"
Miller told them about the Fore-
men's School which he attended in
Estes Park. There were 32 of the
boys present, and it was like old times
once more, — a period of something-
like two years having elapsed since
the last "get-together" meeting was
held.

Another one of the old bunch has
been added to the few in the Cash-
ier's office. Miss Mahoney, with her
hair neatly bobbed and just as mis-
chievous as ever, is with us once
more. She hasn't changed greatly,
and we're glad to see her back again.

After a long vacation spent in the
New England States, "Gov." Peabody
is back in Colorado. He made us a
call during the last hailstorm a few
days ago. "Gov." looke fine and
says he is anxious to get back into
the harness after another three weeks
to be spent at Laramie. Wyoming.

Oscar Lee is celebrating the ar-
rival of a new girl at his home.

Elizabeth Trijillo, nee Martinez,
who was our telephone operator last
year, called on us and announced
that she has changed her name.

Chet Sherman and Roy Rees are
spending their vacations on a fishing
expedition at Centennial, Wyo.

A Faux Pa's

"Why did you ask Mrs. Smith how
her husband was standing the heat?"

"Now what's wrong?"

"Nothing, only Mr. Smith has been
dead several months."

SCOTTSBLUFF

GENEVIEVE WEIDENHEIMER and PARRY
W. SNYDER, Associate Editors

W. A. Stevenson has been transferred
from the "Isadore" Department, and is
now at Scottsbluff as Head Pipefitter.
0. E. Rogers, our previous Head Pipe-
fitter, has resigned and gone into the
tire repairing business in Scottsbluff.
We certainly welcome Steve back and
wish Otis great success in his new busi-
ness.

S. D. Morrison, our Master Mechanic,
is at present away on his vacation. Our
nose for news was evidently not work-
ing for we failed to find out where Mr.
Morrison intended going on his vaca-
tion.

Verne Huff, of the Cashier's Depart-
ment, has returned from his vacation
spent at Chugwater and Torrington.
Wyo. Huff also attended the Frontier
Days Show at Cheyenne and reports a
very interesting performance.

Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rhoads, accompan-
ied by Mr. Rhoads' parents, spent their
vacation visiting points in the eastern
part of the state, making the trip in
Cecil's Dodge.

Miss Genevieve Weidenheimer left
August G for Portland, Ore., and other
points on the Coast.

C. G. Durnin, one of our Assistant
Superintendents, was among those at-
tending the Y. M. C. A. Industrial Con-
ference at Estes Park. Chas. reports
a splendid time and is very enthusias-
tic about the benefits obtained from the
Conference.

R. J. Kent is at present in Omaha
consulting a specialist in regard to his
eyes which were injured in a shot gun
explosion last winter.

Harry Hood, one of our Sugar Boilers,
if off duty at present. Harry had the
good fortune to secure a homestead
near Torrington, Wyo., under the Gov-
ernment irrigation project, and has es-
tablished his residence there. Harry
will be back before the campaign be-
gins.

John Halverson has returned from
his vacation spent in Denver and other
Colorado cities. John reports a record
trip from Denver to Scottsbluff on his
Harley-Davidson, claiming to have
made it in less than five hours. We

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have only heard of two Fords, one
Chevrolet and a Cadillac which were
completely run over between here and
Denver, the occupants claiming they
were struck either by a cyclone or a
low-flying airplane, but John do?sn't
remember of hitting any unusual
bumps in the road.

J. H. Sherman has returned from
his vacation spent in Denver.

Prom sources known only to good
reporters we learn that the first of
the series of psychometer tests now be-
ing run in one of the Denver papers
was tried out on Jeff (B. W. Morrison)
and that he responded with a percent-
age of 95. Jeff, on learning of his
grade, immediately rented an apart-
ment and departed in search of the girl.

A swarm of bees took possesion of
our Time Office this week. Outside
of scaring a few Assistant Superinten-
dents, it was considered a good omen to
have workers of such known capacity
move in on us.

At garden planting time A. E. Hight,
Assistant Superintendent, decided he
would go in for farming en a larger
scale than previous years. With this in
view he looked around for a quantity
of first class cantaloupe seed and de-
cided to raise excellent melons as a
specialty. O. Wrenn, Steffen foreman,
agreed to furnish the seed gratis, and
as everyone knows "Mac" is a good
gardener "Dolph" was glad to be able
to get such good seed. Well, he got the
seed — planted them and while the seeds
were sprouting Dclph had visions of a
new Dodge from the receipts of the fall
harvest. The very first sprout that
broke through the ground Dolph in-
vited all the neighbors and all the fac-
tory employees to come up and see
his stand of cantaloupes.

With pencil and paper he estimated
the probable crop. The result stag-
gered him. Ah, he would contract the
crop, which he proceeded to do the
very next day, and as cantaloupes are
a "favorite fish" in this vicinity, he
had no trouble in getting his fall crop
disposed of — on paper.

Everything would have gone well
had it not been for one little thing —
just one. "Vvhen the vines began to bear,
all the nice juicy melons turned out to
be cucumbers! Yes, he is still driving
his Ford.

GERING

T. L. CRONIN and W. E. CLAYCOMB,
Associate Editors

S. A. Sammons, an M.D., who
chose to cast his lot with us in the
capacity of boiler house foreman,
was preparing to bend some small
pipe on a slab of concrete just out-
side the shop door. A Russian was
instructed to clean off the slab, set
the pins and furnish most of the
horse power. "Doc" came rushing
out of the shop with a cherry rad on
six or eight feet of pipe, when lie dis-
covered that the slab was still par-
tially covered with dirt and sand.
Dropping the hot pipe, he remon-
strated with the Russian, Cooney,
saying, "That is a bum job. Can't
you see that slab is covered with
sand and gravel. A bum job I say!"
"Doctor," the Russ was heard to
mumble, "I bet a good many of your
bum jobs is covered with sand and
gravel too."

August seems to be the time, and
Colorado the place, for vacations
among Geringites: Chief Chemist
Goldfain and family spent their two
A^eeks in eastern Colorado; R. H.
Myers and family with the Frank
Burchells at Glen Comfort up the
Thompson canon; C. B. and Mrs.
Comstock with relatives in Denver
and vicinity; George Harlow spent
his two weeks painting Denver — we
mean painting his house in Denver;
the C. Hargrave Scotts are leaving for
a two weeks' sojourn at Scottsbor-
ough in the Brush, Colorado, coun-
try; while R. G. (Bob) Miller and
family are "taking in" Yellowstone.

Cashier J. Brigham Badgley has
almost completed the preliminary
arrangements for the grand trail
blazing bee to be held early in Sep-
tember, when his "entire office
force," together with volunteers from
the mechanical and operating de-
partments, will endeavor to locate
for him Company House No. 2, which
he has rented "unsight and unseen."
However, Brig, should be thankful
for the home grown fuel, strikes, etc.,
considered.

Mrs. George Comstock, mother of
our C. B., and brother Joe. with fam-

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ily, and sister, Mrs. Orra Guyon, all
of Denver, spent a couple of weeks
with Charlie and Mrs. Comstock.
Master Billie Guyon, who had spent
the summer with Uncle Charlie, re-
turned home with his mother.

Billie Warren will soon take the
air, not as an aviator hut as a radio
fan. One end of his antenna is fast-
ened to the battery loop line while
the other end is to tie in near the
main office, above which Billie re-
sides. This will put Gering factory
on the map as probably (?) the first
plant of the company equipped with
radio.

MITCHELL

R. I. BABBITT

Associate Editor

Mark Schmode recently returned
from his vacation trip which took him
something over 4,000 miles, going from
here to California via Salt Lake City,
and returning by way of the southern
route. He was accompanied bv his
brother, Ed, and Max Garber of Scotts-
bluff.

Mark says he arrived home with the
same air in the tires with which he
left. However, as he was in old Mexi-
co on the road home, and even though
he has been on the job steady since ar-
riving, we are inclined to make some
allowances on his accounts of hap-
penings after his arrival in that for-
eign country. We do hope that Mark
will continue to use discretion, if he
did get any goods across the line, for
some might think that Maude had
broken out of her stall in the Labora-
tory.

Chas. Towse and family just returned
from their vacation spent in the moun-
tainous parts of Colorado. They left
here in a bran new Essex Coach and
returned in this same new coach, but
the bran is all worn off.

E. E. Durnin and family are spending
their vacation near Laramie Peak. We
trust the trout have decided by this
time that Mr. Durnin is a very de-
termined man and have decided there
is no use longer to try to escape his
hook.

Eddie Determan has returned from
his homestead near Glendo, Wyo.( and

taken his old position of timekeeper.
This lets out Mr. Leslie Laughlin of
Gering, who has been with us for the
past few months.

C. B. Jones, Superintendent's Clerk,
had a very exciting race the night of
July 29-30. Mrs. Jones, who had been
staying at Scottsbluff for a time, had
come to her folks near Mitchell to
spend the night. During the night it
was learned that the stork would soon
make a visit. C. B., who was a few
miles away at his farm, was notified
at once and he soon arrived, took Mrs.
Jones and started for the Bluffs. On
account of previous heavy rains, the
roads were bad and the old Ford be-
came hopelessly stuck in the mud. Af-
ter very much nervous labor a man
who was also stuck at the same place
and was asleep in his car, was awak-
ened. All forces were applied to this
car which was finally pushed out of the
mud and the party proceeded to the
Bluffs. Fortunately the night was
cloudy and the stork lost his way,
which allowed the Joneses to reach
their destination one hour ahead of his
arrival. The boy weighed 9*4 pounds,
and both baby and mother are doing
fine. So is Dad.

Those from Mitchell attending the
Conferences at Estes Park were, C. S.
Campbell, E. E. Durnin and Chas.
Towse. All report a wonderful time,
and especially do they mention the roy-
al entertainment afforded them by Mr.
Petrikin.

Albert Gregg spent his vacation at
Longmont and left his family at that
place. He went August 12 to bring
them home again.

C. D. Sawyer and family recently re-
turned from a vacation delightfully
spent at Rocky Ford, Colo.

LOVELL

J. S. ANKENY and J. W. KENDALL
Associate Editors

One gray, smoky, chilly Sunday
morning not long ago. a few of the
boys — we won't mention any names —
arose, organized themselves and made-
their getaway from Lovell at an hour
of the day when most respectable peo-
ple are pounding the well-known ear,
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avowed intention of catching practical-
ly all the fish left in that part of the
state. The means of transportation was
a four-wheeled affair with rubber tires,
hood, radiator, top, windshield, steer-
ing wheel, license tag, fan belt and
spark plugs which is known to the
public at large as a Lincolnette, but
which the owner, from long associaion
with it, and out of sheer affection for
the beast, has dubbed Mignonette.

The air was snappy, to say the least,
and Mignonette appeared to be working
rather worse than usual, so about half
way to Powell the quartet held a con-
ference and decided that she had been
given more oil than was necessary.
They drained eight or ten gallons out
of the crank case and went on, but
there was no noticeable improvement,
so they stopped again to examine the
timer.

"Ah-ha-a! Shades of the Detroit Riv-
er! Here's our trouble. Think of all
that good oil we irrigated the barren
ground with back there!" Business of
changing the timer. Mignonette re-
sponded immediately, and all troubles
being over for the day, the steersman
stepped on the hand throttle. Powell
went by as a sort of red blur, and
stayed blurred for three or four miles,
when a small, sad, harmless looking
rock was not avoided and a German Big
Bertha fired one shot. Blowout patch-
es and inner tubes were requisitioned,
while one member of the party built
a fire to warm up by, and when every-
one was all set again, they proceeded
on to Cody, which they reached without
further mishap, but with much the
same feeling as a man penned up with
an uncivilized bear.

The chauffeur had a small package
for a friend of his in Cody and after
searching the town for the friend's
residence, the parcel was duly deliv-
ered. The friend insisted that everyone
come in and meet his friend Mr. Gor-
don, and from what we have been told,
everyone did, with alacrity. Mr. Gor-
don was met several times in the course
of the next hour, and the effect of his
company was such as to make a blow-
out and a little timer trouble appear as
nothing whatever. The boys finally
broke away, with considerable reluc-
tance, to snare the festive fish.

And behold the change in their de-
meanor! In place of a bunch of gloomy
looking sugar tramps, whose only
earthly hope was that they might be
permitted to reach home again in safe-
ty, we have four rollicking, good-hu-
mored lads, out for a day of sport.
Even Mignonette was going great guns,
taking all the hills on high, and in the
words of one of the party, "She runsh
like shewing masheen. Never shaw
anyshing like it in m'life. Runsh like
shewin' masheen."

Another insisted all the way that he
had never caught a trout, but he cer-
tainly was going to "whip that shream
into frosh."

We understand that a large number
of fish were not caught, but it appears
that as a one day's outing, that one
had somewhat the edge on any we
have heard of recently.

H. O. Hyatt and family have re-
turned from their vacation, which
they spent touring the northern part
of the state in their Oldsmobile cof-
fin. Hy says the sedan is the real
pre-war stuff when a Wyoming dry
rain comes up.

H. L. Fletter and W. C. Hopkin,
who is an ex-sugar tramp, left two
weeks ago for their annual fishing
trip. We expect to hear about noth-
ing but whales when they return.

J. W. Preston from the Billings
factory blew into town last Saturday
night about 11:58, to pay his many
friends here a long deferred visit.
'Sail right, Jim, and you know we're
glad to see you, but we haven't
caught up on sleep yet.

Congratulations, "Jeff," you are
some little stepper, even if we did
think you were somewhat slow up in
this neck of the desert.

The beets are looking fine in this
district, and we are all cocked and
primed for another whack at that
pennant. Look out, "Mitch," we're out
gunning for you, and if >ou keep the
old rag thts year, you'll have to
ramble.

"Pat" Lynch killed a fair sized
rattlesnake on the back porch of H.
S. Looper's residence last week. Pat
says he knows it was real, because
he cut the rattles off, and Loop says

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he sees snakes and lost suitcases in
his sleep every night.

H. E. Jackson is supervising a
flock of Mexicans who are recondi-
tioning sugar in the warehouse. Jack
gets very much peevishness when
you mention him and the other Mex~
icans.

H. H. Sandmann and W. W. Dodd
attended the recent meetings in Estes
Park, and from all reports enjoyed
themselves to "the liniment." Their
accounts of the antics of our old
friends Whit and Bo lead us to be-
lieve that we should have been
among those present.

We were very sorry to hear of the
death from infantile paralysis of lit-
tle Jack Fosgate in Billings. The
Fosgates formerly lived here, and
have the sympathy of many friends
in their bereavement.

BILLINGS

F. S. HAMILTON and G F. WEYBRIGHT
Associate Editors

Since the last issue of The Sugar
Press, our Cashier, Chas. F. Ridley, has
suffered a rather severe breakdown in
health, and the sentence pronounced
by the doctor is a complete abstain-
ence from work for several months.
Mr. Ridley is now in the mountains
with his wife and family, seeking the
rest he so much needed. At this writ-
ing he is improving slowly, but will
have to be careful. We all wish him a
speedy restoration to health and
strength. Ford Simon who left Billings
early in July, has returned and will be
in charge as Acting Cashier until Mr.
Ridley is able to resume his duties.

Our old friend Fitch, who left the
Company's employ on August second,
is away on an auto trip with his fam-
ily. We hope to have him with us
again during the campaign.

We regret to record the death of
Mrs. Elizabeth Mead. Our sincere sym-
pathy is extended to her son I. P. Mead
and his sister, Mrs. A. C. Rosenow.

The intensely hot weather we have
been enjoying the last day or two has
elicited some rather pointed comments
from Ford Simon, and his comparisons
of Colorado and Montana torriditv were
by no means complimentary to the

latter. He maintains that those of his
friends who are complaining of the
heat in Denver have been suffering
from a delusion that would be promptly
dispelled had they been in Billings
this week. Ford has lived in Montana
long enough to be aware of the fact
that Montana never indulges in half
measures. She goes the limit, either
hot or cold.

M. C. List reported for work as
Superintendent's Clerk on July 13.
Welcome to our city, List.

At this writing we are glad to an-
nounce that our little friend Rebecca
Barringer is almost over a severe at-
tack of infantile paralysis. Very little,
if any after effects can be noticed.

Mrs. Harry Fliesbach of Scottsbluff
has been visiting at the home of her
brother G. F. Weybright.

Ed. Davenport, Assistant Superin-
tendent, and wife, report a delightful
trip through Yellowstone Park.

Bill Adler, no license, tries to sell
car. No luck. Police. New license.
Still has car. Curtain.

Rosebud Lake seems to be a popular
vacation spot for Sugar Tramps and
Trampesses. We have heard that trout
will even crawl up to camp in the night
and rob the bread box.

The many friends of E. A. Franklin
wish to extend their sympathy through
these columns to Mrs. Franklin and
Walter in their late bereavement.

After an illness of three days, our lit-
tle friend Jack Fosgate, 5 years old
slipped away into the Great Unknown,
a victim of infantile paralysis. We
cannot express in mere words the feel-
ing of sympathy the entire organiza-
tion extends to Mr. and Mrs. Fosgate.

Messrs. Hogarty, Barringer, and Wey-
bright report an exceedingly profit-
able trip to Estes Park, where they
were in attendance at the Industrial
Conference.

Foreman Dodgin'

The new foreman's name was Dod-
gin but not all the men under him
knew his name. He met two men
in a corner smoking.

"Who are you?" asked one of them.

"I'm Dodgin, the new foreman."

"So are we. Sit down and have a
smoke."

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Operating Policies for the
Coming Campaign

After Hearing a Splendid Paper at the Beet Sugar Technical Society's
Meeting the Men Present Seemed Pretty Well Determined to Make the
Coming Harvest and Campaign a Standard for Low Sugar Losses and
Economical Operation.

In anticipation of hearing an im-
portant message on "Operating Poli-
cies for the Coming Campaign," one
of the largest and most representa-
tive of audiences in the history of the
Beet Sugar Technical Society's meet-
ings gathered at the Shirley-Savoy
Hotel in Denver, on the evening of
September 7. And the crowd was
not disappointed. One of the best
papers ever heard at the Society's
dinners and a discussion in which
a number of new speakers partici-
pated featured the affair.

W. S. Garnsey, Jr., S. C. Mooney
and C. W. Doherty collaborated .in
the preparation of the three sections
of the paper: 1 — rate of slicing and
losses; 2 — beets on hand, rate of har-
vest and date of start; 3 — -method
of starting and stopping factories.
The managerial and supervisory for-
ces at the factories have been fur-
nished a copy of the paper, thus mak-
ing any detailed summary of its con-
clusions inadvisable here. A deal
of thought is undoubtedly being giv-
en by all concerned in an effort to
attain the very desirable objects out-
lined by the authors.

All employees should know that
the average ton of beets stored dur-
ing the harvest and campaign loses
approximately one pound of sugar
per storage day. This is known as the
Mendelson Law. after Hans Mendel-
son, our consulting agriculturist, who
first dug the fact out of an enormous
mass of statistical data the company
gathered during former harvest years.
Because beets in piles at the dumps
lose per day only about two-thirds
of the average storage loss, the beets
in the railroad bins at the factories
must undergo a loss heavier than the
average, probably due in part to
rougher handling. A complete clean-

up of beets received at the factory by
the end of the restricted harvest per-
iod, October 9, was one ideal pro-
jected in the paper, and the largest
possible reduction of storage losses
after that period by greater Novem-
ber deliveries and capacity slicing
after October 9 was another.
"After the period of unrestricted de-
liveries starts, capacity is very im-
portant and any loss of opportunity
to slice a ton of beets causes storage
on that ton from that time until the
end of campaign."

All employees should realize that
too early harvesting tends toward a
lower weight and sugar content for
the beet grower, more shoveling into
the piles, and another loss of sugar
percent in beets stored at the dumps
and the factory sheds. In the past
large quantities of beets have been
delivered after November 1st, in Colo-
rado and Nebraska, without material
trouble. In 1915 and 1916 more
beets were delivered in November
than in October. Lately there has
been a mistaken tendency to deliver
the greatest possible tonnage during
October, a practice that is expensive
both to the grower and the factory.

The nearer the farmer and the fac-
tory keep step in delivering and slic-
ing the beets the more money there
will be to divide. To the extent that
loss of sugar in beets piled can be
reduced by a greater harvest delivery
in November everybody connected
with the industry must profit. Field-
men and other employees, at every
favorable opportunity, may do no in-
considerable amount of good by
spreading these principles of an eco-
nomical harvest and campaign among
all classes concerned in the industry.

In the portion of the paper devoted
to the correct method of starting up

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and closing down a factory the inno-
vation of getting the majority opinion
of our own Superintendents was in-
troduced. In exhaustive detail, the
paper gave the best factory practice
as disclosed by the questionnaire sent
to the Superintendents and adapted
by the authors of the monograph.
The importance of producing from
the start molasses of minimum purity
was emphasized.

Those present at the meeting were:
Guests: W. L. Petrikin, E. R. Grif-
fin, C. W. Peterson, Herman Howard,
R. M. Barr, H. H. Griffin, E. C. Wal-
ter, E. B. Taylor, A. H. Heldt, E. E.
Durnin. R. F. Bristol, Henry Schmode,
C. B. Turner, C. H. Turner, A. M.
Ginn, Fred Lowry, Wm. McCullough
and P. H. McMasters.

Members: V. H. Babbitt, A. R.

Cliff, A. B. Cross, R. J. Devenish,
C. W. Doherty, T. A. French, H. L.
Hartburg, Bailey Hutchins, H. F.
Lambert, W. D. Lippitt, Joseph Mau-
dru, N. R. McCreery, H. Mendelson,
H. J. Miller, S. J Osborn, G. W.
Rienks, S. P. Saunders, R. W. Shafor,
G. M. Shaffer, L. A. Stenger, V. L.
Aikin, W. M. Barber, C. S. Camp-
bell, N. L. Chatfield, A. A. Clark,
J. R. Clark, C. H. Criswell, O.
M. Cummer, V. I. Daniels, C. E.
Evans, W. S. Garnsey, H. A. Harbeck,
J. B. Hitt, H. W. Hooper, H. H. John-
ston, C. F. Miller, S. T. Miller S. C.
Mooney, E. J. Nugent, D. J. Roach,
H. Scilley, C. S. Scott, Edmund Sim-
mons, J. Sykes, F. S. Treadway, E.
Vosburgh, R. C. Welsh, F. A. Wilson,
E. E. Woolf and Sam Freed.

Mirrors of Sugar Lane

of Great Men Off Remind Us How to be Good Sugar Bo's and Departing
Leave Behind Us Something Besides a Few Old Clothes.

7— H. W. Hooper

No man ever wrote his own biog-
raphy without omitting one-tenth of
the most important material, dwell-
ing too lightly upon his own great-
ness and dealing too harshly with his
own faults, faults which often times
lead to his greatness.

The noblest deeds of man are esti-
mated, not according to the massive-
ness of the shaft of granite and mar-
ble erected to his memory, but ac-
cording to his integrity and accom-
plishment of well directed efforts.
So with full knowledge that the most
fragrant roses frequently bear the
sharpest thorns, we vainly attempt to
mirror the "path through sugar lane"
of the hero of our theme, Harry Wes-
ley Hooper.

Little Harry first saw the light of
day in the good old state of Michigan,
probably sometime between Grover
Cleveland's first and second admin-
istration, or possibly during Arthur's
time, for you never can tell the age
of a Wolverine by the length of his
fur.

His after school hours were spent

in a dry goods emporium learning the
honorable art of selling ribbon. It
sufficed for the time being, but after
completing high school, he was thor-
oughly convinced that he was not
cut out for a career as a "profession-
al" man and that talent for matching
baby ribbon with feminine "unmen-
tionables," either attached or de-
tached, two-piece or combination, was
for Percy and Ferdie, not for Harry.
So he resigned, leaving the dry goods
business to its fate.

It was about this time that Coxie's
army made its memorable advance on
Washington, and the death knell of
the sugar industry in America was
nearly sounded. Young Hooper, dur-
ing this period, was lost in southern
lumber camps, but with the clarion
call of 189 6, when the full dinner
pail issue was launched forth by that
grand old champion of the sugar in-
dustry, William McKinley, young
Hooper broke into the sugar game at
Cairo, Michigan, the second state in
the union to see the possibilities of
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capacity of helper on the lime pan, lat-
er called carbonation, and now sat-
uration.

The figure per hour in those days
was several coppers less than two
bits, and the hours were half the
twenty-four. Undaunted by the low
wage and the long hours, Harry, af-
ter mastering the art of carbonation,
like Napoleon, "wept for more sta-
tions to conquer." He was not con-
tent to know that a certain per cent
of lime added to the defecated juices
and treated with carbon dioxide gas,
acted as a clarifier and caused a
precipitate, but he craved further
knowledge, arguing with himself
that if the imported sons of the
Fatherland could annex this knowl-
edge, so could he, such persistence
still being a characteristic of our
hero. And with determination,
cleverly concealed behind a mantle
of diplomacy, he obtained permis-
sion to return to the plant after
hours and uncompensated, to learn
what he could of this mysterious
process. Each night, after throwing
under his belt a few groceries, etc.,
(etc.'s were possible in those days)
he was back at the plant delving
into the fine, imported art of sugar
making, an art that only the Dutch
were considered capable of assim-
ilating.

The foundation for his life work
was laid, but knowing full well that
it would be ambition's suicide for
anyone but a Dutchman to attempt
to secure a foothold in the factories
of Michigan at that time, and as
the "Von" had been dropped from
the good old name of Hooper back
in the sixteenth century during the
persecution of the Hugenots, our
hero left no footprints in the sugars
of Michigan but with the knowl-
edge obtained after hours tucked
away under the roots of his hair,
left the sugar business of Michigan,
as he did the dry goods business,
to its fate.

Being endowed with the happy
faculty of foresight, "as well as
hindsight," Harry foresaw great pos-
sibilities for the beet sugar indus-
try in America, and heeding the ad-
vice of Horace Greeley, he went
west.

He landed in Colorado, Denver to
be exact, in the summer of 1904.
Remaining in Denver several days,
he annexed a beautiful, double-ve-
neered, sunburn on his Adam's ap-
ple from gazing at the snow-capped
Rockies. Then this child of the
Lakes hied himself away to Fort
Collins where he secured a job as
evaporator man in the newly erected
sugar factory at that place, which
eight years later became "daddy of
them all" under his supervision.

Harry was known as a young man
of very few words, which later won
for him the moniker "Sphinx." One
of his friends jokingly remarked
that "I don't know but I'll find out"
was twenty-five per cent of his entire
vocabulary during the first month at
Fort Collins. But. after stumbling
over numerous obstacles and indulg-
ing in an occasional Hungarian Glide
through several molasses floods, Har-
ry annexed a few more choice biblical
expressions, strongly accented on the
last syllable. However, he was en-
dowed with a keen intellect, was very
precise, and not at all profuse with
compliments, which characteristics
he still possesses. To illustrate the
precision for which Harry is famous,
nothing would serve better than a lit-
tle incident said to have occurred at
Fort Collins when one day in the
spring of 1905, he was sent to the
feed yards to ascertain if a flock of
sheep, soon to be marketed, had been
shorn. The continual milling of the
sheep about him made it impossible
for him to thoroughly satisfy himself
from his point of view. Returning
to the plant, he reported that the
sheep had been shorn, at least, on one
side.

Peeping into the dim mirror of
1905 and 1906, we find our hero Beet-
End Foreman, and 1907 Assistant Su-
perintendent, a position he held un-
til 1912, when he was appointed Su-
perintendent, and for the next three
years, Fort Collins led while others
followed, which caused the name "H.
W. Hooper" to be chiseled on the tab-
lets of sugardom as one of the fore-
most sugar men of the great west.

In 1916, we find him at Loveland.
the oldest plant of the company, in
the capacity of Superintendent and

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diagnostician, endeavoring to deter-
mine why that now famous plant was
not performing up to standard. The
campaign of 1916 was barely started
when he discovered to his satisfac-
tion, like McCormick, the Harvester
King, that transfusion of glands was
necessary to restore the productive
spark destroyed by the ravages of time,
so leaving the gland grafting to the
eminent Dr. Mooney, he accepted the
position of Assistant General Super-
intendent of the newly formed Ne-
braska Division, over which branch
of the organization now flies the com-
pany's blue banner of efficiency.

Jeff Morrison, Newly-Wed,
Dictates Letter :

KNIFE BRUSHES FOR KILBY
SLICERS — BILLINGS

Mr. Henry J. Miller,

Purchasing Agent,

The Great Western Sugar Company,

Denver, Colorado.

Dear Sir:

Referring to your letter to Mr.
Barringer of August 8 on the above
subject (how much are electric light
globes? Gee! we have to have six),
I would advise that you change re-
quisition B-6478 to call for four
brushes 12 in. diameter by 16 in.
long. (We cooked our first meal to-
day— it certainly was different than
what you get at the boarding house
— so dainty.) (Sighs)

These brushes are to be the same
size as those used at Ft. Collins (it
certainly does take a lot of things to
fill up a house, but we sure did get
a swell rug). (Sighs) We believe
it is advisable to purchase four com-
plete brushes, then when a brush
wears out it can be replaced with a
new brush and new sections can be
installed on the worn out brush for
a spare. (It sure is hard to get back
to work.) (More sighs)

Yours very truly,

(Gee this doesn't sound good, let's
write another.)

(Stenographer sighs)
BWM:MEB.

Morgan's New Cashier
Holding His Own

Q

A. M. Robb and His Little Son

Nine years ago Byron Albert at
Brush took on a new timekeeper by
the name of A. M. Robb. It was only
a matter of two years before the new
timekeeper had proved his ability to
be made general bookkeeper at the
Gering Factory.

Last month Robb became cashier
at Fort Morgan to succeed H. W.
Dixon, resigned.

His stay at Gering lasted four years
but after going to Longmont in Feb-
ruary 1919 as general bookkeeper,
Robb moved fast. He was made cash-
ier at Johnstown in August 1920,
transferred back to Longmont in Sep-
tember 1921, and moved into the
Denver office last June just before
the position at Fort Morgan became
vacant.

Robb made many friends through-
out the organization during his wan-
derings and they were pleased to hear
of his latest promotion.

One Boil on the Neck Makes

More Conversation than the

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The Longmont, Ft. Collins and
Loveland Picnic

By Sam Mooney

Superintendent, Loveland

Good-by picnics, fishing, auto trips,
vacations!

BRING ON THE BEETS!

But, boy, it was sure some picnic.

The sugar clans from the Longmont,
Fort Collins and Loveland factories
gathered at Chasteen's Grove at the
mouth of the Big Thompson Canyon,
west of Loveland, on Saturday, Aug-
ust 19. The live ones began landing
about 7:30 a. m. and the fun was on
from the start.

The first big event was the ball game
between Collins and Longmont. Fred
Treadway, the Longmont Walter John-
son, served up an assortment of curves,
drops, floaters and spitballs that daz-
zled the Collins bunch and they tasted
defeat. Ferd Klingenberg essayed to
pitch for Collins but had an off day.
We are advised that the Collins boys
are asking waivers on their pitcher
and we may hear of him being sent to
the bushes for more seasoning.

After Longmont put the game in the
sack they took on Loveland. Sam
Mooney endeavored to stop the batting
melee of the Longmont boys but was
unable to do so, even with good sup-
port. (The end of the game came none
too soon for Sam and we are confi-
dentially informed that he hunted up
the services of an Osteopath and a
Chiropractor to ease the muscular ag-
ony after the game.)

The tug of war was a repetition of the
ball games, Longmont walking away
with Collins. The big trouble with Col-
lins in the tug of war was that they did
not get any beet cuts before seven o'-
clock. Longmont grabbed the money on
the getaway.

Longmont then proceeded to walk
away with Loveland in the tug of war.

The centipede race was the next
event. A number of false starts, flukes
and kicks compelled us to call in Mr.
Lippitt to do the Otto Floto stuff and
render a true decision. After many
starts and the help of the Engineering

staff, this was pulled off, Loveland win-
ning the event.

Then followed one of the big events
of the day, — the Sherman Saunders
speech. Those of us who were there
will never forget this, — the wonderful
talk, the eloquent words echoing down
the crowded lanes of people under the
leafy bowers with a beautiful sun shin-
ing down. We were hearing the type
of oratory made classic by Daniel Web-
ster and Patrick Henry. The speeches
of Fox and Pitt in the English Com-
mons paled into insignificance before
Sherm's wondrous words.

He began and finished with one elo-
quent sentence:

"I have nothing prepared."

The Snorting Pole was the next
event, the main show being the contest
between Carl Crist and a Loveland
man. Carl sure can ride that pole.
His practice of riding storekeepers for
the last two years stood him in good
stead. But finally a Loveland man
slipped over the solar plexus to Carl.

The horseshoe pitching brought
out some good talent. After several
close preliminary games the cham-
pionship narrowed down to Loveland
and Collins representatives, Loveland
emerging the winner. One feels con-
strained to say, with pardonable ego-
tism, that a team could be picked
from these houses which would make
the iron gripped spud raiser of Ker-
sey and the genial retiring North-
cliffe of the Great Western Sugar
Company look to their laurels. If a
match like this could be arranged,
G. M. Shaffer must be the judge and
he must have his micromoters along
so we could have honest decisions
rendered.

(Editor's Note: Forecast of fu-
ture event: At the Big Three Picnic
in 1923, there will be a match horse-
shoe game between George Rienks
and Ye Editor against a picked pair
from the three large houses, pro-

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1 — Mooney Up. 2 — On the Snorting Pole. 3 — Ladies' Spike Driving.

4 — Winning Longmont Team. 5 — Saunders in Action.

6— Treadway ditto. 7— Tug of War.

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vided young Northcliffe isn't fired in
the meantime for inebriety. Joseph
Maudru has the chart to explain this
latter statement.)

The sports of the day were carried
on without much hitch or argument,
thanks to the judgments of the Chief
Chemists. They were selected as
judges advisedly, because we knew
through our factory experience that
the Chief Chemists could not go
wrong, that their findings are always
correct and their laws are like unto
those of the Medes and the Persians.

The picnic was arranged under the
direction of an executive committee
composed of members from each of the
three factories, with S. C. Mooney .as
chairman and Mars Guindon. assist-
ant chairman. Too much thanks can-
not be given the active members of
this committee for their unselfish
work in making the picnic the great
success it was.

The company arranged for ice
cream, coffee, lemonade arid candies.
Each family brought a basket picnic
lunch. Merchants of the two towns
were not solicited for prizes but the
prize fund was made up by assessments
on a few of the men at each factory and
a fund of over $100 for prizes was
thus raised. Some small prizes were

purchased out of this for the winners
of the junior field sporting events.
The balance became one grand prize
which was divided among the three
factories according to the points won.
This money is to be used by each
factory for flowers or any needful
charity, avoiding the periodic sub-
scription list which all sugar tramps,
at least quietly, dub a nuisance. The
grand prize division was Loveland,
42 per cent; Longmont, 33 per cent,
and Fort Collins, 25 per cent.

We were visited during the day by
Messrs. W. D. Lippitt, S. P. Saunders.
G. M. Shaffer and G. W. Rienks and
it was a great pleasure to have them
with us. We especially thank the
management for its co-operation. They
can feel repaid by the pleasure the
day gave us men and particularly by
the fact that for once in the lives of
over 150 children the kiddies got all
the ice cream cones they wanted with-
out having to ask Mother for a nickel.
You established in these children's
lives a red letter day which will be a
pleasant memory in after-life and us
old heads know that these days are
none too plentiful. After all what is
more pleasant in life than serving
others and particularly little children.

BRING ON THE BEETS!

E. Morrison Recovers
From Serious Mishap

The return of Edwin Morrison,
general superintendent and a director
of the company, to his desk on Sep-
tember 19, was the very happy se-
quel of an accident which for a time
gave his large circle of friends the
profoundest concern. On the after-
noon of Friday, September 1, while
climbing St. Vrain Glacier, Mr. Mor-
rison slipped and cut a major blood
vessel in his right leg a few inches
above the ankle. Not until his shoe
filled with blood did he realize the
seriousness of the wound. His broth-
er, Robert, a visitor from the East,
was with him. They had to walk a
considerable distance to where they
had left their horses. By the time
they arrived back at Mr. Morrison's
cabin in Peaceful Valley he had lost
a dangerous amount of blood.

Mrs. Morrison bravely cut away
the blood-clotted clothes and tend-
ed the injury until the arrival of a
physician from Longmont late that
night. On the following Sunday Mr.
Morrison was removed to his home
in Denver. His own splendid phys-
ical condition and the ministrations
of his wife and the physicians who
were called prevented the much-
feared infection of the wound and
brought about his early recovery.
While still forced to favor the in-
jured limb in his movements about
the office, the exercise is expected
to prove beneficial to the leg muscles
and his complete recovery soon is
earnestly hoped for.

Myers Has Trained Decoys

For Sale: Domesticated mallard
duck decoys. This year's birds $3.00
per pair to G. W. S. Co. employees
only. Write R. H. (Chief) Myers,
Gering Factory.

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PRINCIPLE AMONG GWESCO

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CAMPAIGN BETTER THAN

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An Assistant Superintendent Says:

Let Us Make the Coming Campaign Stand
Forth as the Best in the History of the
Company.

One of the Best Known Assistants in the Organization, a Man Who has
the Affection and Respect of His Every Associate, Wrote This. He Felt
That if the Management Said it the Boys Would Look upon it as
Propaganda, but that His Own Sincere Expression of What He Believes
Every Assistant Should Feel Would Be Recognized by Them as One
Man's Honest Appeal to All.

Ere this Press goes into the hands
of the readers, the hoarse whistles
of sixteen plants of the Great West-
ern will have called to action some
7,000 men, of whom about seven per
cent are foremen, each with his own
ideas of leadership, with a firm de-
termination to make his factory, his
department, or his station lead all
others. This always has been a char-
acteristic of the operating man, even
back in the old days when the sta-
tion man's rate was much less per
hour than now and the shift foreman,
now styled "Assistant Superinten-
dent," referred to his monthly pay
as wages. The campaigns were long-
er then, also the hours by twenty-
eight each week, or the equivalent of
three and one-half of our modern
work days. The company was young,
and so were we, too young to be of
much help, but like a fond parent
they fostered and nurtured us, tried
to teach us the value of loyalty by
being loyal to us, and like a dutiful
daddy gave us all a fair education
looking to the proud day when we
would grow up, take the helm, and
pilot the old ship on a steady keel
when tempest threatened.

During the past two years, that
dreaded tempest burst upon us like
a pent-up flood, rocking the boat
from stem to stern. Were we ready
to grasp the wheel of the quivering
craft with a firm young arm? Were
we ready to sacrifice, to save? No,
the hoarse order of the captain to
close the hatchways and reef the
sails almost caused a mutiny. We

did not understand. We failed to re-
alize fully that our all depended upon
beaching the good ship Gwesco in
the harbor of Retrenchment ere her
sides were torn on the angry reef of
Reaction.

But we can better see it now, and
regret the things we thought and
said. We know now that the sacrifice
was not in vain, and was not confined
to the sugar business alone, but that
"retrenchment" became the national
antidote necessary to preserve the
life of American industry after four
years of extravagant dissipation. In
many instances the remedy was ad-
ministered too late to save.

Recognizing this fact, we no longer
condemn but rather commend the
timely action of our executives, know-
ing now that the "old man" who
stood at the helm and braved the
storm had the welfare and safety of
his crew at heart. How apt are the
words of the poet:

"Could we but draw the curtains

That surround each other's lives,
See the naked heart and spirit,

Know what spur the action gives,
Often we should find it better,

Purer than we judge we should;
We should love each other better

If we only understood.

"Could we judge all deeds by mo-
tives,
See the good and bad within,
Often we should love the sinner,
All the while we loathe the sin.

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If we knew the cares and trials,
Knew the efforts all in vain,

And the bitter disappointment,
Understood the loss and gain —

Would the grim, external roughness
Seem, I wonder, just the same?

"O, we judge each other harshly
Knowing not life's hidden force;
Knowing not the fount of action

Is less turbid at its source,
Seeing not amid the evil

All the golden grains of good —
Oh, we'd love each other better
If we only understood."

Had we looked back over the past
and realized what we were when
taken into the fold as raw recruits
and paid a wage while learning which
far exceeded the compensation re-
ceived by many clever craftsmen, we
would never have thought or said the
things we now regret. Had we
thought of the substantial increases
given us from year to year as ac-
quired knowledge advanced us; had
we thought of the kindness of our
company when sickness or disaster
befalls us or our loved ones, would
we not have realized that retrench-
ment was forced upon the company?
Had we recalled how in the spring
following the influenza epidemic our
company, without pomp or ostenta-
tion, sent a representative on a wel-
fare mission into every community
where her plants are located, bring-
ing sunshine into many stricken
homes; had we thought of the schools
they financed for us, the efficiency
club banquets, and oh, so many things
our friends of other industries envy
us for, should we not have known
that something unusual had befal-
len?

Do we not now realize that the re-
trenchment of the past two years
might also have been for us? The
ten-hour day stung like a lash, and
we still have faith that the nine-hour
day is not gone forever, but isn't it
better to work ten hours than not
at all? Have you ever stopped to
think seriously of the hundreds of
thousands this same wave of re-
trenchment threw into the army of
unemployed and how it would have
affected you to be among them?

Is there in your town or city any

company or organization you would
rather work for than the Great West-
ern Sugar Company?

How many times have you heard
the remark, "Don't you sugar tramps
ever work?" If we had had our way
and things had gone as we thought
they should for us, perhaps we could
have answered that question in the
negative.

But wise counsel interceded
"through us" and also for us and
the good old ship is once again on
a steady keel, ready to set sail on
another uncertain voyage, uncertain
because our all depends upon the
treasure brought back at the end of
this three months' cruise, for the
welfare of our company and ourselves
depends upon our present success.
We know that years such as we have
just been through would wreck many
a firm. We now know that our com-
pany is in a strong financial position
and let us thank God for it and keep
her that way.

When we weigh anchor for the
campaign let us, 7,000 strong, prove
our loyalty by action and word —
say it with efficiency, for extra effi-
ciency is especially necsesary on ac-
count of our short crop.

LET US MAKE THE COMING
CAMPAIGN STAND FORTH AS THE
BEST IN THE HISTORY OF THE
COMPANY.

Mooney-Scilley Dialogue

H. J. M. — "Here's a requisition for
a radio outfit for V. I. Daniels."

J. C. J. — "What for."

H. J. M. — "He wants it to watch
the stock market — he is tired of the
stock sheet."

Hootch

Thirsty days hath September,
April, June and November;
All the rest are thirsty, too,
Unless you have your own home brew.

Service

Traveling man (introducing wife to
favorite restaurant): "Here, waiter,
where's my honey?"

Waiter: "Sorry, sir, but she does-
n't work here now."

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Bayard Picnic Was Jolly Success

Will the Movies Get These Bayard Boys?

"The four handsomest men at the Bayard Factory picnic" said the note
which came with this picture. Moberg, Johnson, Wagner and Taylor plead
guilty. Without prejudice to this quartette the Editor regrets that a
larger number of snapshots was not received.

The Bayard Factory picnic, held at
Barden's Grove on August 19, pro-
duced athletes of good calibre in many
lines. Another discovery was that our
wives are possessed of accomplish-
ments not limited to housekeeping.
Mrs. C. Heinrichs can drive a spike
as quickly and as accurately as friend
husband, probably more so. And as
potato gatherers Mrs. Zisch and Mrs.
Turner showed lots of class, while at
gathering eggs by the spoonful they
led the field.

Harry Koenig slipped one over on
Jack McDonald by taking first in the
100 yard dash. Joe Weddell hopped
ahead of everybody in the sack race.
This event and the three-legged race
which followed furnished plenty of
excitement and spills. The children
particularly enjoyed these two races,
keeping in the wake of their dads and
helping extricate them when they fell.

Prizes were donated by Bayard mer-

chants for all events, in fact, for first,
second and third in each.

Ralph Bristol captivated the judges
in the Hog-Calling Contest, doing most
of his calling by beating on a bucket,
but Bert Purvis in a rich baritone made
a classy bid for first honors. Pard Tay-
lor and Chris Moberg got the principal
prizes for the handsomest men on the
grounds. The judges are to be com-
mended in this as their conclusion was
no doubt fair. The class in this event
was very small.

The champion milk drinker was a tie
between Earl Pray and C. H. Mono-
smith. The start was fair enough but
it is believed Pray bit a larger hole
in the nipple than did Monosmith.

There were horse shoe pitching con-
tests, a tug of war and a ball game, the
latter between teams captained by C.
B. Turner and R. F. Bristol. The for-
mer's aggregation won the game, 20
to 15. This was no cinch, being in-

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door baseball outdoors and 14 men or
more on a side. The prize, a box of
cigars, when all was over was just
about equally divided between winners
and losers.

The prize for the youngest baby went
to Leland Rath, 5-months-old, son of
Storekeeper Floyd Rath. The award
for the heaviest loaded car was a tie

between Bristol and Turner but Ralph
was in by the long-and-short straw
method.

The day was perfect, no wind, no
mosquitoes, no flies, and the little
creek through the grounds was much
patronized by the wading kids. Not a
single accident marred the day's sport.

Bayard Bounced Ball Be ween Bites

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The Bayard bunch got into condition for the campaign by putting on a fast
baseball game every noon for several weeks prior to the opening of their run.
This picture doesn't show the outfielders nor the sideliners, and the yells as the
batter missed the ball were a credit to the best bleacher gang that ever panned
an umpire. If the experience of the Bayard men is valued, there will be a number
of the factories holding noon games during inter-campaign period next year.

Higher Tariff
In Effect

The new full duty fixed
on sugar imports by the tariff
law just enacted is 2.206c a
pound on sugar testing 96 de-
grees.

With Cuba's 20 per cent
preferential rate, the duty on
sugar imported from that island
is 1.765c for 96 degree test.

The former full duty rate
was 2c, iand on Cuban sugar,
1.6c.

The sugar schedule, largest
revenue producer, is expected
to yield the government of the
United States $87,000,000 an-
nually.

With a Stein on the Table

"It is almost unbelievable when
you are confronted with an 185 8 pay-
roll," says J. Henry Grimm reminis-
cing in "The Louisiana Planter,"
showing that floormen in the sugar
house were paid from $18 to $20 per
month, foremen of the various de-
partments, $28 to $35 per month, and
it was understood that there was no
set number of hours. If the work
in hand was not finished within
twelve hours, or fifteen hours, the
men were kept on the job until it
was finished. Such a thing as over-
time was never thought of.

"But if it happened to be an extra
stiff piece of work, or an unusually
hot day, an extra allotment of beer
would be served and all hands would
be satisfied and happy."

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Sugar Declines—A Reminder

Sugar has declined 75 cents a bag
since August 29.

Whatever the causes, they were en-
tirely outside of the control of the beet
sugar companies.

To the thoughtless who invariably
ascribe a drop in price to some selfish
motive of the sugar manufacturer, a
complete reply is found in the fact that
under the sliding scale of payment for
beets he has more to lose than to
gain from a decline in sugar prices.

For us the lesson in the sugar mar-
ket is this:

We have not yet reached the point
where economies effected in the last
two years can be allowed to give way
to former extravagances.

Business has entered upon a highly
competitive period in which efficiency
and loyalty on the worker's part and
economy and foresight on the part of
the management are necessary if the
industry is to recover lost ground and
advance.

Indications are that before sugar
prices will go upward there may be
still further declines. On September
20, as this is being written, eastern
refiners are quoting granulated at 6.25c
a pound while Cuban raws are selling
at 4.61, duty paid, showing a spread
of 1.64c. With a 2 per cent cash dis-
count the spread would be 1.515c.
"Second-hand" sugars are selling
for less than 6.25c. The market
has fairly well discounted the
effect of the increased tariff on sugar
and New York reports state that the
eastern refiners probably will absorb
the .16c tariff increase. Their spread
will permit them to do this, and still
without reaching a spread of 1.25c
toward which the refiners seem to be
tending.

The drop in price of refined equals
the decline in Cuban raws from a high
of 5.36c to 4.61c. The future course of
the market depends much upon the re-
sistance the raw sellers are making to
further declines. The trade, entering
the months of relatively small sugar
consumption, is showing a renewed
tendency to live on a hand-to-mouth
basis.

Uncertainty again dominates the sug-
ar market, in the face of the strong

statistical position the commodity
holds. For the week ended September
15, Cuban port stocks amounted to
398,000 long tons, compared with 1,-
214,000 tons a year ago.

While fundamental conditions seem
to make any large price recessions im-
probable, the only safe course is to
husband resources and to lower costs
in order to be in the most favorable
position whatever turn the market
takes. The company's present strong
financial position is the result of sac-
rifices made by employees, stockholders
and management alike. A little slack-
ening would go far to undo the good
that has been accomplished in the last
two years. More permanent benefit
will come to all from holding our ad-
vanced ground during the uncertain
days still ahead than from dropping
our guards against enemies like prod-
igality and slackness.

A Scoop on Fred Baker

Fred Baker is the Potash and Perl-
mutter of the fieldmen at the Fort
Morgan factory. Fred was pulling
this pose — you'd hardly believe it —
when The Sugar Press camera man
sleuthed the snapshot. Fred will be
surprised to see this reproduction.
Our dear readers will also be sur-
prised to learn that the center figure
in the picture is his son and the field-
men of other districts will wonder
how can a fieldman keep so young-
looking. On the right in the back-
ground is Mrs. Fred Baker. The fam-
ily was on vacation at La Veta, Colo.,
which has some very good hot sulphur
springs. But why should a fellow
go so far merely for water?

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The Scottsbluff Steffen Campaign

By C. T. Carney

Here's the Sort of Thing We'd Like to See Oftener in The Sugar Press,
Something Meaty About Practical Operating Methods. I Asked Who is
This Fellow Carney, and Was Told "He's the Bailey Hutchins of the
Nebraska Disrtict." Well, Then, Vm Sorry for Harry Hooper and Henry
Schmode, to Whom Undoubtedly Thanks are Also Due for the Article.

We were advised sometime in July
to prepare for a thirty day Steffen cam-
paign prior to the regular beet cam-
paign and were finally advised that
the starting date for this Steffen cam-
paign would be Friday, September 1.
The necessary preparations were made
for starting at this time with the idea
that the beet campaign would start
probably October 1. However, it was
later found advantageous to start the
beet campaign earlier; i. e., Septem-
ber 25, and we were requested on Aug-
ust 24 to start the Steffen operations
on Monday, August 28. This we did,
but unfortunately we were not suc-
cessful in producing a very good qual-
ity of lime for the first few days, which
not only affected capacity, but also in-
terfered with securing a reasonable
loss.

There are several things that enter
into the securing of a low loss during
a Steffen run; some of these we were
not familiar with when we started to
operate, while others of more or less
mechanical nature have developed dur-
ing the run.

One of the first things that we found
necessary to do was to increase the
density of the juice going back to
first carbonation for diluting the sac-
charate. We started out by using thin
juice which contained all of the sweet
water from the first and second filters,
and in order to raise the diluting juice
to the desired density it was found nec-
essary to use juice from the first filters
and send the sweet water on to the
second carbonation. This made it pos-
sible to secure a lime cake that could
be properly washed.

The securing of hot press wash wa-
ter has caused considerable trouble on
the press station and we have had to

take extra precautions to secure a wa-
ter of the proper temperature.

We were expected to work 130 tons of
molasses daily, but have been unable
to reach this figure as a regular thing,
the average for the first 20 days being
111 tons.

The following tabulation of the loss-
es for the first three weeks of the
run gives one a good idea of the trou-
bles encountered at the start and the
success with which they have been
eliminated. It will be noted that the
Steffen loss was brought to a normal
figure during the first week, but it
required two weeks before the lime
sewer loss was reduced to a normal
figure:

LOSSES PER CENT ON SUGAR IN

MOLASSES WORKED

Weeks Ending To date

p. a a

a) <a a>

GQ CC CQ

Steffen Waste Water.... 9.62 3.11 3.25

Lime Sewer 13.17 5.33 2.91

4.68
6.19

Total 22.79 8.44 6.16 10.87

There are several advantages to be
had in a pre-campaign Steffen run, the
principal one, of course, being the op-
portunity to test out the house and re-
pair the leaks for a small labor charge,
but one of the biggest advantages is
the opportunity of developing a crew
for the regular beet campaign, for all
of the stations are in operation, though
not to full capacity, with the excep-
tion of the beet handling machinery.

A good quality of sugar is being pro-
duced by boiling straight pans and the
raw massceuite has yielded a very good
quality of remelt sugar.

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The Present

By Tom L. Cronin

Tom follows Henry Schmodfts article and the statements of
Johnny Austin with a whizbang that ought to make all the assist-
ants in the organization sit up and take notice. The start of T orris
article here is in Ms own inimitable style but he gets doggone seri-
ous aftemvard and — wvll, just read the whole thing.

The "Austintaneous" method of ex-
tracting saccharine from the beet
root would make hoboes out of thous-
ands of perfectly good, well mean-
ing, sugar tramps, if the dream of
the author of "Ten Years Prom Now,"
which appeared in the August issue
of The Press, comes true, and the
presto-chango, manless sugar and al-
cohol plants become a reality. And
according to the author, the com-
bination of just two events; i. e., a
change of administration at Washing-
ton and the awakening of the brains
now dozing on the corner of Fourteenth
and Wazee Streets, will bring about
this revolution. Long reign the G. O.
P. (Meaning Grand Old Party, not Gen-
eral Office Personnel.)

Too bad Johnny's pipe went out
before the dream revealed some
means of arranging shredders along
the walls of the beet flumes, thus
utilizing the hydraulic horse-power
now used only as a conveyor. Then
a little hotter water from the "kiln
jacket" and the flume might act as
a diffuser. Also the flue gas from the
main power house could be used for
the drying of pulp. Light up and
try her another whirl, Johnny.

Mr. Schmode's article, "Progress
of Beet Sugar Manufacture in Thirty-
one years," which appeared in the
June Press, clearly described every
important change made during that
period. Mr. Austin's article nearly
described every important change
"makeable" in ten times that period,
or the next hundred years. So with
the fading past and the dim future so
well covered, I feel that the dear
present, which is ours, deserves a lit-
tle thought, and to comply with the
request of ye editor that somebody
start something in the little old sheet,
I am going to make my article, which
I shall call "The Present," as "squir-

relly" as possible, and further extend
the editor's invitation to the other
forty-seven assistants to "pluck her
clean."

Now to begin right, may I ask,
"Are we getting the maximum effi-
ciency out of the equipment in vogue
at the 'present' time?" If not, allow
me to put the universal question
"Why?" to answer which no depart-
ment of the organization is barred.
If it is possible to obtain more effi-
ciency from the present equipment,
let's go. If not, let's know.

If the trash catchers and stone jig-
gers were 100% efficient, knife trou-
ble would be unknown, and each knife
would give triple the amount of serv-
ice, possibly more. Here would be a
saving of at least 33J% on knives.
The picking table would be eliminated
entirely. What would be the use of
this installation if there were no
trash or other foreign matter in the
beets as delivered to the slicers?
Here would be a saving of thousands,
one or two at least, in maintenance,
and the salaries of thirty or forty
men during campaign, another snug
little sum.

If the fluming of beets was done
more evenly and the washer not al-
lowed to run partially empty (with
no trash, dumping of the washer
would be unnecessary), the result
would be an unknown per cent sav-
ing in tailings and chunks made in
the washer. The company pays six or
seven dollars a ton for these tails,
and each ton would produce a couple
of hundred and fifty or sixty pounds
of sugar. Also sixteen men sorting
tailings could be dispensed with. Not
much, but some money. You see, I
am in favor of the retail saving of
men but not of the wholesale plan
advocated by Johnny.

With absolutely no trash to con-

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tend with, a perfect cossette would
enter the battery and maximum speed
would be attained, with a pulp loss
at least 20% less than at present, or
for the sixteen factories, a saving of
about 10,000 bags of sugar each cam-
paign, which is the total output of a
1,200 ton plant for three days. Un-
der these ideal conditions, the bat-
tery draft need never exceed 128 or
130, which would result in about 7%
less water to evaporate, a big saving
in coal. This "might" also improve
battery elimination. So much for in-
efficient trash catchers and irregular
fluming.

On the carbonation station a 30
elimination is not impossible, be-
cause the good book "Technology of
Beet Sugar Manufacture" says so.
All that is necessary is an even tem-
perature of the juice entering; the
same volume of diffusion- juice drawn
each time; a constant amount of milk
of lime or saccharate added to each
tank and kept at an even brix and
temperature; break at an even alka-
linity; never carbonate ahead of the
capacity of the presses — if for any
reason a tank must be held after car-
bonation, keep it hot; carbonate rap-
idly, as this tends to produce a juice
of the highest purity, which means
elimination, the obtaining of which
is a cinch if these points are care-
fully watched. Closely observe sec-
ond and third also.' A couple of hun-
dred bags of sugar can easily be
sluffed off by hit and miss methods
on the carbonation stations, to say
nothing of the constant pound and
a half destroyed by each pound of
impurities that careful carbonation
would have dispelled. Elimination
is the easiest thing in the world, "if
you can get it."

The carbonation presses will be
100% efficient if the following points
are watched: Wash the cake with the
least water possible to reduce the sugar
in the cake to a minimum, thus making*
it easy on the coal pile; ivatch for leaks
in cloths, valves, and gaskets. The
presses, first, second, and third, are an
excellent place to save or lose sugar.

With ideal battery work — low
draft; ideal carbonation — a free fil-
trate; ideal press work — minimum
amount of wash water; clean tubes —

made possible by good work to this
point; low levels and a constant safe
pressure on first body, regulated ac-
cording to the amount of juice ahead;
no leaks; and the evaporator station
is just a place tor some tramp to
spend the winter.

With a total beet end elimination of,
say 60, a brix of 68 or 70, and boiling
sugar is a ''position.'" In fact, the
tohole sugar end, crystallizers, centri-
fugals, granulators, owe all cares and
woes, mechanical excepted, to the beet
end, or we might say to the carbona-
tion stations. Pretty broad statement,
isn't it? Well, come back in the next
issue and criticize me, show me where
these points are unessential as com-
pared to some others, spring better
ones, and we all will get a great deal
of good from them.

Come through forty-seven strong!
The Steffen, dryer, boiler house, kiln,
all are wide open subjects, and Sam
will protect us with a copyright from
the Statistical Department. The oppor-
tune time is N.OW, with a campaign
right before us. Let's be 100% efficient
for once with the "present" equipment.

Then, when this is done, in the in-
terest of science let us join in electing
a democrat — if one can be found by
that time — and arouse "ye men of
mighty brains" accused of loafing on
the job, and watch Johnny's continu-
ous, automatic, manless, sugar and
alcohol mills grow.

It was my intention to end this
article with the above paragraph, but
as I read it over I am not quite satis-
fied. I'm afraid it will not start a
row, and as the Editor said, "Start
something," I am going to add one
more statement. Look out, here she
comes! If the other forty-seven as-
sistants will "also" watch the few
vital points outlined in this article —
squirrelly as they may seem — and
use the past only as stepping stones;
let the future take care of itself;
live in the present, which is ours ; make
the best of the equipment at hand;
make the coming campaign stand out
as the most profitable and harmonious
in the history of the company; then,
instead of Johnny's automatic plants,
there will be erected forty-seven small
bronze statues and ONE LARGE
CNE. Egotistical, isn't it?

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Beet Workers Building Own Homes

The two views show an adobe house in the course of erection and the
row of 12 houses in various stages of progress. Soil dug from in front
of these buildings was mixed with straw and shaped into the proper size
slabs, after which the sun and air dried them hard.

Just west of the Fort Morgan Fac-
tory, the Company is interested in an
experiment designed to hold over in
the territory during winter a larger
and larger number of selected beet
field workers who normally might
drift away and whose places would
have to be refilled when the next sea-
sonal beet work comes around.

Growers, sugar company employees
and factory communities are also in-
terested in this effort because, if suc-
cessful, it will not only save the in-
dustry the expense of recruiting this
number of field workers every spring
but will tend to produce a better class
of beet field hand labor and a home-
owning citizenry.

On a selected site 12 houses are
being constructed by Mexicans for
their own use this winter. The build-
ings are of "adobe," the Mexican's
native home deep imaged in his soul.
In staunch American farming dis-
tricts not far remote from the scene
are other homes of mud and straw
built by the pioneers who came in
covered wagons to settle the valleys
of the North and the South Platte
rivers.

The Mexicans' houses, for the most
part, are 14 feet by 28 feet, of two
rooms, erected on sand and cement
footings and ultimately will have the
adobe blocks covered inside and out
with plaster. A fine well has been

dug for the little community. Al-
ready it has four automobiles, four
horses and wagons, two cows and
some hogs and chickens, the property
of various members of the colony.
The individual building sites are 50
feet by 200 feet, allowing each house
ample room for gardens and out-
buildings. Probably 60 or 70 Mexi-
cans will spend the coming winter in
the houses.

The Mexicans are happily engaged
in constructing their own homes.
They are learning the contentment of
working for themselves, of possess-
ing a piece of ground. Every member
of the family is contributing some-
thing to rear the place that will mean
shelter and comfort and a greater
security this winter.

Neiarly all cruelty in human
relations springs from lack of
imagination. The deliberate cul-
tivation of the gift of putting
yourself in the other person's
place is the beginning of wis-
dom in human relations and the
foundation of permanent good
humor. — Arnold Bennett.

Flirt with the lip stick user but
marry the broom stick pusher.

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In the Goshen Hole District of Wyoming

At the invitation of leaders in the
sale of the new Yoder townsite and
the neighboring lands watered by-
Horse Creek and the Hawk Springs
development project, W. D. Lippitt,
General Manager, made an automo-
bile tour of the Goshen Hole district
in Wyoming. Accompanying him were
Edmund Simmons, Assistant General
Manager, Gus Heldt, N. L. Chatneld,
H. W. Hooper, Joseph Maudru and
Hans Mendelson, who with Mr. Sin-
nard (at Mr. Lippitt's left), manager
of the project, and four other backers
of the new territory, are shown in the
group picture. Jess Yoder, one of
Wyoming's best-known ranchmen af-
ter whom the town was named, is
also shown.

A small acreage of beets is grown

near Yoder. While the district is
still new and displays the usual evi-
dence of a cattle grazing country un-
dergoing the trials of development
into an irrigated and cultivated farm-
ing territory, its backers are confi-
dent that in time it will prove a large
addition to the beet raising area.

Although Yoder is only a year old the
town has grown to a population of
over 400. It has a weekly newspaper.
A new schoolhouse is under con-
struction. The town and its homes
are well lighted by power from a fed-
eral government line. The Union Pa-
cific Railroad has a branch into Yo-
der. The backers of the new dis-
trict showed the Company's repre-
sentatives generous courtesies which
were greatly appreciated by the party.

Fieldman in Fatal Accident

J. G. English, fieldman at the Long-
mont Factory, was painfully hurt in
an automobile accident on September
6, in which Jay Stapp, brother-in-law
of Mr. English, received injuries which
caused his death the following morn-
ing.

The two men were riding along the
pavement just south of Longmont in
Mr. English's car. In passing a string
of three other automobiles, the last
pulled out directly in Mr. English's
path and so suddenly that he could not

stop his car. His machine was struck
in such a way that it skidded off the
pavement and turned over in the ditch.
Both men were thrown out violently.

Mr. English broke his collar bone
and several ribs. Mr. Stapp's home
was in Columbus Junction, Iowa.

This was the first fatal accident on
Longmont's new paving and that it
should have struck so close to the
Gwesco family threw a gloom over the
large circle of friends both Mr. En-
glish and Mr. Stapp have in that city.

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Oiling Problems in a Sugar Factory

By S. D. Morrison,
Master Mechanic, Scottsbluff.

Second Installment of Steve's Paper on Oiling. Continued from
the August Number of The Sugar Press.

Shaft Oiling

When filling the shaft bearings in the
Fall various instructions have been
given as to how much oil to put into
the bearing. After a number of mis-
haps, such as burnouts and hot bear-
ings, we have come to the conclusion
that the only way to instruct the oilers
is to say "run the box over." Most of
the shaft bearings are provided with
no means of telling where the oil level
is, so when we run the box over we are
sure that it is full.

The bearings have all been filled and
the engines are started. Every oiler
and available man must go over the
bearings to be sure that the rings and
chains are all moving. Nearly every
bearing on our shafting now is equip-
ped with one of four different sys-
tems of internal or self-oiling. The
collar is by far the best as it works
much like a centrifugal pump and
keeps the bearing flooded all the time,
and always starts when the shaft
starts.

The ring oiling system comes next
and is very good, but is not as positive
as the collar oiler. Next I think comes
the capillary oiler found in the Brown
and a few other bearings. Next, the
chain oiler is good as long as it be-
haves good. Sometimes the chain
wears and Becomes too long. Then it
will keep stopping. In this case we
have to get at it in some way and get
it shortened up. We may have to stop
if there is a heavy load on this partic-
ular bearing. If not I have taken the
cap off and taken the chain out and
shortened it while the shaft ran. Some-
times the chain rubs against the sides
of the slot in which it runs and keeps
stopping. In this case we invariably
find that one of the pins in the chain
is working out. The chain must not
be allowed to stand any length of time
or it will wear a groove in the shaft.

There are a few bearings in the
house in which there is no internal

oiling system. These are trouble-
makers and must have frequent oiling.
When the speed is not too fast we try
to lubricate this class of bearing with
grease. We have found that the Key-
stone pin oilers, as they are called,
do very well in such places.

Centrifugal

Centrifugal oiling requires more at-
tention than the other parts of the
shafting. The bearings on the line
shafts are oiled with the collar oiler
or the felt wick. These bearings re-
quire frequent draining on account of
the sugar that is thrown over them.
The clutch hubs require constant watch-
ing on account of their frequent stop-
ping and starting. These are lubri-
cated with grease and must be filled
about every third day. The idlers are
also oiled with grease and must be
constantly watched as they run very
fast and once they get worn and be-
gin to chatter they must be taken out
immediately.

The centrifugal spindles require
constant watching to see that they are
not heating, but do not require to be
oiled so frequently. If the oil is car-
ried in the oil reservoir at about 54-
inch deep the machines will not use
an excess of oil. When the oil is
carried much deeper in the reservoir
it is thrown out at the top.

Whenever I come around the centri-
fugal station and find that the sugar
cutter has a filter cloth hung between
himself and the spindle pulley I hunt
up the oiler to find out why he has
so much oil in the reservoir. He is
most sure to say that the machine is
running hot and has to be oiled often
to keep it from burning. In such
capes the machine is drained and
washed out with kerosene. This us-
ually overcomes the trouble.

Engine Oiling: Internal
The internal oiling of a steam en-
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things: first, the area of the valve
seat, and, second, the amount of mois-
ture in the steam. There must at
all times be enough oil used to keep
the valves from grinding, as we say,
or they will work so hard that the
dashpots will not be able to close
them. If the steam is wet the oil
will be constantly washed off the
valve seats and cylinder walls and a
much greater quantity of oil will be
required.

It has been my practice to cut down
on the oil for a Corliss engine until
the valves begin to grind and then
raise the feed a little until the grind-
ing stops and run at that.

Frequently an engine will be work-
ing nicely and all at once gets a?
shot of water. The engine tender
thinks he has not enough feed so he
raises his feed and leaves it running
on the increased feed.

Sometimes when a lubricntor is
used a cold draft lasting a few min-
utes will slow up the feed to a great
extent. The engine tender opens up
the feed and after a time the draft
is shifted and the lubricator warms
up and speeds up. The engine tender,
if he is a new man, will not notice
the change and before he knows it
he has used about twice what is re-
quired. This trouble is seldom found
with an oil pump.

External

In external oiling, on an engin\e
equipped with drop cups, the engine
tender has to be on the job all
the time for often little things
happen to a drop cup and stop the flow
and then before you know what has
happened you have a bearing burned
out. A little draft of cold air is often
the cause of a burned crank or main
bearing.

With the splash system the pipes
leading to the bearings have to be
looked after frequently because there
is no pressure to keep them clean and
always some sediment collects and
gradually stops them up. This is fre-
quently the cause of a burned-out bear-
ing on small engines, such as the Ball,
Ideal and others.

Many of the larger Corliss engines
are equipped with oil pumps and fil-
ters so that filtered oil is pumped to
all bearings and eccentrics. In this

class the oil is fed freely to the bear-
ings and the drip is pumped back to
the filter. With this system you can
use the oil very freely and still draw
much less oil from the supply than
with other systems.

The Sugar End Engine in Scotts-
bluff during the last campaign used
145 gallons in 100 days. There was in
the neighborhood of 45 to 50 gallons
in the filter when we closed down.
This engine, 32 inches by 48 inches,
used much less oil than the two small
engines, one 20 inches by 42 inches and
one 18 inches by 36 inches. These two
engines for the same 100 days used
455 gallons and developed little more
than one half the horsepower.

Baby's Death Saddens
Cronin Home

On the afternoon of August 31, all
members of the sugar circle at Gering
were greatly shocked to learn of the
sudden death of Lois Elaine, the beau-
tiful baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 1.
L. Cronin. Until the day of her death
this bright little babe apparently had
been in the best of health. That
morning she did not seem quite as
well as usual and a physician was
summoned. He said nothing serious
was wrong.

In the afternoon Mr. Cronin was
called home from work with the news
that the baby was worse, and ere he
reached home, the child had been
called to the Great Beyond. Why
such a sweet little rosebud should be
cut down by the grim reaper, Death,
along with the ripened and bearded
grain is beyond human conception,
but no doubt, it all fits into the plan
of the Great Almighty, which is not
to be criticized by mortal man.

The funeral, largely attended by
sugar folks and other friends of the
bereaved family, was held from the
Cronin home on September 1, and
burial was made in West Lawn Ceme-
tery.

The Sugar Press unites with the
numerous friends of Mr. and Mrs.
Cronin in extending sincerest sym-
pathy to the grieving family.

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Greeley Factory Thrift Club

What One Factory Has Done to Prove that Thrift Pays and to

Inform the Members of the Club on Safe Investments and on

Financial Problems.

By W. S. Garnsey, Jr.

Soon after the 1920 Campaign, a
group of men at the Greeley Fac-
tory got together and organized an
Investment Club with the idea of in-
vesting regular monthly amounts
jointly and holding monthly meet-
ings for discussion of investments
and investment conditions.

The plan is that all investments
are made in units of $5.00 payments
per month. The member commits
himself for payments for but three
months at a time. All payments of
any three months period comprise
a fund which is kept separate from all
other funds. This fund is invested
separately and its income is kept sepa-
rate and accounted for to the sub-
scribers of that fund in proportion to
the shares of each subscribing member.
In this way a member may drop out,

increase or diminish his monthly pay-
ments at the end of any quarterly
period.

This plan was discussed with C. N.
Jackson, of the Weld County Savings
Bank, who was very much interested
in it, and has co-operated in a very
helpful and generous manner. This
bank was made the depository for
the funds and also acts as treasurer
of the club, and custodian of its se-
curities. The bank has furnished the
certificates which are issued at the
end of each quarter, showing the
proportionate interest of each sub-
scribing member in the fund. A pho-
tograph of this form of certificate
accompanies this article.

The uninvested remainder of each
fund starts a Savings Account for
that fund and to it is added income

% w ?' 'm

The Greeley Sugar Factory Thrift Club mf

TREASURER'S CERTIFICATE

Sltta ia hi (fin-lify. That' ...... of

Greetey, Colo. , h the owner of an undivided — interest in and to the funds and securities

of Class Investment Ft'id; original value of said fund being $ ..

(this (Crrttfiratc Is subject to all by-laws of the Club and transferable only upon surrender by the owner,
property assigned, pursuant to said by-laws.

Dated at Greeley, Colo., this day of ,192.

THE WELD COUNTY SAVINGS BANK I ....

By

„-< i;

',«*! OtlUc

The foregoing certificate correctly represents the interest of

In send J 'and.
THE GREELEY SUGAR FACTORY THRIFT CI I V

H '-,--. •

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returns from the securities owned by
that fund.

The executive committee suggests
a number of investments which i^
considers suitable, for the consider-
ation of the members at their month-
ly meetings and these are discussed,
and the vote of the membership de-
termines the action of the club.

The policy of the club, as deter-
mined by the members, is one which
might be called speculative rather
than strictly an investment policy.
The membership of the club desired
to indulge in a fairly conservative
type of speculation, rather than to
stick to investment principles, aim-
ing, however, to speculate only in
securities of established companies,
and for the most part in listed se-
curities which could be readily mar-
keted. One reason for this has been
the difficulty of securing small de-
nomination bonds without paying a con-
siderable premium over the market,
whereas stocks in small amounts can
be more readily secured.

The Club started with thirty mem-
bers and a monthly payment of Three
Hundred Dollars. The current fund,
the seventh fund, has fourteen sub-
scribers, and a monthly payment of
One Hundred Fifty Dollars. Con-
sidering the many changes of the last
year and a half in the personnel this
reduction is what might be expected.
Interest, however, has been well sus-
tained through the entire period.
Members who have left the Greeley
Factory while they have been en-
titled to hold their shares, have gen-
erally sold them either to members
of the club, or to the club direct.
While the club has not obligated it-
self to buy the shares offered, it has
so far seen fit to do so. The current
fund purchases shares in previous
funds as an investment. A few of
the members who have not left the
Greeley Factory have withdrawn to
use the funds for other purposes.

The idea has been to diversify over
a fairly wide range of securities. The
following is a list of securities held
by the various funds.

Three Shares Union Pacific Com-
mon.

Six Shares American Sugar Rfg.
Common.

One Share Great Western Sugar
Company Common.

Two shares American Telephone
and Telegraph.

$100.00 C. M. & St. P. R. R. Converti-
ble M bonds 1932.

$150.00 Second Liberty Loan.

$150.00 Fourth Liberty Loan.

$200.00 Colorado & Southern R.
R. refunding 4J 1935. ■

6 Shares Great Western Sugar Pre-
ferred.

2 Shares A. T. & S. F. Common.
5 Shares Great Northern Ore.

3 Shares Kelly Springfield 6% 1st
preferred.

2 Shares Anaconda Copper.

The total cost of these securities
was $3,019.83. The approximate
present value is $3,451.30. The total
amount paid in by the subscribers is
$3,540.00 to the end of the sixth
quarter. Units withdrawn reprer
senting payments of $495.00 have
been bought by the club for $530.45.
This does not include the withdraw-
als which have been taken up by
members. The total income from div-
idends and interest is $146.91.

Further meetings will determine
the club's policy as to holding or
selling the securities as well as in-
vestments of current funds and ac-
cumulations from income.

John T. Gibbons Dead

John T. Gibbons, father of L. Gib-
bons of the Scottsbluff factory and
E. Gibbons of the Gering factory,
died at his home in Scottsbluff on
the evening of August 10. The fun-
eral services were held at 3 p. m.,
August 12, from the Methodist church
of Scottsbluff, and the body was tak-
en to its final resting place in Fair-
view cemetery. The Sugar Press, and
the large number of friends of the
family in the ranks of the company
wish to extend their sympathy to
the bereaved ones.

We have been requested by the
family to extend to the employees of
the Scottsbluff and Gering sugar fac-
tories, on behalf of the Gibbons fam-
ily, their sincere thanks for the beau-
tiful floral offerings and for many
kindnesses bestowed during their re-
cent bereavement.

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"Foreman— The First or Chief Man"

— Webster

The final edition of reports from Assistant Superintendents in attendance
at the Y. M. C. A. Training School for Supervisors, at Estes Park.
The emphasis seems to be on Foremanship. Some of the boys who
attended the sessions expressed their determination immediately afterward
to put what they had gleaned from the lectures into practice during the
coming campaign.

By Howard A. Lang, Greeley.

It has been said "that a little
knowledge is a dangerous thing." If
we dare to think of knowledge as a
virulent type of T. N. T. to be used
for blasting open the closed and un-
used brain cells we can truly. say that
the knowledge we gained at the re-
cent Estes Park Conference was more
than dangerous. Personally I would
say that the biggest benefit derived
from attending the various talks and
lectures lies in the fact that we have
been set to thinking along lines that
are commanding the attention of the
deepest industrial thinkers of the
day.

As we Sugar men whirl in our own
little sphere about our local com-
munities and mills as centers, we
too often lose sight of the problems
of the outside world and of the big-
ger things of life. Those of us for-
tunate enough to hear Mr. Cowdrick
as we met with him at 8 o'clock each
morning realized as he told us the
story of Industry in the United States
what a small part of this industrial
world we really are. He took us
back to conditions in England as ear-
ly as 1771 and from there showed us
how our own country has and is fol-
lowing in the footsteps of the Mother
country in the working out of its
industrial problems.

The next or 9 o'clock session
throughout the week was conducted
by Fred C. Kelley, an Industrial Y. M.
C. A. Secretary from Lincoln, Ne-
braska, who had been through the
Mill of Life and who knew his book
and preached it so we understood.
Mr. Cowdrick having straightened us

out as to there being other Foremen
besides ourselves, it was up to Mr.
Kelley to tell us what poor foremen
we really were. Of all he gave us
I would like to leave with you the
opportunity to study yourself by the
Kelley scale and be your own judge
as to whether you should be classed
as The Foreman who fails or as The
Foreman who Succeeds. The types
follow:

The Foreman that Fails

1. The self important Foreman.

2. The talkative foreman.

3. The do it yourself Foreman.

4. The toadying Foreman.

5. The shortsighted Foreman.

6. The slave driver Foreman.
The Foreman that Succeeds

1. The all-around Foreman.

2. The square deal Foreman.

3. The dependable Foreman.

4. The open minded Foreman.

5. The Foreman who truly
SERVES.

Check up on yourself and see just
where you rate and then decide with
me to be that Foreman "Who Truly
SERVES." To be this type however
we must realize the following facts
and face them squarely with the re-
solve to DO!

Fact No. 1. That we as foremen,
must know that the burden of main-
taining production rests squarely on
our shoulders — and we must show
results to the management as well as
keep our men working together on
the job.

Fact No. 2. That the Industries
of today are just beginning to realize
how big our job is. That standing
as we do between the management
and the men, we are a vital link in

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the executive chain and are in the
right place to grow and advance if
we have the right knowledge.

Fact No. 3. This means that we
must know our machinery, our ma-
terials, and our production methods,
as well as how to get the best co-
operation and team work from our
men.

Fact No. 4. It means that we
must be able to get this information
across to our men in the right way.

Fact No. 5. It also means that
we must understand the broader poli-
cies and problems of our organiza-
tion, as well as the technical details
of our own jobs, in order to be ad-
viser and instructor, as well as leader
of those placed in our charge.

Fact No. 6. To sum it up, we, as
Foremen who Truly Serve, should
know both Management and Men — as
well as about technical processes and
equipment — if we fully measure up
to the type of Foremen we have de-
cided to be, and to the opportunities
of our jobs as they exist today.

By C. G. Durnin, Scottsbluff.

We Nebraskans arrived at the Con-
ference grounds about 5:00 p. m.
Sunday evening, July 23rd, and were
met by Mr. McCreery. We were as-
signed to sleeping quarters in a tent
cottage and shown the way to the
cafeteria, which we visited regularly
three times a day (Leave that to a
sugar tramp.) The first few times
up the girl who made out the bills
looked at us like she thought our
eyes were larger than our stomachs,
but they soon got used to us.

Monday morning, July 24th, our
classes began. We found most in-
teresting the talks by Fred C. Kelley,
of Lincoln, Nebraska. Mr. Kelley has
had lots of practical experience as a
foreman. His lecture the first day
was: — "The Foreman's Place in In-
dustry." He made plain to us the
types of foremen who fail and the
types who succeed.

Tuesday Mr. Kelley took for his
topic — "The Creative Spirit in Indus-
try." He told us how best to handle
a gang, our duty to our employer and
why our product must be acceptable
to the public. Wednesday Mr. Kelley

talked on — "The Elimination of
Waste." He showed us why junk
should be carefully sorted into differ-
ent types of material instead of being
disposed of in a lump; why store
stocks should be kept as low as pos-
sible and many other valuable
suggestions, as for instance — bunch-
ing the gangs after campaign to a
place that could be suitably heated
to save fuel and supervision. He also
mentioned sending away files for re-
cutting.

Thursday Mr. Kelley spoke on —
"The Character Basis of Efficiency."
He described this age as the "mechan-
ics age" and told us that the man who
does not study today will be a back
number in five years. He said the
average man only uses 10% of his
brain power. Friday Mr. Kelley's
topic was — "The Psychology of
Handling men." He touched upon the
subject of getting a man to fit the
job and how important it was to keep
the men interested in their work.
He told us that proper criticism never
takes the form of fault-finding:, but
always of constructive comment; that
praise must be given only as an ac-
knowledgment of accomplishment
and is essential to job pride.

By A. G. Whitney, Ft. Morgan.

There is a decided difference be-
tween the early and the present fore-
men. The foreman in the early days
was a driver; the present foreman
is an instructor and must have the
natural ability to handle men. In
the early days education was not
looked to as an important factor in
selecting foremen, a man that was a
good driver was considered the best.
But at the present time education is
considered essential so that a man can
progress and handle a bigger job,
but a man with natural ability to
handle men and who is willing to
study is considered a better foreman
than a highly educated man without
the ability to handle men.

A foreman should have the confi-
dence of the men under him in order
to get good results, should not con-
sider himself better than his men
or show his authority at every in-
stance.

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The student that works right along
with the men, not trying to show him-
self better than his fellow workers,
soon gains their confidence and learns
the business and generally makes a
good foreman.

By W. J. Resch, Eaton.

Employers and employees must
join hands and get down to earth and
business and it is part of a foreman's
duty to accomplish this as he is really
the connecting link between manage-
ment and labor. The foreman in in-
dustry is just coming into his own.
In the past management, for manage-
ment is the representative of Capital
but is not Capital itself, has dealt
directly with Labor to a great extent
and is now awakening to the fact
that the foreman is largely responsi-
ble for harmony and efficiency be-
tween management and labor.

The experienced foreman surrounds
himself with good dependable men
and with the foreman having confi-
dence in his management and the men
in their foreman, with everyone sat-
isfied and doing his best to keep up
the record of days past, striving to
do better, if possible, hitting a steady
pace, you have an ideal organiza-
tion. This can only be done when
you have co-operation all along the
line from the stockholder to the low-
est paid laborer.

Eddie Clay Tennis Champ

E. H. Clay of Scottsbluff, Cashier at
Scottsbluff, won the singles champion-
ship at the 6th Annual Western Ne-
braska Tennis Tournament, which was
held at Bayard, August 21-23. In the
finals Eddie defeated Dr. P. C. Mockett
of Kimball in the hardest fought con-
tests of the entire tournament. The
rules provided that the champion must
win three out of five. Eddie lost the
first and fourth, won the second and
third, and then came through with
flying colors by taking the deciding
game, 6 to 1.

In the final doubles, Clay and David-
son of Scottsbluff lost to Henatsch and
Steele (another sugar tramp) of Ger-
ing. Eddie entered the doubles short-

ly after his terrific exertion in the
singles but doesn't offer this as an
alibi. The African glands failed to
function, that's all.

Last Fish Picture
of the Summer

George Brown, Scottsbluff sugar
boiler, after being duly sworn, says
this is the smallest fish he got in
Wyoming on his vacation last July.

George, write to Bill Barber, Doc
Miller and the two Georges — Rienks
and Shaffer — telling where this fishin'
hole of yours is located. That is, if
you don't want to have a fish left in
there.

Were They on Vacation ?

Wanted: At Sterling Factory, sev-
eral good men to fill positions of
Manager, Superintendent, Cashier,
Master Mechanic, Chief Chemist, et
al. Whereabouts of former occupants
unknown. No questions asked.
Make applications to Bookkeeper or
Superintendent's Clerk. (Dated Aug-
ust 17.)

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Advice to Duck Hunters

Hunting Wild Ducks is a Sport of which Sugar Tramps are "most
fondest of." As the Campaign is Likely to Interfere with their Duck
Hunting a Few Words of Expert Advice are Given Gratis by One Who
Has Shot Thousands of Ducks from the Depths of a Comfortable Story-
Telling Chair at Meetings of Raconteurs.

The surest way to get ducks is to
join a club which contains members
like Charlie Luff. George Rienks and
Colin James. Then you are certain
to bring a few home to your admiring
family.

If for any reason you return from
a duck hunt without a bird here are
excuses: No ducks flying. Plying too
high. Too much shooting on the next
lake. Gun jammed. Water too low.
Poor shells. Bad pattern. Forgot eye
glasses. (Only near-sighted nimrods
use latter.) Man in next blind too
nervous. Ducks saw red sweater Mr.

wore. Forgot decoys. No

feed on the lake. Broken rear axle.
Sun was in your eyes.

Any one or all of these reasons will
fool your wife.

If you can't shoot a flying duck stay
on land and beat out the brains of the
ducks the other boys wound. Then
you can say you shot it broadside in the
head.

The surest way to get the limit is to
kill a pheasant and hang it on the
outside of your car.

Don't tell your best friend you got
the limit inside of an hour unless you
give him a few birds for dinner.

Take a camera along. It can show
one man in the midst of five shooters'
ducks.

If you belong to a club invite several
of your friends to the lake. Put them
in the blinds of regular members.
Thus you will join another club next
season.

To be popular with the other mem-
bers tell them how you used to shoot
with Rockmorgan and Vanderduke and
follow this by borrowing a gun or hunt-
ing coat or pair of boots that don't
leak.

Vv^ear featherweight athletic under-
wear and a Palm Beach suit. You can
keep warm on the gun-barrel.

Always carry your gun loaded in

climbing through a barbed wire fence.
Stick the open end of the barrel into
the dirt.

In sighting practice select the near-
est man's nose. Of course, "the gun
wasn't loaded."

Don't bring a deck of cards along.
But if you bring the cards forget the
chips. Or win every time. All this
helps your popularity with the other
club members.

Any assistant that has worked 24
hours including Sunday to help the
juice through the house or to repair
a breakdown will appreciate hearing
about your last week-end hunting trip.

The most comfortable feeling is pos-
sible if you forget your license.

Always tell about having seen only
Mallards and Canvasbacks, but for va-
riety's sake throw in an occasional
wild goose.

If you say you haven't shot duck for
ten years better get your limit as
quickly as the inveterate hunters or
they will think you are a dub.

If you haven't got a lake leased tres-
pass on posted ground. Berate the far-
mers who hunt on your leased lake in
mid-week. There's a lot of satisfac-
tion in either course.

To be happy and live in amity with
the other club members shoot at every-
thing and claim their ducks that fall
in mid-lake. It's a wise hunter that
knows his own ducks.

Good duck hunters always shave.

Good duck hunters never shoot at
magpies or blackbirds.

Stretching in the ordinary blind is
an art.

Do not engage in an argument about
gauges, automatics, pumps or double-
barreled guns, size and number of shot,
how to lead a bird, the eating qualities
of teal or widgeons, the weather or the
prospect of a good flight on the mor-
row. These subjects are never dis-
cussed among duck hunters.

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Eaton Factory Goes After
More Water

By A. A. Clark and Andy Tinn

Normally the Campaign supply of
water for the Eaton factory is secured
from what is known as the Boye seep
ditch, for which right to use this water
for Campaign purposes was deeded to
the factory at the time of construc-
tion.

For some years past this water sup-
ply has been inadequate and each year
it has been necessary to secure addi-
tional water from various sources. This
has consisted essentially of the pur-
chase and storage of water in adjacent
reservoirs which has occasioned con-
siderable expense. This year, due to
the widespread scarcity of water, this
method of securing an auxiliary sup-
ply was deemed impracticable and in
an attempt to secure a sufficient quan-
tity of water, three independent pro-
jects have been installed.

First of these was the laying of 900
feet of twenty-seven inch tile in the
Boye seep ditch, directly above the
factory intake, looking toward securing

additional water by deepening the orig-
inal channel, the tile securing all the
advantages of a permanently cleaned
ditch, free from sand, gravel, weeds
and other obstructions. This work was
done in conjunction with Mr. Boye.

It is difficult to estimate the total
advantages secured from this tile line,
as the season has been exceptionally
dry and the water in the seep ditch
is lower than it has been for several
years. However, it is quite possible
that the supply would have been still
less if this work had not been done.
This installation was completed during
June, and it very soon became evident
from the steady decrease in the flow of
water that some further provision
would have to be made for the coming
Campaign.

The town of Eaton secures its water
supply from a system of eight wells,
pumping the water into two storage
tanks with a combined capacity of 250,-
000 gallons with an approximate head of
ninety feet. Their pumping plant hav-

Eaton's Front Yard Scene of Activity

Charles Boettcher, a Vice President and Director of the Company, and
W. D. Lippitt, general manager, were looking at the well operations on the
Eaton lawn when this picture was taken. Andy Tinn is the aoatless member

of the group, while Avery Clark is t'other side of Mr. Boettcher.

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ing a considerable excess capacity over
the city requirements, an agreement
was reached between the Company and
the town of Baton to supply what ad-
ditional water they could. In order
to secure this additional water, ap-
proximately 575 feet of six inch pipe
was laid, connecting the city water
system to the factory. It is hoped
by this connection with the evaporator
condenser to secure a flow of one sec-
>nd foot.

However, even with this additional
amount the total available appeared to
be much less than would be required,
so it was decided to develop a well
system with the necessary pumping
plant similar in principle to tapping
the gravel strata from which the town
secures its water.

Two experimental wells which were
put down during the year 1919, were
cleaned out and a third one sunk, all
three being approximately eighty feet
deep. The three wells were connected
through a tunnel twenty feet below
the surface of the ground, which is
about the underground level of the
water. The wells are connected with
the suction of a two-stage electrically
driven centrifugal pump with a rated
capacity of approximately 450 gallons
per minute. Some difficulty was ex-
perienced in driving the tunnel, due
to the sandy condition of the strata
encountered. A much larger quantity
of earth had to be removed than was
believed necessary. This work was
accomplished without serious accident
of any kind, and the whole system is
now complete and in operation at this
date (September 20) all within six
weeks from tne time of starting the
work.

We estimate the total supply of water
from the three sources already men-
tioned to be approximately four and
one-half second feet. There is an ad-
ditional one-half second foot of water
available from an irrigation tile line
which runs through the Company's
property, water from which has been
purchased in emergency cases during
the past years and will certainly be
required during the coming season.
Even with this additional amount,
there is still a shortage of about oner
second foot from the estimated six
second feet requirements for the full

capacity of campaign operations.

It is planned to secure this final sup-
ply from an irrigation pumping plant
four miles northwest of the town. In
order to get this water into our intake
reservoir it will be necessary to run it
through a more or less complicated
irrigation tile and ditch system, but it
is hoped that this can be accomplished
without an undue amount of seepage
and evaporation losses.

Sugar factories can not operate with-
out plenty of water, and from the above
description of our source of supply it
is quite evident that this may also be
an adequate source of trouble, as in-
tensive cold weather freezes up the
shallow streams, causing serious re-
duction of the flow and the above sup-
ply in its maximum will probably not
be more than enough. Therefore, there
is the possibility of serious embarrass-
ment from this direction. However,
the Campaign will be comparatively
short, and we should be through slic-
ing before very cold weather sets in,
so that this danger can be greatly dis-
counted. We are hoping for the best.

Bruce of Brighton

Bruce Petrikin is all here but min-
us his feet shown in last month's
Sugar Press. The rest of the picture
is "Bill Buick," inseparable compan-
ion of Bruce on his festive fieldman's
flights. In the short time he has been
on the Brighton agricultural staff
Bruce has made himself solid with
the growers in his territory.

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Sugar Tabloids

Interesting Facts and Happenings in the Sugar World Told in
a Few Words.

Three Cuban Centrals were still
grinding cane of the 1921-22 crop on
September 8.

The weather in Cuba has been fav-
orable for the growth of the oncom-
ing crop.

More recently the weather for the
European beet crops now growing has
changed to very favorable conditions.

The Philippines produced 276,000
long tons of raw sugar in the cam-
paign just completed.

The total of all sugars in Cuba now
is less than 600,000 long tons.

Mexico expects to produce about
120,000 ton of sugar in the coming
campaign.

Instead of only 400,000 tons in-
crease in European beet sugar pro-
duction in the coming season, The
Journal des Fabricants of Paris esti-
mates the increase will be 650,000
tons of raw.

The Elm Hall Refinery at Napo-
leonville, La., was destroyed by fire on
September 4, at a loss estimated at
$1,000,000.

The 1922 beet campaign was opened
in California on August 21 when the
Anaheim factory at Los Alamitos
started slicing.

September 10th passed in Cuba
without the military intervention of
the United States, a sensational pre-
diction sprung by a semi-official Span-
ish daily newspaper in Havana. The
Cuban Senate, resenting General
Crowder's presence on the Island as
adviser to President Zayas, has been
blocking all plans to negotiate a $5 0,-
000,000 loan to Cuba.

Development of The Everglades in
Florida for sugar cane production is
in progress on a large scale. The
Pennsylvania Sugar Company is re-
claiming one tract of 100,000 acres
and others are operating in that
State.

The Riverdale beet sugar factory in
Illinois will be dismantled and moved
elsewhere.

The Anaheim Sugar Company in
California is reported to be erecting

a distillery for the manufacture of
alcohol and carbonic acid gas.

Spain's beet sugar campaign is on,
with 33 factories reported working.
Its production for this year is esti-
mated at 157,000 tons.

Florida has one cane sugar mill,
another nearing completion and a third
under way.

In some Hawaiian public schools
courses in sugar cane culture are giv-
en to boys under the direction of the
government agricultural department.

The Hawaiian crop is estimated at
about 500,000 ldng tons, raw basis.

J. P. Foster, an Hawaiian sugar
chemist, has developed a method of
making one gallon of alcohol from 21
to 3 gallons of molasses, the alcohol
manufacture costing about 5 cents a
gallon exclusive of the cost of the mo-
lasses. The alcohol is used extensively
'for domestic and automobile purpose
on the island of Maui.

British sugar consumption is on the
increase but has not yet reached the
pre war status.

The total revenue the French govern-
ment obtained from its increased sugar
tariff of 50 francs per 100 kilos, Jan-
uary to July 1922, was 303,466,000
francs.

Torrential rains are falling daily
throughout Cuba, says a cable of Sept.
14. The basis is being made for possi-
bly another bumper crop in the 1922-
23 Cuban campaign.

Louisiana's last sugar crop, 289,-
681 long tons, was its largest in ten
years.

Had the Right Idea

Bill, age 9, had finished Treasure
Island and was bundled of to bed
and prayers. He was still in a trance
over the exciting adventures in the
book when he shocked his mamma
with:

"Give us this day our daily bread —
yo, ho, ho, and a bottle of rum."

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The Sugar Cities— Gering

Ninth of a Series in The Sugar Press on the Cities Near Which Great
Western Sugar Factories are Located.

By Will M. Mau pin
Editor of The Gering Midwest

Nebraska, we stand while we sing to thee

Thy star on the flag we cheer.
Not one on the blue shines brighter than you,

None other to heart so dear.
Whatever betide our hearts swell with pride

At mention of thy great name;
And joyfully sing till the echoes ring

Of our Nebraska's fame.

We're singing thy praise
Through the endless days;

Undimmed shall thy glory stand.
Nebraska! Nebraska! The Queen of the West

Our own Nebraska Land!

The storehouse of earth in thy bounds we build

And point all the world to thee.
The Nations we've filled from our fields well tilled

And ranges so broad and free.
From valley and plain pours the golden grain

In fullness that men acclaim
And loudly we sing till the echoes ring

Of our Nebraska's fame.

And the garden spot of this won- located in this section they turned

derful state of Nebraska is the valley their eyes towards the Union Pacific,

of the North Platte river, the center feeling sure that in time that great

of which is Gering. railroad system would send a branch

Gering is the oldest town in the up the valley. The years went by,

Valley west of North Platte, and for with drouth and grasshoppers to

many years stood solitary and alone make existence miserable, but the

upon the Valley's broad surface, faith of the pioneers never wavered,

awaiting the time when the possibili- While the Union Pacific was still

ties of its surrounding country would many miles away the Burlington built

be realized and the iron horse would up the north side of the river from

come smoking in to carry back to a Bridgeport to Casper, and Bayard,

waiting world the agricultural wealth Minatare, Scottsbluff, Mitchell and

herein created. Scotts Bluff county, Morril sprang into existence to threat-

of which Gering is the county seat, en the very life of the isolated little

was originally a part of Cheyenne village on the south side. The great

county. In 1887 the people in this irrigation developments were all on

Valley, separated from their county the north side, and at times it seemed

seat, Sidney, by a low mountain range that Gering was doomed to remain a

and nearly ninety miles of distance, mere inland village. ,

petitioned to be set apart into a new But in 1909 the Union Pacific an-

county, with Gering as the county nounced that it was going to build

seat. The petition was granted, and westward up the Valley, and in 1910

in 1888 the county of Scotts Bluff Gering had a railroad. Prom that

was duly organized. time on the growth of the city was

From the day that the first settlers assured. In the decade ending 1920

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GeiHng's percentage of population in-
crease was exactly 400, a record
equalled by only a few war time boom
cities.

In 1916 the Great Western Sugar
Company erected an 1,100 ton factory
in Gering, and in 1917 the Gering
Foundry & Machine Company com-
pleted what is admittedly the largest
and best equipped foundry and machine
shop in the middle west. In 1919 bonds
were voted in the amount of $200,000
for the erection of a court house in
Gering, and today one of the handsom-
est public structures in all Nebraska
adorns the main street of the little
city.

Nestling at the foot of Scotts Bluff
Mountain, whose head towers nearly
5,000 feet above sea level, with the pine
clad hills of the Wild Cat range loom-
ing up like sentinels on the south, and
the North Platte on the north winding
away like a silver ribbon to eastward
and westward, Gering affords the ideal
site for a city. East, south and west
stretches away the most fertile soil
that the sun shines upon, and from it
are wrested the greatest crops of wheat
and sugar beets and alfalfa known to
human ken. Thousands of irrigated
acres pour their riches into the city,
and when the Gering & Port Laramie
unit is completed nearly 60,000 addi-
tional irrigated acres will be tributary
to this Gem City of the Valley.

But why is it that we so often dwell
long upon material things, to the ex-
clusion of things spiritual? Gering has
a big sugar factory, a big foundry and
machine shop, big and strong banks,
solid mercantile establishments and a
fertile soil surrounding. We are proud
of all these, to be sure, but prouder
still are we of our magnificent schools.
We challenge any city of equal size in
Nebraska or Wyoming to show a better
school plant than the one we have
builded here, a magnificent high school
building that could not be duplicated
today for $200,000 and two ward school
buildings that cost $100,000 each. Cm
our athletic field we last year trained
a football squad that made the entire
state sit up and take notice, although
it was Gering's second season in foot-
ball. Five church congregations, all
doing active work, testify to the re-
ligious life of the people.

You'd like Gering people if you knew
them. We have neither rich nor poor,
aristocrat or commoner. We are all
neighbors, not merely near dwellers,
and we know one another's problems
and try to help in their solution. As
I write these lines I can look out of
my window in my modest home and see
nearly a thousand people, young and
old, gathered in our city park for their
weekly "stunt night," where everybody
plays games, sings songs or performs
some "stunt" for the pleasure of the
crowd. On this particular night they
are having a county fair, and I hear
the ballyhoo calling attention to the
snake charmers, the fortune tellers,
the better babies exhibit and the
trained animals. You'd shed a few of
your years and many of your worries
if you could hear the shouts of laugh-
ter arising from the lips of young and
old.

That's the sort of thing we love to
boast about — what we are doing to
make life in Gering something more
than a mere chase after dollars. Grab-
bing dollars is the least of life. Ren-
dering neighborly service and getting
the fullness of joy out of life because
we are always putting joy into life —
speed the day when that shall be the
chief aim of men and women. And
we of Gering have finally grasped the
idea and are slowly but surely working
towards its fuller realization.

Some of these days we are going to
have a commodious community hall
around which will revolve all of our
social life. The plans are in the mak-
ing, and the spirit to do is being cul-
tivated. Our American Legion boys
are taking the lead in social activities,
and their restless energy wisely di-
rected is going to accomplish great
things for themselves and for us.

The pioneer men and women who set-
tled this section, who laid the founda-
tions of Gering — many of whom, praise
God, are still with us — caught the
great vision long before the smoke of
Indian signal fires had vanished from
the summit of Scotts Bluff. Through
sunshine and storm, through good days
and bad days, they clung to their faith
and never lost sight of the great vis-
ion. They dreamed great dreams and
then wrought with willing hands and
simple faith to make those dreams come

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true. Today they sit in the shade of
their own vine and fig tree, and looking
put upon the most productive area of
equal size in all the Republic, and see-
ing a bustling city builded upon the
site of their own early camp fires, each
one can truthfully say:

"All of these things I saw; a part of
them I have been."

E. A. Franklin Was
Inventor

The death of Emlin A. Franklin,
master mechanic of the Fort Collins
Factory, occurred so near press time
last month that adequate reference
to his important services in the Com-
pany could not be made in the Aug-
ust issue.

Mr. Franklin enjoyed the reputa-
tion of being very skilled in all me-
chanical matters and also gained a
name as an inventor. The Franklin
tailing separator and the Franklin
stone catcher are two pieces of appa-
ratus, both the result of his inventive
genius, which are well known and
highly valued by sugar engineers.

Mr. Franklin was born at Lancas-
ter, Penna., Feb. 22, 1866. He came
to Colorado in 1884 and engaged in
mining until about 1890 when he en-
tered business in Durango. From
1897 to 1906 he lived in Denver and
during part of this period engaged
in the paper business. In 190 6 Mr.
Franklin became master mechanic at
Fort Morgan where he remained until
1915 when he came to Fort Collins
Factory in the same capacity.

Besides his widow, Mr. Franklin is
survived by two sons, Walter Frank-
lin and Emlin A. Franklin, and a
married daughter.

Hard-Boiled

"Watch your step, miss," cautioned
the conductor.

"It isn't necessary," she snapped out.
"That bunch of sapheads is doing that
for me."

"So you wish to open a joint account
with your husband. Current or draw-

Elimination

The Chef Couldn't 'liminate No Eggs

Hhout No 'liminator but Promised

Shafor Next Time the Best

liminated Eggs Evah.

Ralph Shafor, Henry Dahlberg and
Harry Harbeck were at breakfast in
Brighton. Henry ordered ham and
eggs, hot cakes, cantaloupe and cof-
fee. Harbeck ordered the same. But
Ralph, with his mind on the factory,
said:

"Waiter, bring me the same, but
eliminate the eggs."

In due time, the waiter delivered
the breakfasts of Dahlberg and Har-
beck, but stepped around to Shafor's
place and in a conciliatory voice said:

"We got fried eggs, poached eggs,
boiled and scrambled eggs, sah, but
we ain't got no 'liminated eggs."

"Well," said Shafor, "bring on my
breakfast but eliminate the eggs."

Presently the waiter was back
again, but without the breakfast.

"The cook says to tell you, sah," he
said, "he jes' can't 'liminate no eggs
dis mawninV

"Now, see here," said Shafor, "I
never before was at a place where I
couldn't have my eggs eliminated if
I wanted to. Tell the cook that and
tell him to eliminate those eggs or
I'll complain to the manager."

Away went the waiter, but return-
ed immediately followed by the col-
ored chef.

"I come to 'splain 'bout dem eggs,
sah," said the chef. "I ain't been
here only a week, an' I don' wan' to
lose my job, an' dis am de first or-
dah foh 'liminated eggs since I come.
I was goin' to 'liminate 'em right off,
sah, but when I looked aroun' foh de
'liminater, dey ain't got none. Co'se
I can't 'liminate eggs 'thout a 'limin-
ater, but I's goin' to have de boss
git one dis very day, sah, and nex'
time you come I'll suah 'liminate yo'
eggs better'n you've evah had 'em
'liminated befo'!"

ing?"

"Oh, drawing for me,
him."

deposit for

"My good man," said the lady jail
visitor, "I hope you have decided to
correct your faults."

"I sure have, mum. Next job I pull
this baby wears gloves."

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Tramping in the Tropics

By Fred Center

of the Brighton Factory

Fred, just back from Cuba, wrote in a masterly style about
the allurements of the islands "mystical fascination" of the cus-
tom-bound people, their traditional agricultural methods and the
courtships censored by the whole family of the amorous daughter.
Limited space compels us to skip to the technical operation of the
mill at which Fred was employed, the details of which should
prove interesting to all our factory men.

Cuba at present has about 210
factories, about two-thirds American
owned, mostly located in the prov-
inces of Camaguey and Oriente. Most
of the plantations have their own
railroads and locomotives, thus short-
ening the hauls and enabling them
to get the cane to the mills as fast
as needed, as the cane is ground prac-
tically as fast as it is hauled and in
many cases a car or two of cane will
avoid a shutdown. The hauling is all
done with two wheeled carts drawn
by oxen. This method is very slow
and very often two trips a day is all
the farmer can make if the haul is
very long .

The cane is all cut by hand with
the use of a large machette or cane
knife, generally about eighteen inch-
es long and three inches wide at the
tip. It is cut into lengths about four
feet long and stripped of leaves and
tops, and thrown into piles. Most of
the cutting is done by negroes from
Hayti, who are paid about fifty cents
per 100 arrobas (2,500 lbs.). Motor
trucks and tractors have been tried
for hauling, but cannot be used ex-
cept in dry weather, so have never
been used to any great extent.

The cane is hauled to loading sta-
tions, called gruas, and picked up
from the carts by a crude overhead
crane and loaded onto cars made of
upright posts placed about eighteen
inches apart. One side of the car is
hinged at the top so that when the
car is run onto the tipping table at
the factory, the doors swing open
and the cane is dumped onto a con-
veyor, which carries it into the mill.

The cane then passes through the

mills where the juice is pressed out
in a manner similar to that of pass-
ing clothes through a wringer. These
rolls vary in size and number accord-
ing to the size of the factory. The
Marcane mill is equipped with a sin-
gle tandem consisting of a double
crusher and five sets of rolls, driven
by three 450 horsepower Corliss en-
gines.

The crushers consist of two rolls
placed one above the other, having
one and one-half inch teeth that
mesh, while the other rolls are placed
three in a set, two below and one
above, the teeth being about one-
quarter to three-eighths of an inch
deep. These rolls are six feet and
six inches long and about two feet
six inches in diameter, and each one
weighs fifteen tons. Hydraulic pres-
sure, ranging from one hundred and
fifty tons on the first crusher to four
hundred and fifty tons on the last
set of rolls, is applied so that by the
time the four-foot stalks of cane
reach the last set of rolls, they very
nearly resemble toothpicks or even
sawdust, known as Bagasse, which
is used for fuel.

Hot water is sprayed over the third
and fourth set of rolls and this so-
lution of juice and water is then
pumped back and sprayed onto the
first and second set. The combined
juice is then pumped to scale tanks,
weighed and dropped into mixing
tanks where milk of lime is added.
It then passes through heaters and
into defecation tanks, where it is al-
lowed to settle.

The clear juice is then drawn off
at the top and pumped directly to the

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evaporators. The settlings are drop-
ped into another set of tanks on the
floor below known as cachazeras,
where the same thing takes place as
in the defecators, except that the
tanks are equipped with steam coils.
The juice is brought to boiling tem-
perature and allowed to settle, the
clear juice again drawn from the top
also goes to evaporators, and the
cachaza or mud that is left in the
bottom is then pumped through the
filter presses. The press juice also
goes directly to the evaporators,
while the press cake is hauled out
back of the factory and as soon as
it is thoroughly dry is burned.

The factory is equipped with a four
effect standard type evaporator and
one pre-evaporator, four pans — all
twelve foot — two of which are double
calandria for first or second sugar,
and one coil pan for third sugar, and
single calandria pan. The graining
is all done in the single calandria pan
and then cut to the other three.
These pans use either live or exhaust
steam according to the condition of
the house. The graining is done with
"Meladura" or thick juice and when
the pan is filled the first cut is made
to the coil pan for third sugar. This
pan is then built up of second molas-
ses only. The next cut is passed to
either of the other two pans for
second sugar which is built up of
first molasses. The third cut is pass-
ed over to the other pan for first sug-
ar and is built up of thick juice and
some first molasses. The pan where
the graining was done is then built
up as a first, thus making two firsts,
one second, and one third from each
graining. Straights are very seldom
boiled. The first sugars are dropped
directly to the mixer, the seconds
are held from eight to ten hours in
the crystallizers, while the thirds are
usually held from six to eight days.

After being dried in the machines,
third sugar is then pumped with a
magna pump to a crystallizer, later
pulled into a pan, washed up with
thick juice and water, and dropped
as a first. The molasses from the
thirds, known as final molasses, usu-
ally 30 to 32 purity, is sold to a dis-
tillery for making alcohol and rum.

It may be of interest to some to

know something of the labor condi-
tions and the class of men employed
in the factories. There were Cubans
on the mills; negroes from Jamaica
on the juice scales, defecators, and
crystallizers (they speak some kind
of English) ; negroes from Hayti on
the presses, who speak French; and
Japs hauling out the press cake. The
centrifugals were all operated by
Chinese, also the sacking of sugar
which was all contract work. The
contractor got about four and a half
cents a bag for drying and sacking.
He took half of the money, and fed
the men. They divided the other
half. The men usually average about
$45.00 per month and board and
room. The sugar is 325 pounds Span-
ish to the sack, or about 333 Ameri-
can pounds. The sugar warehouse
was also contract work and mostly
Jamaicans are employed for truck-
ing, loading and piling. Outside of
the two sugar boilers, one foreman
and one chemist, I was the only white
man on the shift. The other shift
was the same. We assistants worked
twelve hours and changed shifts at
noon and midnight. The men all
worked six hours on and six hours
off — about fifty men to each shift.

With this bunch of men I soon dis-
covered that it was necessary for me
to be all over the mill at the same
time, as there were very few men
that even knew which way to turn a
valve to open or close it. So when
there was anything to be done, it was
either to do it myself or see that it
was done, and even then in a great
many cases it was done wrong. It
meant hit the ball when the mill was
running, but we had a great deal of
time to ourselves as the mill closed
down every Sunday for clean-up and
boiling out pans and evaporators, al-
so nearly every time it rained.

Their biggest problem is that of
supplying water for the condensers,
especially for the inland mills. The
rivers are very small, therefore cool-
ing towers or spray-ponds are used,
and the water is pumped back and
forth between the mill and the cool-
ing towers. Often during the middle
of the day the water becomes so hot
that it is almost impossible to get
any work out of the pans.

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EATON

G. J. KUEMPEL,
Associate Editor.

We are all sorry to see our Assistant
Master Mechanic, Don Gambill, leave
us, but all wish him the best of luck
in his new undertaking. We under-
stand "Don" will conduct a first class
machine shop in Longmont, which he
will open in about two weeks

Our Storekeeper, D. J. Givens, is
back on the job again after having com-
pletely recovered from an operation for
appendicitis. "Bert" says he never left
better.

Our former Comptometer Operator,
Lola Moon, joined our office force le-
cently and will be with us during the
coming campaign. We are all glad to
see you back "Lola."

George Stevens and his crew have
finished sampling the beetf. for this
campaign. Due to the extreme dry
weather of the past summer, the sugar
content was not as good as it might
have been.

Miss Hazel Cope of the General
Office spent part of her vacation visit-
ing her sister, Mrs. Lola Moon. We all
hope she will return.

We don't mean to be telling tales.
However, a girl from the "Denver
Office" recently visited her cousin at
Wellington and evidently she wore
her "other dress," as we are informed
that she was receiving "serenades,''
"candy" and "auto rides" from several
of the "Elite" and her visit at Welling-
ton only lasted three days. Some
speedy worker, we'll say.

A southern lady named Lynda,
Sat by an open train winda.
When a wink of her eye
Brought a nod in reply,
She said: "Suh, 'tain't you, it's the
cinda."

GREELEY

H. O. BANTA,
Associate Editor.

The old mill is beginning to take on
the appearance of business and ere
long the usual clatter and din will be
the general order of the day. Beets
will soon be rolling in and sugar will
be rolling out. Everybody seems to be
"Rarin' to go."

We regret very much the loss of two
good men. Clifford Fox, one of our
Sugar End Foremen, goes to Bakers-
field, California, and Chas. Davis, Beet
End Foreman, to Long Beach.

Heck Luman, one of our General
Foremen, has taken unto himself a life
partner. Early in the morning of Sept.
14, Heck donned his best "bib and tuck-
er" and accompanied by the lady of
his choice ventured out in search of a
minister. They found one and at 8
o'clock sharp they took the fatal step.
We. all congratulate him most heartily
and wish him and the bride (who was
Miss Lovina Markley) all the happi-
ness the world can give.

Billy Fields is the proud owner of a
Dodge touring car and is making great
preparations for a fishing trip over
near Steamboat Springs next year.

Miss Norma Scott has resigned her
position as Stenographer at the Fac-
tory to accept a similar position in the
Extension Department at the Teachers'
College. The place made vacant by
Miss Scott is being filled temporarily
by Miss Amy Allard, formerly of the
Cashier's Office.

Chas Deffke, our popular Fieldman,
has the promise of a new rubber bump-
ing post for his car to prevent dam-
age by backing into hydrants, water
valves, trees, and other immovable ob-
jects around the Factory grounds.

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WINDSOR

JOHN H. LEESEMAN,
Associate Editor.

Windsor, ice are after the flag.

E. E. Anderson, of Longmont, will be
on C. B. Miller's force this campaign
as assistant chemist. Stanley Rick-
etts of Port Collins will be the other
assistant.

Mrs. Prank Brewer, wife of Prank
(Skate) Brewer, our congenial head
pipe fitter, underwent an operation for
appendicitis September 12. Mrs. Brew-
er is doing nicely at the present writ-
ing.

At a banquet given the employees
August 18, "Mutt" H. B. Ewing gave an
interpretation of what he learned at
the foremen's school in Estes Park.
Mr. Ewing was preceded by our con-
genial manager, D. J. Roach, who spoke
on the subject of Economics of a Cor-
poration Man. He gave an illustra-
tion of the earning powers of a cor-
poration man compared with the earn-
ing powers of a farmer, or business
man. Mr. Roach brought out the point
that a business man spends his work-
ing hours looking after his own finan-
ces, while the corporation man spends
his working hours looking after the
financial interest of his employer.
Thereby, even if his salary or income
is the same as the farmer, or business
man, at the end of a 10 year period,
his financial condition will be many
dollars short of that of the farmer or
business man. His talk brought the
point that it is the saving power of
man and not the earning power that
makes for success. Mr. Ewing's lec-
ture was heartily enjoyed by all pres-
ent. He spent many hours preparing
his charts and lecture and presented
his subject in an admirable manner.

Theo Sorenson, after living six years
in Windsor at the mercy of landlord-
ism, broke the shackles of bondage and
purchased himself the four room cot-
tage formerly owned by A. A. Doan, the
retiring manager of the Weld County
Implement Company.

John Comer and family of Ogden,
Utah, paid us a visit this month and
were heartily welcomed. Mr. Comer
was our agricultural superintendent a
few years ago and is now chief agri-
culturalist of the Amalgamated Sugar
Company of Utah.

Messrs. W. M. Barber, Eugene Tay-
lor, J. R. Clark and E. C. Walter were
in Denver this month to attend the
Beet Sugar Technical meeting held at
that place. ,

If we were not cutting beets when
this issue comes out, we will be ready,
as every station is on the point of fin-
ishing up. All main jobs are finished.

Phil Hand was in Denver two weeks
this month enjoying his vacation. His
place was filled by John Schmer. After
being relieved of his duties as janitor,
John returned to his former campaign
position of assistant storekeeper.

Duck season opened Saturday, Sep-
tember 16, but the writer fears that
ducks will be scarce around Windsor
as there is not enough water for a duck
to light on.

FORT COLLINS

W. L. GREEN and BYRON ALBERT,
Associate Editors

Jack Houser has had the misfor-
tune to have his new Dodge car stol-
en. Apparently it was taken by pro-
fessionals as his garage was broken
into and the car taken during the
night. Insurance to cover about
three-fourths value was carried,
which is some relief to him.

L. A. McAllister, formerly with the
Eaton factory, is now with us and
will fill the position of sugar boiler,
a vacancy caused by Charlie Read
leaving.

Word has come to us of the mar-
riage of Miss Betty Barrows, who
was with us several campaigns as
special coal analyst. She was very
popular while here and it looked for
a time as if she might make her home
here, but Billings held too much at-
traction for her. Our sympattty goes
out to the sorrowing suitors.

Arthur (Cap.) Bennett has been
visiting his mother at Miles City,
Montana.

The morning of September 16
was the opening day of the duck
hunting season and the nearby lakes
were lined with hunters. Some of the-
boys had good luck, getting the bag
limit, while others had to call on their
hunting partner for help in making
a showing.

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The only large improvement job on
our list this year was an auxiliary
main water pump. This installation
is now complete and as it draws its
supply from the Poudre River, a con-
siderable saving will be made in our
water bill, the water which it fur-
nishes having previously been taken
from City of Fort Collins water mains
at a rather high cost.

The position of Master Mechanic
held by the late E. A. Franklin has
been given to Robert G. Miller, who
is welcomed back to Fort Collins by
his former associates and many
friends. For a number of years "Bob"
was master mechanic here, but with
the Company's expansion period of
a few years ago, he was placed in
charge of factory construction, mak-
ing a fine record for himself in this
work.

Charlie Lynn and Glenn Polley
were confined to their homes for sev-
eral days due to sickness.

Our annual Efficiency Club dinner
will be held on the evening of Sep-
tember 20.

Otto H. Nieder has recovered from
his severe illness, having been con-
fined to his home for eight weeks with
a case of typhoid fever.

LOVELAND

O. S. RIKER and EMMA MATZICK,
Associate Editors

Our campaign stationery has ar-
rived; Mr. Hartman, our Chief Chem-
ist, and his two assistants are very
busy sampling beets; Superintendent
Mooney and his crew are putting the
final touches to fhe maintenance work
in the mill and reports coming in show
that many of the farmers are ready
to harvest, all of which are good indi-
cations of another campaign starting
soon.

Knox Miller was married to Miss
Verna Shupe of this city on July 22
at Brighton. The couple intended to
keep the wedding a secret but some-
body told it so 'tis a secret no longer.

Supt. O. M. Cummer, of the Brush
factory, was in to see some of his old
friends here.

J. W. Berry, one of our Assistant
Superintendents, had a birthday this
month. He says he is only 26 years

old and no doubt he thinks we believe
him.

C. C. Crist, Traveling Storekeeper,
spent a few days the fore part of Sep-
tember inspecting our store room.

G. R. Reynolds, Traveling Auditor,
and his able assistant, Mr. Cronin, sur-
prised us with another one of their
occasional visits.

An agricultural meeting, consisting
of the Managers, Agricultural Superin-
tendents and Fieldmen of the Long-
mont, Fort Collins and Loveland fac-
tories, was held here on September 5.

Manager H. Scilley had the misfor-
tune to run into a Ford the other day.
One of the front wheels of the Hudson
was knocked out of line, the connecting
rod and shaft in the steering gear were
badly bent, but it didn't hurt the Ford.

Joe Sella is back on the job again as
Sugar Warehouse Foreman. Sam Ev-
ans, who has been serving in this capa-
city during the inter-campaign period,
will be Sugar End Foreman again.

Our last car load of sugar was
shipped out September 15. There is
just enough sugar left in the warehouse
now to supply local dealers until more
is made.

LONGMONT

MISS C. L. McGREW and V. L. AIKIN,
Associate Editors

We all enjoyed the writeups and
views of the picnic held in Estes Park
by those who attended the Y. M. C. A.
Conference, and while the Park may
be an ideal spot for such an event the
employees of the Longmont, Loveland
and Ft. Collins factories will all vote
that their first annual "Get-together"
held at Chasteen's Grove near Loveland
on August 19 was no failure.

When we refer to this as the first
of these events we wish to tell the Col-
lins and Loveland employees that the
Longmont bunch are strong for a sec-
ond annual picnic to be held next sum-
mer. The sports committee provided
a bill that gave a chance for old and
young, fat and thin to take part, and
while we have had plenty of strenuous
days with chain falls and sledge ham-
mers, we will bet that the Chief Chem-
ists were called on for rush orders of
arnica to quiet the howls of protest
from lame backs, arms and legs.

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Loveland will tell you how they won
first money in the final score of the
Athletic events, while Longmont took
second and Collins third. Any part
of the pot is a welcome addition to our
flower fund. The photos taken by the
official photographer, Mr. Wilson, of
Longmont, show some of the contest-
ants trying their best to bring home
the bacon for their own factory, as
we all had an eye on the long end of
the pot.

The "Eats" committee figured 1,000
ice cream cones to be enough, but the
kiddies did not begin to draw a long
breath until we had fed them close to
2,000 cones. The various committees
are to be congratulated on the work
done to make the day one that all en-
joyed and hope to see repeated.

Longmont recently held an efficiency
meeting at the Great Western Hotel at
which Messrs. Treadway, Wilson and
Lowry reported on the Y. M. C. A. Con-
ference of Great Western men, held in
Estes park.

About a year ago Ft. Collins advised
us that "Tanlac" was good for that
tired feeling. How effective their med-
icine was they found out, and we still
are waiting for their advice as to what
we need this fall.

These frosty mornings put us all in
the "Rarin-to-go" class and with a lit-
tle support from "Lady Luck" and lots
of hard work we hope to put over a
campaign that will live up to Great
Western tradition of making each cam-
paign better than the last.

We wish to give the editor in chief
warning right now that for the next
three months we expect to be so busy
putting over our share of that record
breaking run that it will be a ten to
one shot we forget that factory notes
are wanted for the next few issues.
(Editor's note: We always figured,
Van, that you could do the work of two
men.)

Our Boulder County Fair was more
of a success than usual this year both
from an attendance standpoint and
quality and quantity of exhibits. The
Longmont people work hard every year
to make the Fair a success and are
justly proud of it.

BRUSH

E. WARD, JR., Associate Editor-
On August 11 a joint Fort Morgan
and Brush factory banquet for foremen
and others was held at the Southern
Hotel at Brush. Manager Giese was
toastmaster and presented the speakers
of the evening, Messrs. Whitney, Aus-
tin, and Mitchell. These gentlemen
gave some very interesting talks re-
garding what they had heard and seen
at the Estes Park Conference. Mana-
ger Giese made a short speech in con-
clusion mentioning sugar conditions at
the present time and showed that every-
body in the sugar business had reason
to feel optimistic in regard to the fu-
ture of the business. The banquet was
very enjoyable and to our knowledge
nobody repeated the faux pas that
was made by some of the banqueters
at the last joint Brush — Ft. Morgan
banquet when about half of those pres-
ent put cream and sugar in their bouil-
lon.

Messrs. Shaffer, Rienks and Hart-
burg visited us on September 13 and
S. J. Osborn on September 14. Hart-
burg was particularly pleased over the
results of his night work.

Two of the assistant chemists for
the coming campaign are Pat Haffey,
who was with us in the same capacity
last year, and Mr. Walek, who was a
bench man last campaign.

Master Mechanic Lackner reported
on his return that his visit in Cali-
fornia was greatly enjoyed and did
him lots of good.

Recently we were told that we couH
improve our notes if we would study
Tom Cronin's literary gems that ap-
pear in "The Sugar Press." The Asso-
ciate editor realizes that he has a great
deal of room for improvement, but
does not think that he can ever turn
out "Notes" that will compare with
those of Cronin and Claycomb.

With the starting time set at 7 a. m.
September 27 everybody is anxious to
start the pennant race, to get back the
flag that floated over this mill year be-
fore last. All the big repair and im^
provement jobs are finished and odds
and ends are now being cleaned up.

The agricultural department reports
that the beets are ripening rapidly and
that the farmers will have plenty of

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beets delivered to permit the mill to
start on schedule time.

FORT MORGAN

F. M. BAKER and A. C. WHITNEY,
Associate Editors

Our bookkeeper, P. H. Lore, is spend-
ing his vacation chaperoning a bunch
of sheep to Omaha.

Our new assistant chemist T. C.
Pearce, who has been with the Aniline
Chemical Company of Buffalo, has ar-
rived for the campaign.

C. W. Mitchell, Steffen House Fore-
man, has returned from his summer
vacation.

Ralph Parsons dropped in for a few
minutes this week to say "hello." Come
again, Ralph.

Ask the boys around the factory what
is the matter with Charlie Schaffer
and they will tell you he is only blue
because his family has gone to Cali-
fornia for the winter.

G. D. Morgan of Denver is the latest
addition to our beet room force.

H. H. Williams is back on the job
again after a siege with a. badly burnt
hand. A garage accident.

There are a good many old timers
who will remember back eleven years
when the Fort Morgan factory was
called the Great Western Sugar Com-
pany's Kindergarten. Since that time
however we have sent out several grad-
uates over the District, but we feel as
though we have some good men left,
and from the spirit evinced around the
factory it looks as though they intended
to go after the pennant and if they have
no bad luck whoever wins this year will
have to go some to beat Fort Morgan.

Material for our new coal screen has
arrived and will soon be in place. The
balance, of the inter-campaign work is
being rapidly handled into shape, and
if you will excuse us it brings to mind
an old toast,

"Here's to the man who plans things,
builds things, makes things,
Who prates not of wonders of old,
nor gloats upon ancestral gold,
But takes off his coat and takes a hold
and does things."

Just as we expected, our stenogra-
pher, Ruth Renkin, resigned the first
of the month and we understand she is

to take a position as housekeepei for
one. We all wish her the best of luck
in her new adventure.

We have been very fortunate in se-
curing the services of Ellen Akerson
of Minneapolis as our new stenographer
but we do hope she will not follow her
predecessor's example until after cam-
paign.

It isn't every factory that can have
a "Movie" star within its midst, fo
Morgan is quite proud of the fact that
A. A. Davis, who has spent the summer
in active picture work with Doug Fair-
banks and Harold Lloyd in Hollywood,
is again with us as Assistant Chemist.

It is reported that some one asked
Mr. Giese what time it was and without
looking at his watch he replied. "Why,
[September 20th, 21st, and 22nd, and a
big parade the first day."

B. E. Foster, beet end foreman, who
has spent the summer in New Mexico
holding down a homestead, has re-
turned for the campaign.

BRIGHTON

Bruce Petrikin spent Sunday, Sep-
tember 10th in Denver at the home of
W. L. Petrikin. John Petrikin and
daughter, Nancy, of Greeley were also
members of the party.

Tom Crane, our timekeeper, has re-
turned from his vacation, during which
he moved into his new home on Bridge-
street.

Will Henry has been passing out the
Havanas and celebrating the arrival
of a daughter at his home on August
14.

Most of our mechanical crew are at
this time engaged in the installation
of the new defecation system to be
used the coming campaign.

Bert Van Horn was operated upon
for appendicitis while on his vaca-
tion. He is getting along nicely and
hopes to be able to return to work in
a short time.

Ray Laney has accepted a positio?i
with the American Beet Sugar Com-
pany at Grand Junction. For several
years Ray has been one of our most
efficient battery foremen.

Oscar Lee, for several years General
Foreman at Brighton, has been trans-
ferred to Fort Morgan where he will
serve in the same capacity.

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Agriculturalist Houston is celebrat-
ing the acquisition of a new title,
"Grandpa." Weaver Houston, his son,
is passing out cigars in honor of a
son born August 29.

Marion Shaffer, a son of Assistant
General Superintendent Shaffer, has
been transferred from Morgan fac-
tory to Brighton in the capacity of
house foreman.

Brian H. Rundle arrived from Long-
mont to serve as beet end foreman dur-
ing the coming campaign.

Chas. Smith was married August 12.
Chas. used to be a sugar tramp, having
been with us for several campaigns as
assistant chemist. He is now engaged
in the oil business at Brush.

SCOTTSBLUFF

GENEVIEVE WEIDENHEIMER

and PARRY W. SNYDER,

Associate Editors

Messrs. Simmons, Hooper. Chatfield,
Ginn and Schmode attended the Tech-
nical Meeting held in Denver on Sep-
tember 8.

Coal is now being received from two
mines in sufficient quantities to en-
able continued operation even though
our margin of safety is not over a
thirty-day run.

Fred Emerson has been appointed
Labor Agent for the Nebraska District.

Frank Glover, age 18, was fatally in-
jured at this factory on the morning
of August 30, the young man passing
away at about 6 a. m. the same day.
The exact cause of his accident will
never be known, but the supposition is
that he was first overcome by gas and
then sustained scalds from boiling liq-
uid, the latter having been sufficient to
have caused his death.

Doc Hammarlun, ex-fieldman, is
spending a few days in the Agricultural
Office preparatory to assuming the du-
ties as Agricultural Clerk at the Ger-
ing factory.

Two Champions in one Office is going
some. Mr. Clay wins the Western
Nebraska Tennis Tournament and then
not to be outdone, Mr. Ginn steps out
and brings home the Golf honors. Can
you beat it? Last, but not least, comes
Jack Dalton, whom we proclaim to be
the Champion Sheep Herder. Mr. Heldt

has constructed a sheep pen with but
three sides, which allows the sheep to
graze undisturbed — but for the watch-
fulness and persistence of Mr. Dalton —
and to him much credit should be given
for the splendid condition of the factory
lawn.

Miss Pauline Hood has been perma-
nently installed in the Engineering De-
partment, after having been shifted
from place to place while the stenog-
raphers were taking their vacations.

We have on several occasions since
the beginning of Steffens obtained five
hundred bags or better from one strike.
This equals the beet run. The sugar
grades B plus.

Messrs. Bailey, Osborne and Welch
were with us a few days recently. Mr.
Welch is Superintendent of the Sterling
Plant and we understand this is his
first visit to this territory. Of course
he took in Mitchell. He was anxious
to learn how it was done. We noticed
Mr. Schmode showing him through our
plant and explaining how we are able
so often to top the list in price per
bag of granulated.

We plan now that we will start dig-
ging beets September 20. All factories
in this District will begin operation
September 25.

Edmund Simmons, Assistant General
Manager, is constructing a fine new
residence on Third avenue, this city.

GERING

T. L. CRONIN and W. E. CLAYCOMB,
Associate Editors

The Annual Marathon race of one
hundred consecutive days is on. How
many will be in the race at the expira-
tion of that period, time alone will tell.
Many will start, but few will go the
distance. Endurance will tell the tale.
Watch for the December issue.

C. B. Comstock, whose association
with the Gering plant dates back to con-
struction days, was recently appointed
assistant superintendent at Bayard to
fill the position made vacant by the
resignation of Ed DuRoche. Charlie,
as he is familiarly known, was trans-
ferred from the mechanical department
of the Loveland factory to Gering in
the spring of 1916 in the capacity of
hoisting engineer. Since then he has
served with us as pulp dryer and Stef-

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fen foreman, being appointed general
foreman when Bert Williams went to
Mitchell as assistant superintendent.
Our best wishes go with Chaz. as we
welcome him into our little circle of
forty-eight.

Our dam near the river will be

near completed when time is called
Monday morning, September 25, and
according to the Engineering Depart-
ment a copious supply of water will be
our reward. Let's hope so.

R. G. Miller, who had charge of the
installation, was recently "called" to
Colorado, much to the regret not only
of the sugar people of this district, but
also of the entire community. The
work is now progressing nicely under
the leadership of our new general fore-
man, "Cotton" Gibbons. A few days
ago, Jeff Morrison and A. C. Ogilvy
of the District Engineering Staff, while
inspecting the project, were heard to
shriek suddenly in unison "Eureka" as
the water in the gallery suddenly rose
several inches. But their joy was short
lived, for upon investigation they found
that the apparent influx of water was
caused by "Cotton's" taking a chest
flopper. Two hundred and ten pounds
of humanity has considerable displace-
ment, you know.

Lee Gibbons, who has been a member
of the Scottsbluff mechanical force
since the construction of that plant,
was appointed head pipe fitter here to
fill the position made vacant by the
resignation of D. E. Maher, who left
to accept a position as assistant master
mechanic with the Holly Sugar Com-
pany.

Thanks to the advance guard, Bailey
Hutchins and R. C. Welsh, we were all
"flappered" up to receive company
when Messrs. Lippitt, Mendelson, Mau-
dru and Freed favored us with a for-
mal call during "tea hour" on the even-
ing of September 13. Owing to the
lateness of the hour, Sam was the only
member of the party interviewed by
the associate editors. We found him
to be very optimistic regarding the out-
look for a successful campaign. In
fact, Sam seemed to be in "excellent
spirits."

(Editor's Note: Hie. It's a false-
hood. I was shober azza judge. Ser-
iously, however, aside from the impos-
sibility of elation nascient in Will Mau-

pin's innocent beverage, the spirited
manner of the Editor was due to the
brilliance of his fellow-travelers.)

Perhaps to our Colorado brothers,
September 16 has no special signifi-
cance, but in Nebraska it means "shot
at sunrise," as it is the opening and
"closing" of duck season — opening by
law, and "closing" because of the total
extermination of ducks by our sports-
men, if all reports are true. Of course,
we realize that the fishing season is
just over and that time enough has
not yet elapsed for sportsmen to lose
their efficiency — in telling about it —
but from the "verbal" evidence pre-
sented the associate editors, the recent
massacre of Greeks in Asia Minor was
but a sham battle as compared to the
ruthless slaugnter of ducks by our
sportsmen.

Word has been received from our for-
mer head bookkeeper, Joel P. Scott,
that he is now with the McPhee and
McGinnity Company of Denver. Al-
though we disliked to lose "Scotty,"
yet we wish him success and prosperity
in his new field.

BAYARD

H. V. TOWNER, Associate Editor

W. B. Simons and R. E. DuRoche
have left the employ of the Bayard
factory, the former to accept a posi-
tion traveling and the latter to farm
in Missouri.

C. B. Comstock, house foreman at
Gering who becomes assistant super-
intendent succeeding DuRoche, has al-
ready arrived and has moved into the
company house formerly occupied by
C. B. Turner.

Doris Glenn Wirth arrived August
13 to take up her abode with Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Wirth. Doris is now a lit-
tle over a month of age. Now begins
another chapter of a man's life, C. A.

The last to get vacations were C. B.
Turner and H. V. Towner who slipped
up to Hoffmans and Fletchers Park,
August 26 to 31, for a few days fishing.

Since the picnic of August 19 base-
ball played with an indoor sphere has
taken hold of our fancy. Teams of
process men and office and field men
played two matches on the afternoon of
September 9, the latter taking the mill

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boys into camp in both contests, 12
to 11 and 21 to 7.

Next month we are promised pic-
tures of the ducks brought in by sev-
eral teams of Bayard hunters. The
only thing barred in the contest will
be the patent blind favored by Gering
hunters for several years past.

MITCHELL

R. I. BABBITT,
Associate Editor.

At this writing we are a little more
than one week from the start of cam-
paign; the flag is proudly stretching
itself in the mild Nebraska breeze in
the anticipation of remaining there
longer than the end of this campaign.
This sight imparts to all the determi-
nation to keep it there.

The mill proper is ready to go and in
the dryer where considerable altera-
tions are being made, there is quite
a force working and when the time
comes it will be ready to do its part.

The labor situation seems to be the
short item at this time as applications
are coming in much slower than usual.
However, we are in hopes of being able
to start with a full crew at 7 a. m.
Sept 25. Beet harvest is to start Sept.
20.

W. F. Loy. who entered the employ
of the company here as stenographer
in the main office two and one half
years ago at the start of construction,
has aecepted a position with the C. B.
& Q. R. R. at Denver and expects to
leave for that place about Sept. 19.
The position is filled by Miss Farquahr
of Minitare who began her duties
Sept. 15. Mrs. Fred Urbach also be-
gan her work as beet clerk on that
date.

Miss Bernice Workman of Denver,
who will be Laboratory Comptometer
operator for the coming campaign, ar-
rived and began her work on Sept. 11.

Several of the men and their fami-
lies have been attending the county
fair here this week. The Fair is ex-
ceptionally fine, especially the exhibits.
Much credit for these fine exhibits is
due Gus Heldt and his men. The races
have been greatly marred this year on
account of accidents. On the first day
Myron Sawyer, a rider, sustained a

broken back and on the third day Wm.
Newell, a Mitchell boy, sustained a
fractured skull. The last report these
boys were both living, although no
hopes were held for their recovery.
There were also several very painfully
injured at the same time.

P. B. Candlin, assistant electrician
for the last two campaigns, has re-
turned from California where he and
his family spent the summer, and has
accepted his old position.

Manager Campbell and Supt. Durnin
attended the meeting of the Denver
technical society at Denver on Sept. 7.

BILLINGS

F. S. HAMILTON and G. F. WEYBRIGHT,

Associate Editors

Gene Kenney, machinist and owner
of a "hay baler," accidentally hooked a
seven pound trout on the "Stillwater."
Yes, he landed him and received a fine
fish pole for his trouble. But we have
been wondering how that fish would
look in a string of "Red" Welsh's "min-
nows." On the square, we use fish like
Welsh had in that picture for bait.
" 'Tis a privilege to live in Billings."

H. L. Sears, Boiler House Foreman,
has resigned and moved to California
via the Dodge route. California must
be full of Billings sugar tramps by
this time.

Somebody short-changed the Ameri-
can National Bank, and as a result they
failed to open their doors. Seeral ner-
ous breakdowns were reported at the
factory the same day.

O. Rogers, Beet End Foreman, might
be from Missouri, but he failed to dis-
play any of his early training when the
old cart horse proceeded to "clean
house." Rogers survived, however.

James Preston spent a delightful ten
minutes pleading with the speed cop
a few days ago. We still think Bill
Adler Was to blame for this, as a cer-
tain party saw him in earnest conver-
sation with the cop a few days before.

G. C. Fosgate, Assistant Superintend-
ent, received word of his father's death
near Corning, California, Sept. 11. He
has the sympathy of the entire organi-
zation.

Mechanics Operating Period will be
a reality when this issue of The Press

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reaches us, and we will show a consid-
erable saving in Pre-Campaign Mainte-
nance. The results of our work will be
apparent during the campaign, and we
are "bettin' on us." At this writing,
it looks like we will have to break in
a few station men, but that's our mid-
dle name.

Mr. Ridley returned to Billings for
a few days stay before his departure
on the sixth for Seattle, where he will
remain until he gets considerably bet-
ter. His rest in the mountains resulted
in slightly increased weight, but prac-
tically no gain in strength. Our best
wishes go with him.

We are getting ready for a short, but
vigorous, campaign. H. D. Pitch is
on the job, and we expect to have in
the Beet Room a few of the clerks and
comptometer operators that were with
us last year. Mrs. Jack Davis has made
arrangements to "round up" some of
the beet weights, tares, etc., and Miss
Ethel Brown is now practicing so as to
develop, her highest speed. Glenn Har-
ris, who was in the Beet Room during
the last campaign, has returned to Bill-
ings, and is ready to hop aboard as
soon as he gets the signal.

Ford Simon, who has been pretty
lonesome during the last month, has
been made to rejoice by the arrival,
Tuesday night, of Mrs. Simon and little
Pauline from Denver. We are glad that
the little lady can again have her Pa
for breakfast.

H. B. Webster, our genial Sales Man-
ager, has developed an enviable repu-
tation as a long distance driver. Re-
cently, with his trusted Gardner, he
left Billings and followed a route, the
high points of which covered Dead-
wood, S. D., Mitchell, S. D., Sioux Falls,
S. D., Sioux City, S. D., Omaha, Neb.,
Hastings, Neb., Denver, Colo., Chey-
enne, Wyo., Buffalo, Wyo., thence to
Billings, Mont. The distance traveled
was somewhat in excess of 2,700 miles.
It is understood that one of the offi-
cials in the General Office was quite
unreserved in his expression of ad-
miration when commenting on this ex-
ploit. We are glad to report that Mr.
Webster's father, who has been serious-
ly ill in Omaha, is very much better.

Oscar Baltrusch, our cheerful Sales
Department Clerk, found during the
enforced absence of the Sales Manager

that the stock of "Pups" was running
alarmingly low, and being desirous
that none of the trade who ordered
"Pups" be disappointed, he got busy
and had the depleted stock replenished.
Oscar strives to please.

We are very glad to welcome into our
midst Mrs. Mae Caldwell, who was
transferred from the Lovell Office. She
takes the position of Sales Department
stenographer, formerly filled by Mrs.
Frank Gower, nee Mildred Ward, who
resigned in August.

Misses Grace Nicholson and Anna
Lynch had an enjoyable four day trip
through Yellowstone Park, late in Aug-
ust, as guests of Mr. Barringer. The
girls had a good time, but we, worry-
ing along with substitutes, missed them
sorely.

Campaign Line-up will be as follows:
Assistant Superintendents: G. F.
Weybright, G. C. Fosgate and Ed. Dav-
enport; Assistant Master Mechanics:
Alva Powell and Tom Bishop; Gen-
eral Foreman: Harry Reeman; Beet
End Foremen: 0. W. Trabert, O. Rog-
ers and Wm. Egelston; Sugar End
Foremen: Geo. Kelly, Cal. Kelly and
Lee Pippen; Steffens Foremen: Clyde
Butt, J. W. Preston and Al. Tenney.

The people of Petrograd, Rus-
sia, proudly point out to the
tourist what is said to be the
largest and finest orphan asy-
lum in the world.

While appreciating the im-
mense value of such an institu-
tion, don't you think it would
be better to remedy conditions
so there would be fewer or-
phans?

That is the aim of the safety
first measures in our factories.
Prevention, in the case of or-
phans, is better than a cure.

Of course, if you are sorry
for the depression in the glass-
eye factories, omit eye-goggles
when engaged in dangerous
work. And if your ideals run
toward populating fine orphan
asylums, be careless around
dangerous jobs.

Men, don't tire of accident
prevention measures in the fac-
tories!

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In the Pennant Race:

"The Shift that Beats Our

Shift

The Factory that Beats

Our Factory —
Has got to go some.99

But, Brother, —

Say It With Work

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Fifteen Other Fighting

Factory Teams Are

Watching the Race You

Are Making for the

Blue and White

Efficiency

Flag

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Published Monthly For The Employees Of

THE GREAT WESTERN SUGAR CO.

Denver Colorado.

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On the Inside Pages.

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Efficiency Pennant Race ..... 2

By C. W. Doherty

New Campaign Records ..... 4

Makes All Candies With Beet Sugar ... 6

Cane Versus Beet ....... 7

By J. P. Ogilvie

Mirrors of Sugar Lane . . . . .9

Edmund Simmons

Emergency Treatment . . . . . .11

By Chauncey E. Tennant, M. D.

G. O. Girls Visit Brighton 13

Sugar Storage ....... 15

The Sugar Cities: Mitchell . . . . 17

By G. E. Mark

Oiling Problems : Part III 19

By S. D. Morrison

Sweetness and Taste . . . . .20

Personals . . . . . . . .24

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Lovell Leads

By C. W. Doherty

The midget of the Big Horn is climbing MitchelVs flag-
pole to cop the big blue Efficiency Flag. Fifteen other fac-
tories want to be as close to first place as possible. She*s still a
hoss race for position^ fellows.

The Little-Big (Horn) factory
stepped into first place in the Efficiency
Pennant Race early in the season and
has accumulated to herself a lead which
to overcome will call for the best in
the other contenders. I have not seen
Hank since he stepped into the glare
of the spotlight but am reliably in-
formed that he wears an ill-concealed
smile of satisfaction and twenty extra
pound avoirdupois, while he lives in
the smug contentment of knowing that
his worries will be over in a few days
and before the hazards of inclement
weather beset the other factories-

Perhaps we have all been fooled a
little bit in the thought that we had a
740 ton mill but we are glad to be
shown that it is fully capable of ap-
proaching the 1,000 ton mark and mak-
ing a 97.5 per cent Performance Fac-
tor at the same time.

Mitchell is the closest contender and
has 30 days to change her final stand-
ing after Lovell is no longer subject
to change. Rumors have floated in of
contemplated 1,800 tons slicing but up
to date the biggest figure in the second
digit column at Mitchell has been a
"seven."

Bayard in third place is behind)
Mitchell in proportion to her slicing.
The Performance Factors at these three
factories are uniformly high, together
with Billings and Greeley, being
highest in the company up to date.
Losses except molasses are rather
high but low molasses purity with
reasonably good elimination have been
responsible for high extraction. Again
it is proven that high slicing capacity
goes hand in hand with high extrac-
tion.

Loveland in fourth place leads the
Colorado District but has three very
close competitors in Greeley, Longmont
and Windsor. These four factories are
doing most commendable work both
with consistently high capacity and ex-

traction. Greeley enjoys the distinc-
tion of having secured the highest Per-
formance Factor in the company to
date, while Longmont has made the
most spectacular twenty-four hour run
by cutting 3,039 tons.

Scottsbluff has climbed to eighth
place from her fifteenth place in last
year's race. She could add interest for
a number of factories by increasing
the capacity of her Steffen house.

Brush and Ft. Morgan were once
pace makers for the ocmpany. They
still are among the leaders but now
lead the second division. While both
are slicing at a higher rate than at
the same time last year, their Perfor-
mance Factors hold them down.

Billings has had her spectacular days,
some bad luck, and low Steffen capacity
but has made a high Performance Fac-
tor which is relatively more valuable
with her short campaign than where
long campaigns are the rule. With
Morgan and Brush temporarily out of
the running on account of low Per-
formance Factors, Billings' rightful
position is in ninth place.

After a brilliant start, Ft. Collins
finds herself after 17 days in the 12th
position- Steffen house troubles added
to the disappointment of being unable
to maintain early slicing triumphs and
the measurement of the granulated on
the morning of the 16th of October
showed an overall Performance Factor
at Ft. Collins of only 91.6.

The rest of the factories are rapidly
coming out of the woods and their po-
sitions will no doubt change before
another issue of The Sugar Press comes
forth.

Each year the conditions to be met
to win the Pennant become more ex-
acting. After a remarkable and satis-
factory start last year we find that our
average daily slicing up to October 16
this year is 1,641 tons more than for the
same number of days last year. Only

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three factories have sliced less per day
than last year. Our average Perfor-
mance Factor is 1.57 per cent higher
on the first inventory than for the first
a year ago.

The relative positions shown by the
Oct. 16 stock sheets are the first meas-
ure of our early efforts and serve only
to establish in our minds what is neces-
sary to finish in a higher place. We
may expect positions to be reversed
from week to week and month to month
as the campaign progresses. This has
always been our experience and the
winner will never be certain of the
ownership of her laurels until the final
whistle announces the slicing of the
last beet of the 1922 crop.

PENNANT RACE STANDING
October 16, 1922.

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Finder's Keeper

Gus Heldt Makes Scott Camp-
bell a Present; Mitchell
Cut Bet Limit Easily

Scottsbluff, Neb., Oct. 9, 1922.
Mr. C. S. Campbell, Mgr.,
Mitchell, Neb.,
Dear Mr. Campbell:

I hand you herewith my check for
$10.00 which I lost to you when I bet
that Ernest and his gang would not
slice 1,200 tons per day for the first ten
days of the campaign. It is like bet-
ting that the ocean will dry up within
a week. That bunch would take the
shirt off a fellow's back before they
will lose. Here is hoping that the
pennant will fly again over the Mitchell
factory, or at least, on one of the fac-
tories in the Valley, and I want to as-
sure you that if my Department can
do anything to assist the boys at Mitch-
ell, don't hesitate to call on us.
Very truly yours,

A. H. HELDT.

1 Lovell 117

2 Mitchell . . '. 113.6

3 Bayard 109. G

4 Loveland 112.2

5 Greeley 107.7

6 Longmont 111.8

7 Windsor 108.7

8 Scottsbluff 110.3

9 Ft. Morgan 108.3

10 Brush 108

11 Billings 103.2

12 Ft. Collins 109.5

13 Eaton 102.4

14 Gering 101.5

15 Brighton 97.8

1G Sterling 96.3

97.5

97.3

97.3

95.8

98.4

95.1

9G.2

95.

94.3

94.4

97.3

91.6

92.8

93.5

94-

92.1

Bye, big! blue bunting,

Daddy is a-hunting

New high slicing records

To wrap the big blue bunting in

By Wire

To merchant: "Cannot ship your
sugar until last carload is paid for."

Merchant: "Unable to wait so long.
Cancel order."

Mitchell, Neb., Oct. 10, 1922.
Mr. A. H. Heldt, Agr. Supt.,

Scottsbluff, Neb.,
Dear Mr. Heldt:

I wish to acknowledge receipt of
your letter of October 9th, containing
check in the sum of $10.00, which was
in the nature of a forfeit due to one
of two conditions, namely: either bad
judgment on your part or an over-ex-
tended effort upon the part of the boys
in the mill at this factory.

It really is a shame to take the mon-
ey. However, should I send the check
back, I am afraid that I would be let-
ting you off too easily, and that you
might not have the proper regard for
the way in which the bunch works up
here in the west end. Since I do not
send the check back to you, I send you
my condolence, and hope that I may
have another chance at you again next
fall.

Very truly yours,

SCOTT.

Wrong Number, Please

"Now I've had my revenge," said
the shoe salesman. "I've sold the
telephone operator the wrong number."

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New Campaign Records Made

Just a few of the little incidents of the campaign, telling why this is the best
slicing season we've ever had; a record at Brighton on the change of a cossette
conveyor, the pattern shop's good work, an all-night stunt at Gering, etc. Men
build a machine or a factory and say its capacity is thus and so. But along comes
a bunch of he-workers and get more capacity out of the machine or the factory than
anyone wotted of. It's the human equation.

Records are falling on every hand
in this campaign.

Longmont Factory joined the Great
Western immortals when it cut 3,039
tons of beets in the 24 hours ended
at 7:00 a. m., October 10. Every
one of the three shifts sliced more
than 1,000 tons in eight hours. The
way the Longmont boys cut beets is
made even more remarkable by the
fact that on the preceding day they
put 2,976 tons through the scales,
two of the three shifts doing better
than the thousand mark.

Loveland Factory deserves mention
for 2,907 tons sliced October 4-5. The
highest shift for Loveland up to the
time this was written was 9 77 tons.

The second shift at Fort Collins
on October 4-5 topped the thousand
ton mark when that factory reached
its highest day's slicing in the cam-
paign to date, 2,874 tons. That was
the only thousand-or-better shift
there so far.

Apparently the 24-hour period
ended at 7:00 a. m., October 5, was a
red letter day, Mitchell reaching the
very creditable slicing rate of 1,726
tons. The 600-ton mark per shift
seems to be a goal for Mitchell to
shoot at.

Scottsbluff and Billings are mak-
ing a race of it. The former has one
900-ton shift to its credit, Billings
still having to reach that figure in 8
hours. And when they get going over
900 per shift watch out for even bet-
ter marks.

We have had to change sights on
Lovell from the beginning of its cam-
paign. On October 17-18 it sliced
996 tons and any day now we expect
Lovell to report over 1,000 tons
sliced in a 24-hour period. Maybe
by the time this is read the midget
will be in the grown-ups' class.

While the factories have been per-
forming miracles the performances
of mechanics, of agricultural men,

of the traffic department in providing
cars and of the company's pattern
shops have been none the less note-
worthy. There are fieldmen and ag-
ricultural superintendents with new
low marks for costs at receiving sta-
tions. During the hand-to-mouth ex-
istence in the first few weeks of the
campaign, the consulting agricultur-
ist's office and the traffic department
sweated considerable of life's blood
in making up for engine failures and
lost cars which brought several mills
near to closing down temporarily.

In all districts the good work went
on. Over at Gering, Harry Hooper
"called-in" at one o'clock in the
morning to ascertain if Gering had
a spare cover for the chamber of an
Epping-Carpenter water pump. Bay-
ard, with the same pump, had broken
one. The spare was not in stock. So
Gering's master mechanic, Mr. War-
ren, was called from his peaceful
slumbers and he in turn called C. E.
Conn of the Gering Foundry Com-
pany. The cupola was started at 2
a. m., and just nine hours later the
casting, weighing 1,200 pounds, and
still red hot, was on its way to Scotts-
bluff to be faced and drilled. Late
that same afternoon the repair was
delivered at Bayard by auto truck.
C'ronin and Claycomb, the peerless
penmen, in reporting this incident,
observed: "So you see you will have
to get up early and work fast if you
expect to move that blue flag out of.
the Nebraska Division."

What is believed to be a world's
record for changing a cossette belt
was hung up by the Brighton Factory
on October 14. The two Harrys there
had decided that the old belt was
"shot." All preparations were made
for a quick installation of a new end-
less belt 240 feet long. The second
shift finished the work in exactly 14
minutes.

Just three days before Brighton's

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feat Loveland was unexpectedly faced
with the same task, on the north cos-
sette conveyor. Without a moment's
warning, the mechanics there tackled
the job and had a new belt on in 45
minutes, which considering lack of
time for preparation was as creditable
a feat as that of Brighton's.

The Denver pattern shop has also
been doing big things. On October
6 a Billings telegram advised that
they were short on fibre tips for their
sugar unloaders. An order had been
placed early in the year for tips to
be shipped from the East but de-
livery had been very much delayed.
The pattern shop was advised about
3 o'clock that afternoon that 100 tips
were required for Billings and at 9
o'clock the next morning the tips had
been shipped. Again on October 12
Billings asked for 100 additional tips.
The shop received this information
at 10 o'clock that morning and short-
ly after noon the tips had gone for-
ward.

Another instance of the way in
which the Pattern Shop handles
"rush" orders when they have full
information is the case of the break-
down of a vacuum pump at Fort Col-
lins during the last day of the test-
out. On Thursday afternoon, Sep-
tember 28, Mr. Mitchell phoned Mr.
Gunther of the Engineering Depart-
ment that the Droken crosshead cast-
ing from one of the old German vac-
uum pumps was being placed on the
C. & S. train which arrives in Denver
at 6:25 p. m. Mr. Gunther and Mr.
Hanning met this train and took the
casting to the Pattern Shop, where
work was immediately begun on a
pattern. After Mr. Norris and Mr.
Meyer of the Shop had worked all
night on this job, the core boxes were
delivered to the foundry at 9 o'clock
the next morning and at 1 o'clock all
the patterns were in the sand being
moulded. By 6 o'clock that evening
the castings were all ready for ship-
ment and went forward early Sat-
urday morning.

Sterling Blondes

Mistaken Identity

"Why don't you pull down the shade
when you love your wife, Smith?"

"The joke's on you. I wasn't home
last night."

The laboratory force at the Sterling
Factory, pictured here, is the only
blonde lab crew in existence. "While
it is against our good judgment to
toss bouquets," writes the married as-
sociate editor, "yet we think there is
class to the ladies of the entire force."
The blonde man on the right — take
our word for it although his hat is
tres negro — is not giving a Ku Ku sig-
nal with his hands.

Candidates Visited Ft. Collins

Several of the Republican candi-
dates visited the Fort Collins factory
recently, among them being Benjamin
Griffith, candidate for Governor, and
Chas. B. Timberlake, United States
Congressman from this district. They
were very much impressed with the
appearance of the plant and its oper-
ations, and expressed surprise at the
magnitude of the beet sugar industry
even though they had a pretty good
idea of what it meant to our nation
and particularly to this locality.

Osborn on Executive
Committee

S. J. Osborn, our general chemist,
after acceptably filling the position of
chairman of the sugar division of the
American Chemical Society, has been
made a member of the executive com-
mittee. W. D. Home is the new chair-
man. The elections took place at the
meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 6,
1922.

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Makes all Candies with Beet Sugar

Throughout Montana, wherever high grade Candies are known, is
also heard praise for the goods put out by the Modern Confec-
tionery of Missoula, Montana. John J. Basini, proprietor of this
wholesale and retail plant, is an expert candy maker whose experi-
ence embraces the American and the European continents. Under
date of September 19, 1922, Mr. Basini wrote to the Cooney Brok-
erage Company of Butte, Montana, as follows:

I have used beet sugar ever since it
was first made in America, and can
use it in making any kind of candy
that is made with sugar.

The only difficulty people have in
making clear candy with beet sugar is
that they add grease to keep the foam
down. This causes the candy to have
a cloudy appearance. The foam can
be kept down just as easily by using a
larger kettle and bringing it to a boil
over a slow fire. After the first boiling
as much fire can be used as with any
other sugar. If this method is used
there will be no difference in the gloss
of the candy.

I make all my cream centers with
beet sugar, as there is a saving of twen-
ty cents a hundred pounds by so doing.
I make chocolate centers that will hold
for over a year without a leak.

In making hard mixed candy, I use
only beet sugar and never experience
any trouble like having the candy stick
together. If a formula of seven parts
sugar and three parts corn syrup is

used and the mixture boiled to 330°
F., the candy will not stick together.
Of course, no candy should be made
or kept in a damp place.

For nine months I made candy for
Baker and Son of London, at the Paris
Exposition, introducing American high-
gloss candy, and during this entire
time I used nothing but beet sugar.

In soft boiled goods like kisses and
taffy, I prefer beet sugar as it does not
require hard or fast boiling.

There is no difference in the sweet-
ness between beet and cane sugar and
the only objection some candy makers
have is that beet sugar needs a little
more attention when it first starts
boiling, but this small amount of trou-
ble is more than offset by the saving
of twenty cents on every hundred
pounds.

Great Western Beet Sugar runs so
uniform and always has such a good
color that I demand it whenever I or-
der beet sugar.

Why Little Brooks Sing

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We are sure this little creek purled when the Bayard Factory ladies
went wading in it, on the occasion of their recent picnic. Unquestionably,
it's stunts like this that give the poets license to tell of singing brooks.

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Cane Versus Beet Sugar for Fruit Pre
serving and Jam and Jelly Making

By J. P. Ogilvie, F.C.S.,
Technical Editor, International Sugar Journal

Excerpts from Mr. Ogihie's Statement in the August Issue of the leading

London Journal in Reply to Certain Mistaken Notions

on the Relative Merits of Sugars

The value of a cane or beet sugar for
preserving depends upon several fac-
tors, two of the principal of which are:

(1) Its freedom from micro-organ-
isms capable of inducing fermentation.

(2) Its reaction, which should be
neutral, or slightly acid, and not al-
kaline.

It should also be free or almost so
from any flavoring or coloring matter
which may adversely affect* the quality
of the particular jam or jelly under
preparation.

In regard to the first factor, namely
freedom from septic micro-organisms,
it may be remarked that it is by no
means necessary that animal charcoal
should be applied in order to produce
a sugar free from harmful yeasts and
bacteria.

In the manufacture of direct con-
sumption sugars, whether by carbona-
tion in the beet sugar factory or by sul-
phitation in the cane sugar house, a
practically sterile juice is obtained as
the result of the operation of clarifi-
cation. And provided that the product
in the centrifugals is washed with
steam, a sugar is obtained that should
not contain more micro-organisms per
grm. than the best refined article. In
evidence of this, the fact may be cited
that direct consumption sugars are
now being used in the jam, fruit pre-
serving and. condensed milk industries
with results as satisfactory as those
obtained with refined sugars.

Respecting the second factor men-
tioned above, namely, the reaction of
the sugar, one may say that difficul-
ties in jam and jelly making are now-
adays seldom, if ever, to be traced to
the presence of alkali salts in the sug-
ar used. It is well recognized that in

jam and jelly manufacture the fruit
juice must have a certain acidity.
Otherwise the pectin on cooling will
not "jell." Chemists called upon to
investigate matters have sometimes
found that the reason why a syrup in-
stead of a jelly has resulted has been
the presence in the sugar employed
of alkaline salts in sufficient amount
to lower the acidity of the fruit juice
below the point necessary for the set-
ting of the pectin. However, at the
present time, such a condition is hard-
ly likely to be encountered, owing to
the high purity of the sugars, cane or
beet, now on the market. Other rea-
sons for the refusal of the fruit juice
to jell are now more often met with,
reasons which quite frequently are in
no way connected with the quality of
the sugar used, such as the low acidity
of the fruit juice, the hydrolysis of the
pectin by prolonged boiling, or the use
of too high a proportion of syrup.

There is plenty of evidence to show
that, provided the sugar does not con-
tain organisms capable of inducing
fermentation, is without any appre-
ciable alkaline reaction, and is free
from objectionable coloring or flavor-
ing impurities, it will be suitable for
preserving purposes, no matter wheth-
er derived from the cane or from the
beet. There are now direct consump-
tion as well as refined sugars which
fulfill these conditions, and give en-
tirely satisfactory results in the in-
dustries concerned.

The point was again demonstrated
by the Experiment Station of the State
of California in a series of comparative
fruit preserving and jelly-making tests
carried out by Mr. G. W. Shaw. A
large number of fruit preserving tests
(about 2,000) in which the product was

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canned, packed in boxes, and stored in
a rather unfavorable locality showed
that only seven made from the cane
sugar and six made from the beet sug-
ar had spoiled, and that each defective
lot was due to imperfect sealing of the
tins. Similarly with the jelly-making
tests, the two sugars gave identical
results, and in both series the product
was as clear as it was possible to be,
not the slightest difficulty being ex-
perienced in either case in the prepara-
tion.

In conclusion, Mr. Shaw made the
following statement: "The utter folly
of the idea that beet sugar cannot be
used for canning purposes is further
emphasized by the fact that practical-
ly all the sugar used in Germany and
France for the purposes of canning and
preserving is from the beet, and for
many years American refined beet was
used without complaint in this coun-
try because the mass of the people
were not aware it was derived from
the beet."

A Lockout Declared on Carelessness

By Charles S. Arthur
of the Great Western Insurance Department

Our undesirable acquaintance, Mr.
Carelessness, stalks at our elbow in
this campaign.

Can not this enemy of efficiency and
good health be removed from our
midst?

Performance of other campaigns will
be surpassed, new slicing standards
will be set. The teamwork from sweep-
er to superintendent assures success
from the beginning to the end of the
campaign.

But reference to the accident reports
reveals the old hazard — carelessness —
with the new employees as the most
frequent sufferers. The mechanical
hazards have been pretty well removed
by the safety work in our factories.
Handling gear, ropes, chains, tools,
moving machinery, manholes, pits, lad-
ders and numerous other phases of the
mechanical hazard has been fairly

well met and overcome. But Mr. Care-
lessness, in our thoughtless moments,
still takes his toll.

Let's declare a lockout on careless-
ness! Instruction in the handling and
operation of a station is important and
gets first call from our men. But with
the mills running smoothly let us now
stress the dangers in carelessness. Let
us pay more attention to hazards of im-
proper dress and footwear, to neglect
of goggles, and to disregard for minor
cuts and injuries that may, when not
immediately treated, lead to serious
conditions

It should be a matter of as much
pride among the men to hand in a clean
accident report as to improve their
mechanical performance, because care-
fulness and reduction in accidents gen-
erally go hand and hand with better
factory performance.

Levulose Made in Denver

Levulose, one of the rare sugars, bet-
ter known as fructose or fruit sugar,
is to be manufactured by The Syn-
thetic Processes Co., of Denver, ac-
cording to announcement made by D.
K. Proffitt, research chemist. There
is said to be a market for levulose
among the medical profession in the
treatment of patients suffering from
some pancreatic, liver or kidney dis-
eases, with a low sugar tolerance.

Silent by Request

Rienks to waitress in Greeley, after
listening to atrocious jazz: "Will they
play what I ask them."

"Certainly, we aim to please."
"Then ask them if they won't play
some pool."

Sugar is suite and sew r yew.

More Better

"When you cut 4,000 tons, Fred, the
old mill will be going pretty good, eh?"
said George Shaffer.

"Pretty good, hell, it will be perfect,"
said Fred.

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Mirrors of Sugar Lane

There's No Lust in these Mirrors to Publish Anyone's Shame. But the
Editorial WE of Us Can't Help Wishing Ed Simmons Led Other than
Such a Blameless Life. The Mirrors Ought to Be Leavened with Good
Natured Raillery but Nobody's Got Anything on Simmons, Except
Maybe Paul Marsh. Will Future Authors of Mirrors of Sugar Lane
Please Chastise Blameless Lives with a Few Laughs

8 — Edmund Simmons

It has been said that new indus-
tries are like children; they need a
nurse to take care of them until such
time as they develop sufficiently to
support themselves.

Since the first campaign of the Love-
land factory, back in 1901-02, as as-
sistant to Manager A. V. Officer, Ed-
mund Simmons has devoted his life
to the nursing of the sugar industry,
with the wholehearted and unselfish
zeal, which must surely have for its re-
ward the knowledge of a work well
done.

From the Loveland factory, Mr.
Simmons went to Grand Junction, Col-
orado, in November, 1903, as Assistant

Manager of that factory, and in turn
nursed the industry in western Colo-
rado through its infancy, while the
manager, satisfied that the business
was in good hands, frolicked in Eu-
rope. The effect of that campaign, how-
ever, is still visible, as it is generally
understood that the troubles and wor-
ries encountered during the Grand
Junction episode were responsible for
the premature gray which now adorns
Mr. Simmons' head.

Upon his return to the Great West-
ern organization, subsequent nursing
duties fell to his lot at Billings, Mon-
tana, to which place he was sent as
manager previous to the completion of
that factory. At the end of his third
year in Billings, Mr. Simmons was at-
tracted by the possibilities of the ter-
ritory adjacent to Miles City, Montana,
and decided to seek his fortune with-
out the aid of his salary check from
the Billings Sugar Company.

This absence from the employ of
the company lasted for two years, at
the end of which time he was persuaded
to return and undertake special inves-
tigation work for Mr. Morey in Texas
and California.

After the completion of this work,
Mr. Simmons was again assigned to
nursing duties in the North Platte Val-
ley, being sent to Scottsbluff prior to
the first campaign twelve years ago last
September. Here he was again under
Mr. Officer as Assistant Manager, which
position he held until Mr. Officer's
transfer to Greeley, when Mr. Sim-
mons was given the post of manager
of the Scottsbluff factory. In 1915,
when the decision was made to erect a
factory at Gering, Nebraska, he was
placed in executive charge of that fac-

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tory also. A year later, when the in-
terests of the company made it seem
advisable to decentralize some of the
work and form districts, Mr. Simmons
was appointed Assistant General Man-
ager of the company, in executive
charge of the Nebraska District, which
position he has since held.

Since his promotion to the manager-
ship of the Scottsbluff factory in 1914,
the acreage of beets harvested in this
little empire grew from 19,051 in 1913-
14 to G8,3GG in 1920-21. The industry
expanded from one factory, with a
slicing capacity of 1,500 tons, to four
factories, with a slicing capacity of
6,200 tons per day.

To succeed in achieving results of
this kind requires that a man be little
less than a genius. Somebody has de-
fined genius as being "an infinite ca-
pacity for taking pains." This defini-
tion may be open to criticism, but it
is certain tnat most great business men
are so gifted. This penchant for thor-
oughness is observed by all who come
into daily contact with Mr. Simmons.
His meticulous attention to detail does
not obscure his breadth of vision, but
merely reflects his fondness for doing
things correctly, and gives him a res-
ervoir of facts upon which to draw in
basing his decisions. These attributes,
coupled with his power to command
men, summarize the outstanding char-
acteristics of the head of the Nebraska
District.

In meeting Mr. Simmons, one gets
an impression of keenness and vigor,
In his talk and carriage there is some-
thing suggestive of aggressive efficien-
cy, and yet he has an easy, friendly
manner that inspires confidence and
makes one feel at home in his pres-
ence.

His broad vocabulary and his mas-
terly control of the English language,
combined with a. forceful manner of
expression, spread his fame as a speak-
er beyond the confines of his own lit-
tle city. Called upon extemporaneous-
ly, few men can single out the keynote
of a situation, or propound persuasive
arguments in the convincing and pre-
cise manner of Mr. Simmons.

His hobbies are clear Havanas (col-
or, Colorado), golf, and his familv, but
especially his family. Twenty-two

years on life's matrimonial sea still
finds his good ship guided by the hon-
eymoon, shining as brightly as ever.
Among his superior officers he is

recognized as one always ready to re-
ceive advice and follow instructions.
His opinions are listened to thought-
fully, and his recommendations care-
fully weighed. Among his subordi-
nates he is known as one who is impar-
tially just, who has that propensity
for clear, quick and reliable thinking
in any emergency, and who never loses
his temper.

Being himself superlatively loyal to
his company and its policies, he is
one who appreciates loyalty in those
under him. Nor is he afraid, occasion-
ally, to show his appreciation of work
well done, instead of taking it as a
matter of course. Among his friends
and business associates, he is known
as one whose tastes are simple, whose
influence is great, whose counsel is de-
sired and who is always ready to give
of his personal time to matters of civ-
ic and community importance.

Inventors Seek
Beet Harvester

Hope springs eternal in the minds
of inventors throughout the world that
a successful beet harvesting machine
will be produced.

Rabbethge & Giesecke's brochure on
their seed operations around Klein-
wanzleben, Germany, states that "just
now the Company is testing the new
4-row beet harvester constructed by
the Siedersleben Company of Bern-
burg. This implement lifts and tops
the sugar beets in a very satisfactory
manner. It is hoped to cut out hand-
work in sugar beet harvesting by fur-
ther developing this machine."

Svend T. H. Olsen of Onseveg, Den-
mark, has taken out patents for a beet
topper and digger which removes the
tops of the roots prior to digging.

Five different inventors have taken
out patent papers in the United States
this year covering beet harvesters, and
two others for beet toppers. One of
the latter is the work of Elvin B. Mc-
Cain of Hershey, Neb.

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Emergency Treatment for
the Injured

By Chauncey E. Tennant, M. D.

A Concise Statement of What to Do in Cases of Hemorrhage, Infection

and Shock. Prepared by One of Denver's Well-Known

Physicians and Surgeons

Injuries as a result of industrial
accidents are sometimes extensive and
severe and the outcome often depends
upon emergency treatment before the
doctor arrives. What to do in the
emergency is, therefore, extremely im-
portant.

Just Three Things are to be Done.
They are, Control of Hemorrhage, In-
fection and Shock.

First: Uncontrolled hemorrnage, or
bleeding, occurs when a blood vessel
is cut. This is manifested by either
a flow of blood coming in intermit-
tent spurts, or a continuous flow quick-
ly saturating the clothing. For hem-
orrhage two methods may be employed,
either of which is effective when used
alone. Apply pressure directly over
the bleeding wound. The material
to be used should be Sterile Gauze,
which can be obtained in any drug
store in small protected packages.

Second : After the Sterile Gauze has
been placed over the wound wrap the
part with a two or three inch bandage.
If bleeding continues sufficient to sat-
urate these dressings a device called
a tourniquet may be made by using
a strip of cloth of sufficient length to
allow for tying after it has been placed
around the limb. Tie the ends of this
cloth once, place a short rod or stick
directly over the knot, tie the ends
of the cloth again and twist the stick
or rod until the bleeding ceases. This
cloth should be placed six inches to a
foot above the point of bleeding. This
pressure should be released for a few
seconds every half hour by untwisting
the rod. The twisting must be re-
placed immediately at the end of a
few seconds. The untwisting is done
in order to permit the blood to circu-
late. At no time should the tourniquet,
or constriction, be permitted to remain

any length of time, never more than
five hours all told.

INFECTION
To prevent Infection the wound
should never be touched by anything
but the Sterile Gauze. Clothing should
be cut or torn away from the wound
in order not to touch it. Before placing
the Sterile Gauze over the open wound
a three and one half per cent tincture
of iodine should be either swabbed
over the wound with a piece of the
Sterile Gauze, or poured over the
wound, being sure to cover at least
a two inch margin of the surrounding
skin. The wound should then be left
uncovered for a few minutes until the
iodine dries or a burn may result.
After this has been done the Sterile
Gauze and bandage should be placed
and then be disturbed as little as pos-
sible, and never after the doctor has
dressed the wound.

After the iodine is dry three or
four folds of the Sterile Gauze should
be placed snugly over the wound, cov-
ering the margins well. (Never place
any kind of cotton directly over am,
open wound.) Follow with a roll of
bandage about the limb, reasonably
tight, but never so tight that the cir-
culation of hlood is stopped, unless a
tourniquet is used for uncontrolled
bleeding. The test for circulation is
by pressure with the thumb and finger
on the foot or hand or the injured
limb, after the bandage has been ap-
plied. If the extremity is blue and
this pressure causes no change in color
the bandage is too tight for the ordi-
nary dressing.

SHOCK

Shock may be the result of fright,
for instance fainting, or from loss of
blood. The injured person should be
left lying on the ground, a coat or

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some other convenient article toeing
rolled underneath the head. A cover-
ing thrown over him while lying in
this position will protect him from
unnecessary exposure until the ambu-
lance arrives.

When broken hones occur in the
legs or arms, and it is necessary to
move the individual, there are many
things which may be used for tem-
porary splints after the three essen-
tials have been cared for. A strip
of wood, an umbrella handle, or even
thick layers of newspaper rolled and
bandaged to the limb will serve in the

emergency. Spints must extend well
above and below the break.

To sum up the matter of Emergency
Treatment :

First: Call the doctor as soon as
possible:

Second: Stop the bleeding if there
is any:

Third: Remove all soiled clothing
without touching the wound, cover with
iodine and then with Sterile Gauze and
bandage.

Fourth: The injured to lie flat on
the ground, but well covered, until help
arrives.

Do You Know That-

Canada has three beet sugar factor-
ies, Chatham, Wallaceburg and Kitch-
ener. The last named will not be op-
erated this season, lacking tonnage.

The U. S. Department of Commerce
issues monthly a report on the pro-
duction, refining and sales of sugar in
the United States, also giving informa-
tion on imports, exports and stocks on
hand. This is an innovation for this
branch of the government service.

Virtual sugar rationing looms in
Germany with the government report-
ed to be planning to reserve 75 per
cent of the beet production for house-
hold consumption, and limiting the
use of domestic sugar in the indus-
tries.

European sugar consumption for the
year just passed increased 836,000 tons
over the previous September-to-August.

Soviet Russia claims its sugar pro-
duction in the coming campaign will
be 200,000 tons compared with an ac-
tual outturn of only 50,000 tons last
year.

Switzerland has one beet sugar fac-
tory, at Aarau.

The Louisiana cane sugar making
campaign will be at its height in No-
vember.

The Meinrath estimate of the 1922

Catching

"My dear," said the husb|and whose
indisposition had just been diagnosed
as smallpox, "if my creditors call tell
them at last I am in a position to give
them something."

beet sugar output in the United States
is 652,000 long tons, compared with
last year's crop of 911,000 tons.

Sugar rationing has been resumed in
Hungary.

The last Cuban central finished
grinding its '21-22 cane crop on October
15, bringing Cuba's total production to
3,996,000 long tons.

England's lone beet sugar factory
expects to slice 60,000 tons this season.

Central Delicia, Cuba, in its 1922
campaign, made a new world's record
for production by a single mill, 1,046,-
493 bags or 150,000 long tons.

The South Manchuria Sugar Refin-
ing Company of Mukden is building its
second beet sugar factory in Manchu-
ria. Nine thousand acres of beets are
to be harvested this season. It is pro-
posed greatly to extend the beet area
next year.

John Gait, president of the Hawai-
ian Trust Co., on a recent visit to the
United States, said a number of lead-
ing sugar men told him that the price
of sugar will go to 6 cents a pound for
raws, next year.

The Cuban government will float a
loan of $50,000,000 in the United States
shortly. "Cuba's future once more is
bright," says Havana correspondence.

The Poor Fish

Dear Editor: After taking my best
girl to dinner, theater, supper and a
taxi home, should I kiss her goodnight?

Answer: No, she did enough for
you.

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G. O. Girls Lorgnette Brighton

Our society reporter tells about the eliminators, perambulators and
contaminators seen in Harry Harbeck's sunshine factory.

Ger'rls, we want to tell you about
our trip through the Brighton factory
on Sunday, October 15. Messrs. Shaf-
fer, Rienks, French, Kisler, and Mau-
dru played chauffeur and loaded in 23
girls, and away we went, reaching the
factory at about 2:50. Mr. Shaffer
drove this particular car, and as he
picked the best looking bunch to start
with (so says he) he was very anxious
to arrive first and show off his crowd.
No, I won't tell who they were, be-
cause you know how jealous we women
are. We traveled about 40 or 45 miles
per all the way, and even passed up
Mr, Rienks.

Mr. Shaffer started at the top with
his bunch, and we worked our way
down. We saw the effusion batteries,
cossettes, Lincolnettes, centrifugals,
odor eliminators, granulators, eleva-
tors, evaporators, perambulators, sat-
urators, contaminators, generators, and
even one suffocator — in fact everything
but an alligator. We heard all the

noises this side of Kingdom Come, and
smelled more smells than were dream-
ed of in our philosophy. We went
everywhere except into the coal pit and
up the conveyors; the latter were too
busy to accommodate us, and it would
have been quite a jump down, anyway.
We saw where Joe Slaby sells molasses
on windy days, filling milk bottles,
bags, aprons, etc.

At one of our stops, a shrill voice
piped up, "Oh, Honey, did you see the
muscles in that man's arms? Wasn't
it wonderful? Gee, he must be strong.
No, that little fat man was Mr. Har-
beck, and the two who made wry faces
were Marion Shaffer and Mr. Hume.
Yes, that was Doc Miller who greeted
us so affectionately, and the tall blonde
Romeo was Joe Slaby, and he is mar-
ried, too."

Just then I bumped into a sweeper,
the place was lousy with them, and
had to move on.

The Research Department and the

Out of ten snapshots only this one came through unscathed, on the
trip of the General Office girls to the Brighton Factory. Joe wore his cap
to hold down the agitated hair on his bald head. There must be a good
reason why Olga is gripping Jolly's elbow but we don't know it. In the
group, left to right, are Joe Slaby, Mary Jane Henry, Eva Mae Jolly, Pauline
Zanoni and Olga L. Schmitz.

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District Superintendent's Office were
overheard analyzing battery elimina-
tion. "Girls, I've got it! Tabulating
the cossettes will solve the problem
of our unaccountable losses, and won't
Mr. Doherty and Bailey Hutchins be
tickled to work it out? Sweet Pickles,
lookut all those beet slivers on the
floor, and there is Jolly intercepting
one to take home as a souvenir. I de-
clare if there isn't the G. M.'s office
eating one. Guess the Research De-
partment won't have any trouble get-
ting an appropriation after this."

Judy expressed a desire to start at
the bottom and work up, so next cam-
paign she is to be head beet flumer,
such a nice wet job after a dry summer.
She spied a bachelor's bungalow on the
way home though, so there is no tell-
ing. Mrs. Gertrude Shaffer was much
concerned over the first and second
carbon eliminators, also the sugar sacks
"we" mended last summer, and we all
gasped at the dexterity of the Mad-
ame who sews up the sugar bags, and
wondered why it never occurred to
anybody that we could get a good deal
better price for our sugar if there was
a simple little edge crocheted along
the top of the bags.

Miss George had a wild desire to in-
terior decorate the factory in order to
raise the P. F.

We learned from Mr. Maudru that
the artistic tube in front of the fac-
tory was the lawn to irrigate the pipe
with.

One of the girls did a light fantastic
in a puddle of grease, and was amazed
to learn how hard the floor was. That
was our only casualty. Moral: Be sure
to git all drippings what drip.

We were astonished to find that cos-
settes are not machinery, although we
already knew that Rex Beach is a
summer resort, and Sandy Hook a piece
of tackle.

One keen disappointment was the
absence of the pulp smell. We all had
counted so much on that. Mary Jane
Henry, she of Brush factory fame,
couldn't stand it, and finally inquired
for the missing favorite and was told
that it is now extracted before it has
a chance to get out of the warehouse.
Howcum?

We all looked pretty out on the

lawn when our pictures were taken,
but evidently the exposure was too
much for the film, if you get what I
mean, and the picture didn't come out
right. Nelly and Jolly, who posed on
their Knees in order not to obstruct
some of the rear maps, had trouble get-
ting up, thereby proving they were not
in the habit of kneeling.

Taking it far and large, we had a
most enjoyable trip, as well as an in-
structive one.

Near the coke pile, someone asked
one of the girls if she would like to
have a coke.

"Yes, if you'll please put a little lime
in it," was her quick comeback.

Which, if you don't need a chart for
this clever bonmot, shows what asso-
ciation with the clever men of the G.
O. will do for us ger'rls.

Highly prized is a note "to the Gen-
tlemen Chauffeurs Five:"

"Eliminating all the trouble that we
caused you, and allowing for evapora-
tion, carbonation, and diffusion, to say
nothing of carbo-hydrates, centrifugals,
flat tires, etc., we had a lovely, juicy
time Sunday afternoon, and are very,
very grateful."

The Last Quart

'Tis the last quart of liquor left stand-
ing alone;

All its lovely companions have faded
and gone.

He. saves it for illness, but gloom
gathers thick,

He eyes that last bottle and feels
pretty sick.

The Wily Scot

"Hello. Is this you, Mac?"
"Aye."

"Is this MacPherson speakin!"
"Aye, speakin'."

"Well, Mac, I want to borrow fifty —
"All right. Ah'll tell him soons he
comes in."

Abie A Wise Boid

"Who knows what a stoic is?" asked
teacher.

Only Abie Gantz raised his hand.

"A stoic is a boid whot brings in th'
babies."

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Sugar Storage Best Where Moisture
and Air Currents are Prevented

From far off Mauritius comes an in-
teresting discussion on deterioration
of white sugar during storage there.

The conclusions reached are that
sugars commence to deteriorate only
as the result of the development of or-
ganisms when the moisture conditions
are favorable to growth. These condi-
tions may arise from the presence in
the sugar of sufficient moisture to al-
low the immediate development of or-
ganisms or by the absorption of suf-
ficient moisture after manufacture and
storage. A rule is given that when
the ratio of moisture content and su-
crose content is greater than 0.3 the
sugar is liable to deteriorate.

The appearance of sweating of the
bags is usually the first indication that
something is wrong. The deterioration
always begins in the outermost layers
of the sugar contained in the bag and
proceeds from the outer layers in-
wards. It was further noted that in
sugar stored in warehouses the deteri-
oration is for the most part confined to
the lowest layer of bags and to that
side of the bags in this layer which
is undermost and in contact with the
floor of the warehouse. In cases when
the bags are stored on sleepers or oth-
er form of dunnage resting on the
floor the deterioration in the early
stages confines itself to those portions
of the bags in contact with the sleep-
ers.

The investigation was made by H.
A. Tempany, Director of Agriculture
of Mauritius, and D. D'Emmerez de
Charmoy, his assistant. They conclud-
ed that deterioration of white sugar as
observed there is primarily due to ab-
sorption of moisture from the atmos-
phere. If such sugar can be protected
from absorbing moisture from the air,
it will not deteriorate but on the con-
trary will keep indefinitely.

The authors suggest that warehous-
es for sugar storage should be solidly
constructed; they should be fitted with
doors and windows capable of being
tightly closed to avoid currents of
moist air and above all they should
be fitted with floors of non-conduct-

ing material. Warehouses in which sug-
ar is stored should be opened as infre-
quently as possible after the sugar has
been placed therein and for purposes
of inspection it is desirable that pro-
tected or double doors should be pro-
vided so as to minimize the risk of
air currents.

They noted that jute, of which sugar
Dags are made, possesses great hygro-
scopic power. To exemplify this a
sample of jute bag exposed to a damp
atmosphere for 10 days nad at the end
of that time absorbed 35 per cent of
its weight of moisture. It seems not
improbable that this property of jute
may assist in drying the air in sugar
stores to some extent and so may tend
to counteract the conditions leading
to deterioration.

A practice which has been found of
use in other countries in counteract-
ing the tendency to moisture absorp-
tion is the use of crinkled paper lin-
ings for sugar bags, which tends to
protect the .sugar from direct contact
with the air.

It is not to be inferred that atten-
tion to cleanliness and consequent
ministration of infection with micro-
organisms is to be neglected, but the
fact remains that the prime cause of
deterioration of white sugar lies not
so much in the organisms which they
contain as in the atmospheric condi-
tions at the point of storage. — The
Louisiana Planter.

He Was Sob-Sister

Old Lady: "Is the writer of 'Even-
ing Hours in the Nursery' here? I
so much enjoy her articles."

Office boy: "Sure. That's him over
there in the pink shirt, smokin' a pipe."

The Right Number

"Hello, Central. Ay ban vant to talk
mit mine vife."
"Number, please."
"Oh, she ban mine second von."

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Gwesco Fieldmen's Exhibits At Scotts
Bluff County Fair

The feature of the agriculture dis-
plays at the Scotts Bluff County Fair,
held in Mitchell, Nebr., on Septem-
ber 12, 13 and 14, was a group of ex-
hibits gathered and mounted by differ-
ent fieldman of the Great Western Sug-
ar Company, under the direction of
Agricultural Superintendent A. H.
Heldt. Gus, in fact, was responsible
for the success of the displays in Ag-
riculture Hall, which this year was de-
clared to be the best agricultural dis-
play in the history of Scottsbluff Coun-
ty Fairs.

The fieldmen are to be congratu-
lated on the completeness of their col-
lections and upon the artistic manner
in which the products were displayed.
One could find among the exhibits a
remarkable variety of farm products:
flax, broom corn, martinas, cotton
plant, tobacco, potatoes, grain, corn,
tomatoes, pumpkins, squash, grapes,
apples, plums, peaches, onions, water-
melons, cantaloupes, sugar beets, grass-
es, alfalfa and every variety of garden
truck known, including radishes 3 feet
long. Some of the sets of 6 beets dis-
played weighed 72 pounds.

Nebraska District's Dump Construction Gang

The pictures show the dump construction gang of the Nebraska District con-
structing the Moore dump. Mr. A. M. Banghart, foreman, claims to be the rec-
ord builder of receiving stations for the Great Western Sugar Company. He has
fifty-two to his credit. He also holds the championship belt for installing scales
for the Company, having ninety-three on hi§ roll to date.

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The Sugar Cities-Mitchell

By G. E. Mark,
Editor The Mitchell Index

Tenth of a Series in The Sugar Press on the Cities Near which
Great Western Sugar Mills are Located

Mitchell is situated in Scottsbluff
county, Nebraska, near the north bank
of the North Platte river, on the Bur-
lington railroad, about fifteen miles
northwest of Gering, the county seat,
and twelve miles east of the Wyoming
state line. In location as to the
North Platte Valley it is practically
in the center of its widest and rich-
est section.

Mitchell had its beginning as a
village in the year 1900 when the
railroad was built, was incorporated
as a village in 1902, and automati-
cally became a <Mty of the second class
in 1917 on attaining a population of
1,000. At the time of taking the
national census in 1900 the town
was not yet in existence. The 1910
census gives a population of 640,
and the 1920 census 1,298. The pop-
ulation in 1922 is supposed to be at
least 1,500, and probably consider-
ably more — especially during the
sugar making campaigns of the
Great Western Sugar Company.

The North Platte Valley, of which
Mitchell and its surroundings are
a part, lies on both sides of the
North Platte river extending from
northwest to southeast. The valley
has an average width of about 15
miles and is bordered on either side
by rugged and precipitous bluffs, of
which Scottsbluff mountain is the
most picturesque and the most noted.
This valley began to be settled by
homesteaders in 1887, displacing the
rangers who were forced to move!
their herds. Prior to the advent of
the railroad the valley boasted two
small villages, the larger being Ger-
ing near the eastern base of Scotts-
bluff, and the other Bayard, 20 miles
farther down the valley. Now the
valley has more than a dozen towns,
the four having sugar factories —
Scottsbluff, Bayard, Gering and
Mitchell — being designated as cities.

The name "Mitchell" formerly ap-

plied to the territory south of the
river from where the city of Mitch-
ell now stands. Before there were
transcontinental railways the North
Platte valley was traversed by two
overland trails, the Oregon trail on
the south side of the river and the
Mormon trail north of the river.
Near the river at the western base
of Scottsbluff was Fort Mitchell, a
stockade, the site of which is now
almost completely obliterated. It
was built to assist in the protection
of wagon trains from the depreda-
tions of the Indians. From this
historic point came the names, Mitch-
ell Pass, Mitchell Valley, Mitchell
Precinct, Mitchell Ditch, Mitchell
Post Office, etc., all south of the river.
North of the river was the farmhouse
postoffice "Sunflower," and the sta-
tion located near Sunflower on the
railroad when built was also named
Sunflower.

However, on completing the Mitch-
ell bridge to give access to the rail-
road, Mitchell postoffice was moved
to the new station, Sunflower post-
office was discontinued and Sunflower
was re-named Mitchell. An Oregon
Trail granite monument south of
Mitchell marks the course of that
great trans-continental highway of
earlier decades, while the town of
Mitchell is itself built directly across
the course of the old Mormon Trail.

Mitchell is one of the enterprising
and progressive cities of this section
of the west, with its good schools,
its civic societies, its churches, its
capable professional men and its in-
dustrious business concerns. The
city has a water system, sanitary
sewer system, electric lights, tele-
phone system, an efficient fire de-
partment, and the finest city hall of
any town in this section of the west.
The fair grounds of the Scottsbluff
County Agricultural Association are
located at Mitchell and the splendid

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annual fairs are directed principally
by Mitchell business men. The fair
grounds are among the best equipped
in the west and are so managed as
to afford remarkably attractive free
camping facilities for auto tourists
during the summer. The North
Platte Valley Highway, a state and
federally built road, passes through
Mitchell. The Scottsbluff Experiment
Farm is located but a short distance
out of town.

At Mitchell are located the head-
quarter's offices of the United States
Reclamation Service for the North
Platte irrigation project, which in-
cludes as units the Pathfinder Reser-
voir, The Interstate Canal, the Fort
Laramie Canal and the Northport
unit. Besides the government irri-
gation canals with territory tribu-
tary to Mitchell there are a number
of smaller canals, giving to Mitchell
and the other towns of the North
Platte Valley the largest area of irri-
gated land in one body in the whole

world, with an abundant and inex-
haustible water supply. The soil is
susceptible to intensive cultivation
and enormous productivity. The
products are largely alfalfa hay,
grains, potatoes, sugar beets and
vegetables. Stock raising is an im-
portant industry including hog rais-
ing and the feeding of vast numbers
of cattle and sheep each winter.

As a sugar city of the Great West-
ern system Mitchell is the youngest.
Ground for the building of the Mitch-
ell factory was broken late in 1919
and the factory completed for the
sugar making campaign of 1920-21.
This factory, which is of the 1,400
tons capacity size, showed marked
traits of excellence during its initial
run. The next season it gave an ex-
hibition of what it could do by out-
stripping all others of this company's
system in the race for efficiency, in
consequence of which it floats to
the breeze the "Efficiency" banner
won by it in last season's campaign.

Making a Blow-Torch of the Sun

By Roger F. Babson

In one of the laboratories in Washington they have a great sun-glass
that measures three feet across. It's like the "burning glasses" we used
to treasure when we were boys, only much larger.

This great glass gathers the rays of the sun that strike its flat sur-
face and focuses them on a single point in space a few feet below. That
single spot is hotter than a blow torch. It will melt through a steel
plate as easily as a red hot needle burns through paper.

This terrific heat — it can't be measured, for it melts all instru-
ments— is just three feet of ordinary sunshine concentrated on a single
point. Scattered, these rays are hardly felt — perhaps just pleasantly
warm! concentrated, they melt adamant.

The same principle applies to human endeavor. Scattered, a man's
energies do not amount to much. Once they are all focused on the task
at hand seemingly tremendous difficulties melt like snow on a hot stone.

Get the habit of concentrating when you start to do a thing; throw
on all the steam you have and focus every energy on the task in hand.
Remember that three feet of ordinary sunshine concentrated will burn
through anything.

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Oiling Problems in a Sugar Factory

By S. D. Morrison,
Master Mechanic, Scottsbluff

Third and Last Installment of Steve's Paper on Oiling. Part I
Appeared in the August Issue and Part II in the September Number

Oil Cans

Where there are many oilers there
is always more or less trouble losing
oil cans. An oiler who is not just on
the square drops his oil can into a
pulley. When he sees it again he can-
not recognize it as his own so he picks
up the first one he comes to. This has
caused a great many arguments and a
few black eyes.

To avoid this trouble we have adopt-
ed the practice of soldering a plate to
the can with the station name on it.
Drip Pans'

Each and every bearing lubricated
with thin oil should be supplied with
drip pans. Oilers will put a few drops
of oil into each bearing as they go by
and this keeps the bearing to the over-
flow all the time. Some bearings re-
quire two pans and others only one.
These should be large enough to hold
the drips from several days oiling.
They should also be provided with a
plug or cock for draining.

It must be the duty of some par-
ticular oiler to drain the oil pans. I
have made it a practice for the day
oiler to take the oil from the pans to
the filter. Thus there is no argument
about who did or did not do the work.
Oil Filters

The oil filter is one of the most es-
sential parts of the oiling of a sugar
factory, and has been one of the most
neglected. A good oil filter will save
its cost every campaign. A poor oil
filter is a waste of money, for when
the oilers find out the little value of
filtering with them they neglect them
and then they are useless.

There are many different filters
made. Some are good and some are
bad. In our factory at Scottsbluff we
have two Richardson-Pnoenix filters
which do very good work and handle
considerable oil, four or five gallons
per hour, when crowded. These are
connected to the two engines having

automatic oiling systems. We also
have two very old oil filters of the
type using waste or wool for a filtering
medium.

Every filter should be equipped to
take the water as well as the dirt out
of the oil. Once oil and water are thor-
oughly mixed they are very hard to
separate. About the only way is to
evaporate the water.

There is a filter manufactured at
Sterling, Colorado, which uses full-
ers earth as a filtering medium, which
looks very good to me. The one I saw
working was using the blackest oil
that could be obtained at the garages,
out of crank cases. The oil came
through as bright and clear as any
new oil you could buy.

When the oil begins to run dark the
fullers earth is taken out and burned
and used over again many times.

This filter is equipped with an evap-
orator to get rid of the water and gaso-
line which is found in that class of
oil.

There should be a filter at each oil-
ing station. The reason for this is
that it is very hard to keep oilers in-
terested in saving oil when they get
it into their minds that some other
oiler is getting the benefit of the oil
they are saving. If each has his own
station filter he is quite sure that he
is getting the benefit of all of the oil
he gathers up.

The only other system which could
be used would be to have one oil station
and someone to take care of the filters
and issue oil to the oilers. I do not
think that this system will save as
much oil as the one mentioned above
for the reason that the oilers would
not take as much interest in it.
Ideal Oiling System

The ideal oiling of any machine is
to supply to each bearing many times
what is required to keep the bearing
from heating and wearing. There are

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reasons for this: first — no danger of
the oilway becoming stopped as is of-
ten the case in a drip cup; second —
if any small pieces of grit get into the
bearing they are washed out by the
flow of oil; third — there is a constant
change of oil at a much lower temper-
ature which has quite an effect on the
temperature of a bearing that has
some tendency to heat; fourth — the
oil is constantly being filtered which
makes a better class of oil; fifth —
with a good supply of oil being fed to
the bearings the shaft runs on a heavy
film of oil and has not the opportun-
ity to wear away the babbitt as when
oil is fed sparingly.

Take for instance an automobile.

You fill your oil tank and about for-
get it until the tank needs filling
again. Why not so in a Sugar fac-
tory?

I believe it could be done. The great-
est objection I see to it is that the
main return lines would have to be
buried under the floors, for all the
first floor shafting.

To install such a system it would
require a feed pipe to and an over-
flow pipe from each bearing, leading
to the return lines which lead to a
pump which discharges into a filter.
Prom the filter the oil flows into the
supply tank. From the supply tank
to the feed mains.

Sweetness and Taste

Erroneous Ideas on the Comparative Sweetness of Sugars Often Arise
from a Lack of Understanding of the Sensation of Taste. Read Below
What Scientists Say About the nature of Taste. For Most of the Facts
We are Indebted to J. P. Ogilvie, F. C. S.

One often hears the sweetness of
sugars compared. Tastes vary. And
to discuss sweetness intelligently we
should know what is the nature of the
sensation of taste.

On the surface of the tongue and
the soft palate there are numerous
papillae, at the base or on the top of
many of which are so-called taste buds
or taste bulbs, these structures being
the terminations of the gustatory nerve
fibers. When these nerve endings
come into contact with a sapid sub-
stance, vibrations or impulses are set
up (possibly as the result of chemical
changes in the cells), and are con-
veyed to the taste center of the brain.

These nerve endings are capable on
excitation of giving rise to four gus-
tatory sensations, which are broadly
classified as: sweet, bitter, acid and
salt. Each of these sensations is be-
lieved by many physiologists to be
caused by a specific set of nerves; in
other words, the particular nerve end-
ings producing the sensation of sweet-
ness appear to be incapable of exci-
tation by a bitter, an acid, or a saline
substance.

Increasing Sw&stness
An important point to be borne in
mind in this discussion is that the in-
tensity of a gustatory sensation
(sweetness, for example), may be
modified when another set of nerves
in the vicinity (say those producing
a bitter, an acid, or a saline taste) is
at the same time excited. This last
fact has been carefully established by
tasting experiments.

Thus it has been shown that if two
solutions be prepared, the first con-
taining 15 and the second 12 per cent
of refined sugar, and if to the latter a
very small amount of quinine hydro-
chloride solution be added, it is
possible by gradually increasing this
addition to arrive at a certain concen-
tration of the quinine salt at which
most of the tasters would consider the
weaker solution to be the sweefer.
It is also quite well known that if
two solutions be made up both contain-
ing (let us say) 15 per cent of refined
sugar, and if to one about .1 per cent
of common salt be added, then 9 per-
sons out of 10 tasting the two liquids
would declare the solution containing

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the salt to be appreciably the sweeter.
Similar results are to be observed in
the case of the addition of vegetable
acids to pure sugar solutions. It is of
course well understood 'that if the
amount of any of these additions is
increased beyond a certain point, the
bitter, the acid, or the saline taste
will be detected, and become more or
less apparent, the solution of sugar
then certainly seeming less sweet.
Influence of Aroma
Another matter that bears on the
discussion is that the sense of taste
is certainly affected by odorifierous
substances. If the nose be held, and
the eyes shut, it is very difficult in
eating to distinguish between an ap-
ple, an onion, and a potato, the three
being recognized when their respec-

tive aromas are eliminated only by
their texture in the mouth, and not by
their taste. Honey, for example, con-
tains a mixture of dextrose and levu-
lose, which is relatively less sweet
than refined sugar, weight for weight;
but it possesses a distinctive flavor,
due to the presence of minute quan-
tities of perfume derived from the
flowers by the bees. Some grades of
raw sugars sold for domestic consump-
tion without purification' are some-
times erroneously regarded as being
sweeter than the white refined article.
The pure sugar contains more sweet-
ening matter, weight for weight, than
the raw sugar, but the impurities pres-
ent in tne other grades give a peculiar
odor and flavor, sometimes mistaken
for sweetness.

What Makes a Sugar Tramp

Some said we couldn't do better
than last year's slicing.

So many of the old timers had
gone. Wages were lower. Mainte-
nance during the summer was at a
minimum. We had fewer foremen
and experienced station men than
formerly. It did look as if long-faced
prophets were right.

But there is something in this bus-
iness that isn't in the catalog of or-
dinary work. It isn't the pay. It is-
n't the easy way. We work our

blooming heads off to better a cer-
tain mark in an hour, in eight hours,
in twenty-four and in sixty or a hun-
dred steaming days. We wrestle with
frozen beets, with baffling impuri-
ties; a pump or belt breaks and we
sweat our heart's blood until the
damage is fixed. From one end of
the mill to the other we strive for
the satisfaction of- knowing at the
day's end that we did our best. And
tomorrow we try to do a little better.
That's what makes a sugar tramp.

Sugar Content Low; Adverse
Conditions Blamed

The year 1922 will go down as the
season of the most adverse growing
conditions for the beet crop in our
history, with the possible exception
of 1909. The results of drouth, hails
and leafspot are becoming more and
more plain as the harvest and slicing
campaign advances. The sugar con-
tent in the cossettes is markedly be-
low normal, particularly in all Colo-
rado districts. Yields also are fall-
ing below estimates.

The progress of the harvest, espe-
cially the co-operative spirit shown
by the growers, has been nearly all
that could be desired. Prior to the

date of unrestricted delivery, October
8, the flow of beets to the factories
virtually approximated capacity ex-
cept for one or two days' supply
ahead in the bins or on cars. Then
for a time after the bars were let
down on deliveries many stations did
not pile beets until a later date than
usual.

The efforts of the farmers and the
agricultural department to reduce
sugar losses in beets stored will at
least in some degree aid in making
the sugar content in beets sliced as
high as possible in view of the ad-
verse conditions which surrounded
the growth of the crop.

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I What to Believe f

| By Walter Sheldon |

| C Believe that the strongest thing in the universe is the

| Strong Will. |

r-l =

| <[ Believe that the strongest will is the will that first

| knows how to give in and obey. |

| {[ Believe that the strongest man in the world is the |

| man who can keep his good resolutions. |

| C Believe that it is worth while working for a Cause,

the success of which will not be realized while you are

3 alive. 1

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| C[ Believe that when things are going against you is the |

| time to apply in your conduct and feelings the prin- |

| ciples you have been advising to others. |

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| C Believe in yourself — that there is something sacred

in your being, a higher self, and that you can live up to

the level of that higher self if you make the effort. |

I C Believe in justice — that it must conquer, and that its |

triumph is of more importance than that just you should
| be prosperous and happy. I

C Believe in your fellowmen — that there is a man with-
| in the man which you are to respect even when you

| cannot respect the outer man. |

| C Believe in mankind and believe that the law and gov- |

| ernment can always be improved and that the Book of

| Human Experience has not yet been closed. |

| C Believe that "the sum of a man is his work," and |

make it good to gain your fellowman's respect. |

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Sugar Market Quiet but Firm

Underlying Conditions of Supply and Demand for the Next Year indicate
a Fairly Stable Season for Progress in the Beet Sugar Industry

Following a large movement of
sugars on the advancing market at
the start of our campaign, the sugar
market was quiet but firm at the time
The Sugar Press closed its forms. In
spite of the slackening of demand,
Cuban raws are continuing very firm.
Only about 150,000 tons on the Is-
land, of the old crop, will come on
the open market, the remainder —
250,000 tons — being either con-
trolled sugars or owned by refining
interests.

Consumers are conservative pur-
chasers at the present time, covering
their needs for only a short per'od
ahead. The lack of any large supplies
in the hands of consumers is only
one of the many strong underlying
conditions in the sugar situation.
The total visible stock of raw sugar
available for seaport refineries, at
this time shows a decrease of more
than 900,000 tons compared with
this date last year. Europe's con-
sumption is estimated will be 2,000,-
000 tons more than her production,

and Cuba probably will be drawn
upon to fill Europe's sugar bowl. It
is the opinion of prominent sugar in-
terests in Germany that in conse-
quence of renewed sugar control the
beet acreage in Germany next spring
will be decreased. The outturn of
beet sugar in the United States prob-
ably will be smaller than expected,
the sugar content and yields in im-
portant districts falling below esti-
mates as the campaign progresses.

With small danger of an over sup-
ply of sugar during the coming year
the prospect of the large consump-
tion of 1922 being maintained is
considered fair. Both supply and
demand factors indicate a healthy
market condition for the ensuing
twelve months. In the United States
the tariff question has been disposed
of and the beet sugar industry is
looking forward to a few years of
fairly stabilized conditions under
which normal progress should be
possible.

Cuba's Last Crop Largest in History

Cuba's campaign just closed, with
a production of 2,99G,387 long tons,
was the largest crop in the Island's
history, according to The American
Sugar Bulletin. The largest previ-
ous production was in 1919, when
2,971,776 tons were produced.

Interesting speculation is taking
place in sugar circles over Cuba's
next crop. The consensus of opin-
ion among authorities is that the
1922-2 3 Cuban campaign will pro-
duce about 3,750,000 tons. Easily
three million tons are expected from
the large acreage of ratoons left
from the last crop, but the new plant-
ing for the 19 23 harvest, made dur-
ing the low-price period of 1921,
were rather too restricted to prom-
ise as large a total crop as that just
closed.

On the other hand, there are
many who assert that the strong su-
gar market expected to rule during
the coming season will lead to the
heaviest possible production in Cuba.
And if the phenomenal yields of the
past season are repeated it will not
surprise some authorities if Cuba
reaches in the coming campaign a
new high record of production.

Sugar from Dahlias

Levulose, a sugar made from the
tuber of the dahlia, is exceptionally
sweet and is said to be harmless to
diabetics. The American Dahlia So-
ciety and the bureau of standards are
co-operating in the development of
its possibilities. — Scientific Ameri-
can.

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GREELEY

H. O. BANTA,
Associate Editor.

Beets, Beet Tops, Cossette Juice,
Beet Pulp, Sugar, and then figures,
that's all we know this month.

Everybody was very much excited
not long ago over the discovery of
natural gas right in front of the office.
We were searching for a reason which
caused one of the beautiful pines in
the lawn to die when the discovery
was made' — later we found a leak in
the pipe line.

Everything is moving along nicely
in the old mill, barring a few minor
accidents and one or two shut downs.
We are keeping in line and up to the
average in slicing and production. The
factory yell is "Let's Go."

Joe Tregoning is the busiest man in
the mill trying to find some one that
understands the sack sewing machine.
He says that machine has got his goat.

We are about to lose our worthy
Night Warehouse Foreman, E. L. Tay-
lor, who is running for Justice of the
Peace.

Superintendent Criswell has traded
his old Buick for another "Puick." The
Boot was what counted and we'll wager
Cris came out best man.

On October 10 the decline of our
Sublette dump was destroyed by fire.

FORT COLLINS

W. L. GREEN and BYRON ALBERT,
Associate Editors

Volney Herring has been promoted
from the position of centrifugal fore-
man to foreman of the sugar end.

Ike Williams is again back at the
old stand and is serving lunches to
the hungry. During the past summer
he conducted a restaurant at Long-
mont.

Mary Tinsman of the Superintend-

ent's office is sporting a diamond^
which we hear was presented by an
electrician. No, not W. B. George, it
was another electrician residing not
in Fort Collins.

The Agricultural force is always to
be counted upon for a bit of news. The
latest is to announce the arrival of a
son at the home of Harvey Riddell.

Ed. C. Philibert and wife have left
for a several months visit in Califor-
nia which they hope will benefit Mrs.
Philibert's health.

Ralph Reece, who has been a voca-
tional chemist in the laboratory dur-
ing the past summer, has changed his
vocational training and is now con-
nected with a Longmont bank.

Mrs. George Keumpel, formerly
Beatrice St. Clair, was a recent visitor.
For several years she was our regu-
larly employed comptometer operator.

LOVELAND

O. S. RIKER and EMMA MATZICK,
Associate Editors

Our Campaign started off in good
shape. Beet deliveries began as
scheduled on September 27, about 90
per cent of the orders coming in the
first day. Slicing started 7:00 a. m.
Friday morning, September 29, and
by Saturday morning there were 4 60
bags of sugar ready for market. The
old mill is certainly running fine and
slicing more than last year, the aver-
age for the week ended October 15
being 2,842 tons.

Ur. Sturkosch of Vienna, Austria,
was in Loveland studying the sugar
industry.

The Agricultural Department do
not expect to have to make a beet
pile at the factory this year, as it
requires the whole wagon delivery
to keep stock on hand.

Twin Bridge Dump was partially
destroyed by fire Sunday evening,
October 1. H. P. Norton hopes to

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have the new dump finished by Octo-
ber 21.

The Great Western Railway is up
to its old stunt of handling more
stuff with the equipment at its dis-
posal than any other railroad in the
country.

We had a four-day Steffen Cam-
paign just previous to our regular
Campaign. Mr. Dahlberg made some
table syrup which tasted like more.

E. J. Nugent, our Master Mechanic,
was called to Ohio, September 23, on
account of the illness of his mother.
We were sorry to learn of her death
which occurred while Mr. Nugent was
enroute.

Ed. Agnew is the new clerk in the
Superintendent's office. Oscar John-
son, former clerk, is back at his old
job as sugar boiler.

Miss Florence Scilley is the Comp-
tometer Operator in the Laboratory.

Somebody got away with a brand
new Ford belonging to C. E. Angove,
Superintendent of the Great Western
Railway. The thief has not been lo-
cated.

Had our first snowstorm of the seas-
on October 16. There was very little
moisture, however, and it will take a
few more such storms to do away with
some of the surplus dust around here.

Miss Charlotte Scilley had the mis-
fortune to fracture her ankle. She
fell from the ladder while picking ap-
ples in her father's orchard.

Bill Mitchell has been a frequent
visitor this month. He is keeping tabs
on the coal pit.

The concrete road between Love-
land and Fort Collins is expected to
be finished before winter.

LONGMONT

MISS C. L. McGREW and V. L. AIKIN,
Associate Editors

A. C. Maxson has finished his work
with the Amalgamated Sugar Com-
pany and is again presiding over the
"Bug House." Incidentally he is also
presiding over the "Lions' Club" of
Longmont — having had presidential
honors thrust upon him on his return.
He may be a "Big Lion'' but we have-
n't heard him roar yet. However,
that's not by any means saying he
can't if the* occasion demands.

The water situation at this factory
has been quite critical at times and a
good deal of discussion has been going
on regarding it. Mr. Hitt was heard
to remark one day that the river was
so low if a cow took a good drink the
factory would probably have to shut
down. At present the river is a trifle
higher due to the light snows in the
mountains.

Miss Helen McClung returned from
California just in time to take her old
position as comptometer operator in
the beet room. Mrs. Miller, the Misses
Pippin and Perry and Messrs. Candlish,
Cossett and Moutray are also assisting
Mr. Payne in the beet room, while
Miss Pearl Powell, lately with the
Longmont Telephone Company, is pre-
siding over the telephone switch-
board.

Robert Troxell is very popular with
the office force as he brings in a peck
of choice eating apples every few days.
Robert runs his mother's farm in sum-
mer and works in the storeroom during
campaign. We are so glad they had
la good apple crop on the farm this
year.

Mr. Aikin, our other associate editor,
promised to write the wonderful story
of the 3,039 ton run — but he is so busy
trying to beat that record he couldn't
make it.

The usual number of petty accidents
to inexperienced men handling ma-
chinery have occurred at this factory,
but so far we have had no very serious
ones. We are knocking on wood, Mr.
Haskell.

It would seem that the weather man
who presides over the destinies of
Northern Colorado, has gone on a trip
around the world or been drowned in
mid-ocean or something, and left no
one in his place to turn on the rain
and snow at the proper time. Is it
possible that the Sahara desert is
drier than Longmont and vicinity —
we can't believe it is.

Miss Jean Munson and Grant Knox
constitute the laboratory office force,
and Fred Saylor is the Superintend-
ent's Clerk for this campaign.

Encore

"I heard you singing in your room."
"Oh, I sing a little to kill time."
"You have a mighty good weapon."

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BRUSH

E. WARD, JR., Associate Editor

No dope yet on who is leading in the
"Pennant Race" but we have our mon-
ey on Brusn. The average slicing for
the first ^0 days was 1,376 tons, and
the sugar is being sacked to bring a
good performance factor.

Since the beginning of campaign
there have been very few serious me-
chanical difficulties. Everybody is con-
gratulating himself that the white cen-
trifugal drive shaft broke when it did,
that is, several days before campaign
commenced.

Superintendent Cummer was absent
for about two weeks the first part of
October, as his services as an expert
pulp drier man were required at Brigh-
ton. The mill was under Mr. Bailey
Hutchin's superintendence during Mr.
Cummer's absence.

Would anyone but a Sugar Tramp
understand what the gentleman meant
when he told his friend — "Yep, I've
got a swell job at the mill, punching
noodles on the grave yard shift?"

Ideal weather for beet harvest has
prevailed except for two very cold
nights on October 16 and 17.

FORT MORGAN

F. M. BAKER and A. C. WHITNEY,
Associate Editors

Our factory enjoyed the customary
Sunday morning shut down on the
15th inst. in order to put the white
elephant on the Battery.

Vine Velick, house machinist, who
has been very ill for some time is
still confined to his bed.

Lester King who has had charge
of the dump repair gang for several
years resigned this month in order
to take the position of Under Sheriff
of Morgan County.

The factory is short of station men
this year. Many of the old men en-
tered railroad service.

We are all wondering why Assist-
ant Chemist Phillips wanted to
change shifts backwards instead of
forwards. Someone suggested that
we ask the comptometer operator.

W. E. Martin, our efficient master
machinist, is wearing a broad smile

these days. Says he has secured a
brand of paint from Chicago that
makes his Buick look better than new
and will outlast the car; also make
H. C. G. take notice.

Morgan will have no chance with
Brush for the Flag this year as Bailey
Hutchins says when Brush wants to
cut 1,500 tons all they have to do
is to open up the battery.

Our office force has been very busy
trying to get out two beet payments
on the same day.

Some benighted individual had an
idea that the Sugar Company kept a
vault full of money at. this factory,
so on the night of October 12th he
proceeded to knock the combination
knob off the door and gained en-
trance to the vault. He must have
felt keenly disappointed at the
amount kept on hand as he did not
get enough to repay him for his
trouble.

STERLING

GEORGE W. ATKINSON and C. H. LINDEN,

Associate Editors

The Steffen Campaign at this fac-
tory started September 20th and ended
7:00 a. m. September 27th at which
time we began slicing beets and while
we are not going as well as we would
like, yet we are doing better than we
have ever done before with the ex
ception of last campaign. At the
present writing we have a slicing aver-
age of 1.216 tons of beets per day and
an average of 92 tons of molasses
worked, which don't bane so worse,
do it Louie?

Noting from a story in the Denver
Post that a watchman claims to have
walked around the world, figuratively
speaking, in making his regular trips
over his route, we rise to state that
alongside of our Nightwatchman, W.
A. Beattie, this other fellow has not
even started to walk. Figuring only
two feet to the step and not counting
anything in and around the mill, Mr.
Beattie has walked in the neighbor-
hood of 30,000 miles since entering
the services of the company.

Cracksmen entered the office of the
Cashier the night of October 8 and
judging from observations, they were

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not in the same class with Jimmie
Valentine, as they only succeeded in
knocking the dial off the vault door
and opened two desks, obtaining the
total sum of two bits.

Mrs. Atkinson, wife of the Chief
Chemist, is authority for the best joke
of the year. It seems that shortly
after campaign started and when Mr.
Atkinson was rushed very much with
his work that he arrived at home one
evening, all in but his shoe strings.
Shortly after retiring he began to talk
and moan. When his wife inquired
the cause of the trouble, George in-
formed her that there must be some-
thing wrong in the Steffen house, that
there surely was a plug in the Gas
line between the First and Second
Carbs, and that without doubt some-
thing terrible was going to happen in
a very few minutes.

BRIGHTON

Beet digging commenced September
26 and factory slicing September 29.
Ideal weather prevailed and while the
tonnage is far below last year's record
crop, due to drouth, hail and adverse
growing conditions, the beet crop after
all will be the main reliance of the
farmers in this district. Cabbage sell-
ing at fifteen and twenty cents "per
cwt., and tomato and cucumber crops
destroyed by hail, the humble beet
looks good to the average farmer as
a source of revenue. Due to a poor
growing season, and with the view of
gaining any possible advantage in size
and sugar content by a longer growing
season, harvesting is proceeding at a
slower rate than last year. At this
writing 42% of the crop has been har-
vested in comparison with 52% on the
same date a year ago, while the beets
piled show a big decrease — only 15
stations out of a total of 32 reporting
piles.

W. L. Petrikin and party were among
our visitors October 5.

The paving of the main highway in
front of the factory this summer, saves
time and adds much comfort of travel
to town by automobiles. The dust nui-
sance of other years is no more.

While removing a steel sash from
one of the factory windows, Lee Tay-
lor, yard and high line foreman, badly

crushed and bruised the three middle
fingers of his right hand.

Tom Haley, who has been working
at Mitchell factory the past summer,
has returned to Brighton.

Visitors to Brighton factory hail
from all quarters of the globe. A short
while ago Japan sent a representative.
The early part of the month, a mer-
chant from Austria and last week W.
L. Williams of Maffra, Victoria, Aus
tralia, made an inspection tour. Mr.
Williams is the owner of the only beet
sugar factory in Australia.

Two of our assistant chemists in the
laboratory, Messrs. Powell and Faulk,
worked in the Cuban cane mills last
winter.

The fieldmen on the Agricultural
Staff are in the midst of their "annual
guessing" game. We are all hoping
their estimates of the beet tonnage
will materialize and here's hoping they
deliver the goods.

Honeysucivxe and Spirea in bloom in
October! This curious phenomenon is
what happened on the factory lawn.
The hail storms in August stripped
these bushes of their leaves and when
the new leaves appeared the flowers
followed.

We hope the Denver office girls en-
joyed their visit October 15. Everyone
says, Come again, and make this an
annual affair.

SCOTTSBLUFF

GENEVIEVE WEIDENHEIMER

and PARRY W. SNYDER,

Associate Editors

Mr. Heldt spent several days at
North Platte during the month on
Company business.

Earl Goddard, who has been a me-
chanic in this mill for some years, re-
signed October 14, and left for Den-
ver.

Large shipments of sheep and cat-
tle are arriving daily and Mr. Vande-
moer is a very busy man getting these
shipments located for the winter.

Messrs. Carney and Chatfield spent
seme time at the Billings and Lovell
factories during the month.

The following is a conversation
which might be heard between Jack
Dayton and Earl Snyder very fre-
quently:

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Jack: "Say, Old Highbinder, here's
four tickets from DeGraw, without
tare, and five from Bridgeport with
grower's name wrong, and seven or
eight from various stations which are
not legible at all."

Earl: "Well, I'll see what I can
do about it."

Jack: "These mistakes sure make
me tired. Those birds at the dumps
are a 'bunch of boneheads this year.
Looks like you could do something
about it."

Earl: "Well, I will do something
about it, and I'll do it quick." (Noise
like someone hitting the floor with a
thud which, of course, ends the con-
versation.)

Mr. Henry Howe is unable to be at
his duties on account of illness.

Aside from the fact that we have
experienced some difficulty in regard
to securing sufficient labor to operate
our factories, they are all running
better than ever.

Mr. Ogilvy was asked the following
question the other day: "Is Mr. Ginn
a brother in the church?" Mr. Ogilvy,
desiring, of course, to make Mr. Ginn
appear in the best light, replied, "Well,
he could hardly be called a brother,
but he might be called a brother-in-
law, as his wife is a member of the
church."

The second day of campaign we
sliced 2,110 tons; last year we were a
week making this figure and two years
ago we never did reach it. Oct. 1 we
sliced 2,451 tons; last year, we were
seventy three days in making our rec-
ord run; twice this year in the first
seven days we beat our record of last
year. Oct. 12 we sliced 2 533 tons,
with an average for the week of 2,428
or 116 per ent. One shift sliced 900
tons.

GERING

T. L. CRONIN and W. E. CLAYCOMB,
Associate Editors

After a five days' Steffen campaign
launched partially for profit and par-
tially for skull practice, our bunch
got away to ail early start on the morn-
ing of September 25, early because
big Chief Myers with a small detail
of picked campaigners had several
tanks of whitewash and a few beefs

(Honest Injun, just a few) over the
dead line, when at seven sharp An-
nouncer Daniels gave the word and
the race was on. Some of the younger
contestants of our district, and one
old timer, supposed to know better,
started to sprint right from the scratch
— very unwise practice in a long race,
we think, but if you have the endur-
ance along about the seventy-fifth day
to jog along with us in the last quarter,
heed not our advice.

Colorado's ten entries also got away
sometime during the week of the 25th,
and judging from Joe Maudru's dope
book, we of the Nebraska division may
have to "Hooper" up to avoid, as
George once said to Edwin, "Being
run over."

In the last issue of The Press, Wind-
sor leads off in italics saying, "We are
after the flag." Mitchell in the same
style of type, but substituting "keep"
for "after" says about the same thing.
Fourteen other contestants were silent
on the subject, but none the less de-
termined. It is said that there is noth-
ing in a name, but all the "Mitchells"
we ever knew had "speed" and from the
"Ernest" manner in which our sister,
Mitchell, is giving the beets the last
four letters of her name, we fear to
even venture an adverse prediction,
unless it should be in favor of our own
little Kewpie 'way up in Lovell.

Our chief electrician, Clare Brown,
generally says what he thinks, but it
would appear that he does not always
think what he says. For instance, dur-
ing the hot sultry days at the start
of campaign, a very comely young lady,
dressed appropriately, considering the
weather, was being escorted through
the plant. Apparently she was not
averse to asking questions, and upon
arriving at the large Chuse generator,
she immediately proceeded to learn
all about it. Whether Brownie be-
came bored, we are unable to say, but
when the young lady inquired, "If I
were to put one foot on the commuta-
tor and the other up on that wire,
would I get shocked?" Brownie was
heard to reply, "No, I would. That
wire is insulated."

The large spacious cashier's office
that has been so silent and "spookie"
since the transfer of the books to Den-
ver, is once again echoing with the

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click of the typewriters, comptometers,
and adding machines, mingled with
the sweet voices of their fair opera-
tors, while Cashier Badgley spends
most of his time at the front cage win-
dow chatting with the turnover, which,
however, seems to be decreasing
slightly with the fall of the thermom-
eter.

Gwesco Twins

That the small are sometimes mighty was proved
by Napoleon, and again by our diminutive
Sammy Robertson of Gering factory. Evi-
dence: The accompanying photograph
of his one-year-old twin daughters,
Loreeta Joy and Oreeta Loy. Lo-
reeta is the one with the smile.
. Their combined weight is al-
most half that of their daddy.

Mr. Consigny of the Auditing De-
partment spent a few hours with us
early in the month looking over the
new forms and figures. Of course,
you understand we mean the new
forms issued from his office and the
figures appearing thereon.

"Specks" Davis of the local Account-
ing Department slipped out of the of-
fice and took a mental survey of the
inclosure made ready to receive beets
for piling. Believing the inclosure to
be a feed corral, he divided the area
by the cubic displacement of a sheep,
allowing ten per cent for gain, and then

went in search of some "sucker" to b!et
on the number of sheep the company
would feed this winter. If the Sta-
tistical Department is in need of ad-
ditional expert help, further suggestion
should be unnecessary.

Field Marshal Herm Jurgens is as
busy as a. bob skirted maiden bucking
a Nebraskan northwester in a wind-
shieldless Henry, since the limit was
raised on wagon delivery beets. Such
deliveries have increased from two
hundred tons daily to about ten times
that figure, and in order to interview
Jurg, one should either be equipped
with roller skates or one of those new-
fangled German gliders.

Several years ago, when Bob Miller
and Steve Morrison were at this plant
as superintendent and master mechan-
ic, respectively, they managed to horn
in on the mailing list of the Dick Belt
Company of Passaic, New Jersey. This
firm puts out monthly calendars to
which are attached the portraits of fa-
mous American beauties, dressed some-
times decollette, sometimes in lin-
gerie, sometimes in negligee, and rare-
ly in no "iazha" at all. The calendars
still come in the names of the two
above mentioned lovers of art. During
the reign of modest Roderick McDon-
ald as cashier, this precious mail was
delivered regularly to the offices des-
ignated. In the days of Eddie Clay,
a "rare" beauty occasionally got
pinched; that is, removed from the
calendar before delivery to the "prop-
er" parties. This caused the operat-
ing and mechanical bosses to suspect
each other of unfaithfulness. Since
J. Brigham Badgley ascended to the
throne of cashier, the Dick 'beauties
have ceased to appear at all. J. B.
says they go through his office reg-
ularly and into the proper baskets,
but that as a precautionary measure
he always opens mail from the Dick
Belt company behind smoked glasses.
Here is where the mystery begins and
if it is not speedily unraveled, we fear
it may cost us the flag. In the inter-
ests of harmony and the company, we
are making this an appeal to the Pur-
chasing Department to have the names
of our present two local executives im-
mediately placed on the mailing list
of the Dick Belt Company of Passaic,
New Jersey. As a measure of further

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harmony, it might be well also to in-
clude the names of the two associate
editors.

MITCHELL

R. I. BABBITT,
Associate Editor. .

The labor situation here has been
more serious this year than at any time
since this factory has run. However,
at present each shift usually has a
normal crew.

M. O. York, who has held the position
of Agricultural Superintendent's Clerk
and yard foreman, has resigned his
position and accepted a First Lieuten-
ancy in the army. He leaves about the
20th for Georgia. His position is being
filled by Mr. Trevarthon.

The bonus payments on last year's
sliding scale beet contracts were made
on Oct. 14 and amounted to something
over $14,000.00 for this district. Pay-
ment for September deliveries of this
year were also made at this time.

The Main Office has again taken on
the air of a busy place. H. S. Moyer
is head beet clerk, assisted by Mrs.
Fred Urbach and Mrs. NitzkowsKi.
Miss LaVina Wysong and Miss Ruth
Blake are the Comptometer operators.
Geo. E. Lino is the Western Weighing
and Inspection Bureau man.

Dried pulp shipments started Oct.
17, to Larrow Milling Co. This how-
ever is not progressing very rapidly
owing to shortage of cars.

Roscoe Harvey, centrifugal foreman,
was very painfully injured recently.
An iron bar he was using around the
centrifugals became caught in a run-
ning machine and struck his leg with
the sharp end, inflicting a very serious
wound. It is reported he is getting
along very well.

BILLINGS

F. S. HAMILTON and G. F. WEYBRIGHT,
Associate Editors

The Billings Factory has entered
upon its seventeenth campaign under
very favorable conditions. The wea-
ther has been all that could be de-
sired, the beets have poured in with-
out an interruption, and the old mill

is eatin' 'em up with an insatiable
appetite. If Old Boreas will refrain
from "actin' up" for awhile, we ex-
pect to make a record run.

The Midland Empire Fair, an an-
nual event of some importance in
Billings, was a. huge success this
year. The usual prizes of bags of
Extra Fine Granulated were awarded
to the growers that exhibited the
best beets, and Otto E. Frisbie, our
energetic Fieldman in the Hysham
District, is justly proud of the fact
that one of his growers was the win-
ner of the first prize, consisting of
four bags of sugar. Scotty Wilson,
the indefatigable first lieutenant of
the Agricultural Department, who
figured the scores on the rather num-
erous exhibits, declares that it takes
an awful lot of figuring to determine
who is the winner. H. B. Webster,
our Sales Manager, who was also our
General Factotum at the Fair, very
gracefully sidestepped this particu-
lar job. It looked too much like a
put-up job.

Bill Adler, our sagacious Time-
keeper, has announced that there is
a new baby girl at his house. Bill is
now the proud and fortunate parent
of one very handsome boy and one
girl, who in all probability may hope
to be as good looking as her brother.
The cigars were fine.

August Rosenow, our Fieldman in
the Billings District, was rather pain-
fully injured, recently, by the un-
loading platform at one of the dumps
falling on his foot. Some of the
small bones were broken, and while
he remained on the job it was nec-
essary to give him an assistant for
a few days. He is now able to get
along by himself, and we hope will
suffer no ill after effects.

Ford Simon is now enjoying a visit
from his father and mother, whose
home is in West Palm Beach, Florida.

We are all as busy as the old
hound dog who is harboring num-
erous colonies of his favorite para-
site, and have had little time to
gather the material for as many news
notes as we would like to report.

The six year old son of "Bob" Rog-
ers, extra station man, was run over
by an ^automobile anld suffered a
broken leg and some minor injuries.

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At this writing he is doing as well as
could be expected.

John Maier and his gang didn't
lose any time piling in the beets be-
fore we started. As a precaution we
ordered in our men one day early,
and started slicing a day earlier than
we had anticipated.

Labor conditions have been con-
siderably easier this campaign. While
our turnover has appeared large,
there seem to be plenty of men at
the "gate."

The old "wreck" has been kicking
out between 2,400 and 2,5 00 tons of
beets daily with monotonous regular-
ity. Our highest cut, so far, is 2,678.

Geo. Kelly, Harry Reeman, Guy
Weybright, and others have reported
some pretty good bags of grouse, sage
hen, and ducks. Wild game is so
plentiful here, however, that most
any one can bring home the bacon.
" 'Tis a privilege to live in Billings."

Ed. Davenport, old time Assistant
Superintendent, kicked over the
traces October 7, and resigned. Ed.
is now on his way to New Mexico.
He is noncommittal as to his future
intentions.

Harry Reeman, General Foreman,
is now Acting Assistant Superintend-
ent.

E. A. Froese, formerly Extra Sta-
tion Man at Sterling, called on G. F.
Weybright the other night in time to
"set in" on a platter of fried grouse.
They sure gave the Sterling bunch a
good working over. Froese is now
working for the York Ice Machine
Co. He has a good name for that
business all right, but we fail to un-
derstand how he is going to sell any
ice machines in this country. He
headquarters in Billings, of course.

LOVELL

J. S. ANKENY and J. W. KENDALL,
Associate Editors

Who said 600-ton miii?

Every department running over
capacity.

Average slicing on October 18 was
880 tons.

In the agricultural department,
sixty-three per cent of the crop had
been received by October 15.

In the office, had two beet pay-

ments on the 14th (same as at the
regular mills). Office force just
keeping a "leap ahead of the
hounds."

What we would like to know is:
will the Efficiency Flag be forward-
ed to Lovell this season prepaid or
collect?

Labor's Love Lost

Other districts in which our oper-
ating men have had an idea that their
difficulty was in obtaining suitable
help may find sympathy among super-
intendents of the Nebraska District.
In the North Platte Valley, however,
the situation has been relieved mate-
rially by the efforts of F. L. Emerson,
who has the political-sounding title of
Labor Commissioner. Commish Emer-
son ran across a candidate for a berth
in one of the Nebraska factories who
in the elegant language of the English
stylists is known as a bird.

"This party shipped in from Kansas
City, worked t?) one shift and devel-
oped ailments and inclinations to do
other things than work," said Emerson
in a round robin to the Superinten-
dents.

"He has tried grafting on the medi-
cal profession, offered his services as
a private detective, and claims to be
in possession of facts concerning the
blowing up of several factories.

"While we consider him harmless,
he would not hesitate to board and
room with anyone a few days, pending
the adjustment of his share in a large
estate. He claims to be a carpenter,
machinist and pipe fitter."

The only husky thing about this gen-
tleman of leisure, according to Emer-
son, was his voice.

When Will it Rain

Zounds, how dry we are.
Oh, send us eastern typhoons,
Cloudbursts, monsoons and lagoons.
To drown would better be by far
Than, die of dusty gusts, by gar.
When will it rain?

News Item: John Jones, eating
horse meat in a restaurant, strangled
to death when someone yelled whoa!

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The Only Way Out Is Through

The only way out of a job Bill knew was through!

He never once thought of going around

Or tunneling under it, into the ground,

Or turning back — none of these would do.

"The only way out of a job is through";

Said Bill; and well, he proved that he knew.

Whatever they put on Bill, he'd do.

Bill learned a lot that none other knew, going through.

Jobs hunted Bill up and got in his way
Till it even affected the poor boy's pay!
And the others said: "Just watch that duck —
Some stupid fellows have all the luck!"
But luck had never a thing to do
With Bill's success, for the head guys knew
Bill's only way out of a stint was through.

Now they call him "Boss," those others do;

And you, if you for your motto will take old Bill's

And use your several brains and wills

And look less oft at the office clock,

Will soon have boosted your personal stock

Till the "luck" of Bill may be your "luck" too.

Remember his came because he knew

"The best way out of a task is through."

— Strickland G ill i Ian,

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On the Inside Pages

Page

The Pennant Race .2

Edwin Morrison
S. J. Osborn

Lovell's Own Story of Campaign ..... 4
By Jack Ankeny

Cheerful Prospect for 1923 Acreage .... 6
By W. D. Lippitt

Beet Sugar For Jelly-Making 7

New Test for Pectin 8

John Homberg, Sugar Boiler at 74 .9

By G. W. Atkinson and C. H. Linden

Mirrors of Sugar Lane — 9 — H. S. Barringer .11

Sugar and the Teeth 13

Colds, By C. E. Tennant, M. D 13

Estimate of 1922-23 Sugar Crops ..... 14

Nebraska District's Labor Conditions . .15

By F. L. Emerson

Employees' Mutual Benefit Associations . . .17

Sugar Cities — Billings 19

By W. W. Gail

Notes of Personnel . . . .23

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The Pennant Race — Stay With It

By Edwin Morrison
General Superintendent

A runaway race, especially if it is
a handicap race which is true of the
pennant race this year, should not
cause others in the race to lose in-
terest.

There are always individual rival-
ries which are both healthy and help-
ful, and there are usually races with-
in the race.

The three large Colorado factories
are putting up such a race. Billings
and Scottsbluff have put up an indi-
vidual race. The newer factories have
not been very well bunched this year,
but are averaging well up in the list
and had Brighton got away at the
start as well as it did later there
would have been more anxiety in Ne-
braska.

While some of the factories are
closed and their rating for this year
established, there are others still run-
ning which have an admirable chance
to improve their standing.

There are others in the race so far
below that expected of them that
pride alone should urge them to bet-
ter their percentage standing, at
least, even if they cannot better their
relative standing in the final line-up.

It is, however, true that all of the
factories, with one exception, have
increased their individual bag pro-
duction standing compared with last
year.

However, the race is not yet over
— Stay with it.

Pennant Race Settled Down To
Struggle for Position

By S. J. Osborn

With the further progress of the
campaign all factories without excep-
tion have increased their pennant
standing figures over those prevailing
on Oct. lGth, the time at which the
pennant race was reported on in the
previous issue of The Sugar Press. The
order of the three leaders remains un-
changed except for the fact that Y/ind-
sor has come rapidly to the front and
now shares third place with Bayard.

Lovell has finished slicing and is
resting on her laurels, leaving a mark
which is apparently the admiration
and despair of her near contenders.
Now that all clanger of a premature
freeze up of the river or any other un-
toward happening is over, we under-
stand that Hank's smile has broad-
ened even considerably beyond the
amount last reported in this journal.
That the fear of bad behavior on the
part of the river was justified is indi-
cated by a carefully made analysis of

the battery supply water on the last
day . of campaign which showed 1.3
Brix and was evidently approaching
the point of solidification. Whatever
may be the accuracy of the present
allowance for solids in battery supply
water, one can hardly withhold credit
from Lovell for excellent extraction
when it is stated that the performance
factor is over 98 without any allow-
ance for solids in battery supply wa-
ter whatsoever.

Report has it that the Lovell flag-
pole is being scraped and painted and
that traffic arrangements for the
shipment of the banner are now in
progress. Whether such carefully
made plans are to reach their fulfill-
ment now lies in the hands of the
other contestants. They say that Er-
nest Durnin knows exactly how much
he must slice during the short remain-
der of the campaign to beat the mid-
get's record, and it is rumored that a

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new arrangement of chains will facil-
itate the Herculean effort needed.
Who knows? Such wonders have hap-
pened.

At this writing the race for third
position is particularly close and ex-
citing. While Windsor and Bayard now
share the honors, Greeley, Loveiand,
and Longmont are close on their heels
and Brush may yet be heard from. Any
one of these six factories has an ex-
cellent chance of finishing third.

Most of the factories have main-
tained a good slicing record. Some
have improved their performance fac
tors, while others have scarcely mo
than maintained the previous level.
On the last extraction statements it is
especially noticeable that the Steffen
factories are falling greatly behind
the non-Steffen houses in performance.

While Herb's daily news letter bas
as yet carried no mention of fatty acids,
our old friend Sul Phates has been
stalking around the two forts, Collins
and Morgan. The effort to eliminate
him in the molasses (without the aid
of a patent eliminator) has evidently
had a very detrimental effect on mo-
lasses purity and extraction. With-
out doubt the loss from this source
must be estimated at many thoasand
of dollars, and it is almost unneces-
sary to call attention to the need of a
solution of this problem.

The standings in the pennan* race
are given in the table below, the fig-
ures for Nov. 13th being the latest
available as we go to press. The fig-
ures for Lovell and Eaton are final.
Billings has been given full allowance
for seven days of reduced slicing capa-
city due to shortage of beets. It will
be noted that four factories have still
to increase their performance factors
to 95 or better to be entitled to ai
ding in the contest.

PENNANT RACE STANDING

Nov. 13, 1922.

Position Factory Pennant Standing

1 Lovell 127.7

2 Mitchell 120.1

3 Bayard 116.2

3 Windsor 11G.2

4 Greeley 115.4

5 Loveiand 115.1

6 Longmont 114.1

7 Brush 112.1

8 *Fort Morgan 111.8

9 *Scottsbluff 110.1

10 Billings ..108.4

11 Brighton ...107.4

12 Eaton ....106.9

12 *Fort Collins 10G.9

13 Gering 10G.3

14 *Sterling 103.5

fot eligible in pennant race on
inNQf performance factor below 9i

4 'Andy' ' Cross and His Woolies at Scottsbluff

These pictures came from Scorts-
bluff with the notation that our super-
intendent of company feeding' opera-
tions was not aware he was being
caught in the act of working. That's
as plausible as making Port Collins out
a pennant winner this campaign. That

Scotchman knew all about the photog-
rapher, and therefore the doffed coat,
the treking down the dusty highway
and the business of handling a shovel
briskly. Wily Scot, Andy, peer of feed-
ers.

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Lovell's Own Story of
Pennant Race

By Jack Ankeny

Mitchell Has Sent Lovell the Efficiency Flag Mitchell Won in 1921,
But Sent it Charges Collect. Jack Says "We'll Try Our Darndest Not
to Return the Compliment During 1923-24" Ankeny Has Told the
Highlights in the Story of LoveWs Run. It's Snappy. Read Every
Word.

With everything cocked and primed
for a record start, and a record run,
the Lovell Factory opened fire on the
now famous sugar beet the morning
of September 30, and one by one the
festive rootlets dribbled in on that
first day, to be cut and mangled and
scalded by the unfeeling fiends in-
side. When the smoke cleared away
after the first day's run, we had cut
6 60 tons, which, in the language of
one of the old-timers around here,
looked like one h — 1 of a bunch of
tons for a starter. In comparison
with what began to happen shortly
afterward, however, it looked con-
siderably like the eel's eyebrows, for
in about five or six days each shift
was beginning to realize that it could
cut a few more beets than either of
the other two, and the race was on.

By the time we had all taken turns
raising the ante on each other, the
shadow of the pennant came creep-
ing through the factory, and every-
one was trying to break the record
and leave the next man so he could
top that. When you get a combina-
tion like that, something has to pop.

It all began when last year's high
shift run went by the board, the rec-
ord being broken by another shift,
which is like waving the well-known
cerise banner at the lord of the pas-
ture. It wasn't long until no matter
how many tons were cut on a shift,
no one could be sure that it wouldn't
be beaten before he came along the
next day. It came to such a pass
that the burly blacksmith was moved
to wager a cigar with the writer that
the 1000 ton mark would be passed
before the end of campaign. He was

immediately snapped up, being in-
formed meanwhile that he would
have no trouble collecting the bet if
he won.

For days and days thereafter, ev-
eryone certainly tried hard enough,
but the nearest we could come to the
mark was 996, which incidentally is
several beets at 17.70 sugar, when
you consider the capacity and pre-
vious performances of the Midget Kew-
pie Coffee Grinder Runt Infant Baby
of the Outfit (names which have been
used as synonymous with Lovell Fac-
tory at various times, so we judge no
one will take offense if we group
them together for convenience).

But the strain of such a pace be-
gan to tell on some parts of the plant.
The beet elevator began to stick oc-
casionally, due to stretching of the
chain from the enormous tonnage it
was carrying, we judge. (Factories
with auxiliary beet elevators please
note). A main engine bearing began
to get warm under the collar, and
refused to cool off until Master Me-
chanic Fletter spoke to it with unc-
tuous tones.

Then came a cold rain one after-
noon, continuing well into the night,
and when we arrived on the scene
the next morning we thought we were
in a coffee mill for fair. The presum-
ably pure battery supply water looked
exactly like coffee, assaying about
two percent soluble solids and in the
neighborhood of thirty percent in-
soluble mud.

You talk about Flanders mud, plas-
terer's mud, Iowa gumbo or Denver
Mud, but we claim that for muddy,
sticky, concrety, rotten mud, Sho-

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ents failed to recognize the youth who
stood before them. There was a good
old family reunion and John ate of the
fatted calf.

Still the call of the sea was urgent.
John returned soon to the life, but
this time he tried coastwise shipping,
and from 1868 to 1893 he tramped up
and down the Atlantic seaboard taking
occasional trips across the deep blue.
During this time he visited all the
American ports as well as Lisbon,
Oporto, Brennen, Havre, and on one
trip he went up to Lapland visiting
the land of six months day and six
months night.

John Homberg, Sugar Boiler at 74

The Story of an Interesting Life and of a Veteran Sugar Man Who at
the Age of 74 Years is Still Boiling A+Pans at Sterling Factory.

By G. W . Atkinson Jr., and C. H. Linden

One of the oldest and best sugar
boilers in the business today is John
Homberg, Sterling's veteran who, at
the ripe old age of 74 is still boiling
A-plus sugar and teaching the young-
sters the finer points of the game. It
is impossible to present a word picture
which will do him justice — one must
know him to appreciate him — but the
following sketch may be interesting
to those whose lives have not been en-
riched through his acquaintance.

John Homberg was born on the 26th
day of November, 1849, in the Prov-
ince of Schleswig-Holstein, Austria.
His parents brought him to the United
States in 1864, locating in Hoboken,
and later moving to Brooklyn. At th's
time he was of the proper age to be
taking up an apprenticeship in a
trade, but the carpenter's trade of his
father held no attraction for him while
the call of the sea was not to te de-
nied. So, on July 3, 1865, while New
York was filled with Union soldiers
returning Lorn the Southern cam-
paigns, John left home for his first job
before the mast.

In those early days, the life of a sail-
or ("especially a green one) on trans-
Atlantic voyages was filled with hard-
ships and perils which few of us mod-
ern folk realize, but John took to sea
life as the proverbial duck takes to
water. He changed from vessel to ves-
sel as the opportunity presented, vis-
iting English, Scottish and Welsh
ports; then in 1866, Barcelona, Con-
stantinople and the Black Sea. Some-
times he was under the British flag,
sometimes under German, Italian or
Danish. Later he shipped on a sched-
uled round trip from Antwerp to Rio
de Janeiro and New York.

While on shore leave in New York
on this trip, a certain homesickness
seized the youth of nineteen, and he
turned up at the home of his parents.
Three years at sea were enough to
change any sixteen year old boy and it
was not surprising that his own par-

John Homberg, 74-Y ear-Old Sugar Boiler, as He

Looked in 1915. Johnny Mahoney, His Helper,

Is at Right of Picture which was Taken on

the Job at Sterling Factory.

In 1893, while on shore leave in New
York, John's uncle who owned a large
plantation in Cuba, offered him an op-
portunity to go to Cuba and learn the
sugar business. One may surmise that
the rigors of a long life at sea had at
last satisfied John's natural instinct
to roam the face of the globe, or it
may have been that certain ties made
a more permanent residence desirable.
At any rate John was married in 1894
while taking one of his vacations in
the States. Two years later a daughter
was born and in some measure softened

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the shock which came with the news of
the death of the wife and mother a
few days later.

In the course of a few years, the
former sailor developed into an expert
sugar boiler, well trained in all the
requirements of the sugar end of a
cane sugar house, and to the profes-
sion of sugar boiler he has devoted all
or nearly all of his life since 1896.
There have been periods when he was
forced to leave the proof-stick, as, for
instance, when the Cuban Rebellion
broke out and it became necessary for
all Americans at the risk of their lives
to leave the Island, but John waited
for the last boat before embarking for
home. The summer following this ex-
perience he returned to the Island
plantation in spite of the unsettled
conditions, and took time on the way
to visit the battle grounds and soldier
cemeteries around Santiago.

In 1900 the life of the experienced
sugar boiler in Cuba became rather
distasteful, due largely to the machin-
ations of a certain German chemist
who was long on ability and short on
principle, so John returned to Little
01' Noo York. He readily recalls that
at about this time he received a letter
from No. 32 Liberty Street, New York
City (signed by a man whose name he
cannot recall), and on arriving at home
John went to the address given, in-
troduced himself, and was surprised to
find that his proficiency as a sugar
man was known outside of his circle
of acquaintances. In fact, there was
a gentleman ready to offer him his
choice of several contracts to boil in
beet-sugar houses in the West. John
turned his steps westward, choosing
Rocky Ford, and there in 1901 he got
his first experience in the beet sugar
business — a five months' campaign. He
returned the next campaign. It was
there that he met "Old Man Rawlins,"
R. C. Welsh, Fred Roberts and others
well known to the pioneer sugar men
of this section.

During the next few years he helped
on construction at Lamar, spent part
of a campaign at Longmont, worked
two campaigns in the toy table syrup
mill at Brighton (long since disman-
tled), boiled at Swink one year, and in
1908 he came to Sterling with Fred
Roberts.

Sterling can boast that John Horn-
berg has been a regular employee for
nearly fifteen years — the longest time
he has spent at one factory or in one
place wtith the isingle exception of
Cuba. He continues here to secure
yields and grades which are the de-
spair of beginners, and incidentally he
stands ace high in the esteem of all
his associates. He is a remarkable
man in many ways, but he has a hor-
ror of this "hero stuff," and it may be
that he will take ye editors across his
knee when he reads this story. (Be-
lieve me, he is able to do it, too.)

John offers two explanations for his
continued vigor and health — one, that
next April it will have been thirty
years since he touched whiskey; and
the other, that he never married again.
Besides these two we know that every
summer finds him getting next to na-
ture in the wooded country of the
State of Washington where his daugh-
ter resides, and where he expects to
spend the declining years of his life.

Heroism Fails

Earl Holcomb, who presides over the
saccharate brewing plant at Gering.
and the only sugar tramp to our knowl-
edge possessing a citation and croix de
guerre presented for bravery on Flan-
ders Field, showed the white feather
on the night of November 11th or
early the morning of the 12th, when
his young wife dented his fifth rib and
exclaimed, "Burglars, Earl!" The still-
ness of the night was broken by what
sounded like the report of a pistol
followed by the hissing of a bomb com-
ing from the vicinity of the clothes
closet. Wtith a mingled chuckle and
groan, "Hokie" refused to salute and
obey his commanding officer. Earlier
in the evening Earl had attended a

party" given by the Legion boys in
commemoration of the day, and upon

returning home had slyly cached a
high-powered souvenir of the party in
the clothes closet. He is uncertain
whether it was the shaking during his
trip home or the warmth of the house
that caused the precious souvenir to ef-
fervesce, and while he is not bubbling
over with mirth at his loss, he thinks
it a good joke on his wife — when she
isn't present.

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Mirrors of Sugar Lane

"Man Is a Name of Honor for a King"
9— H. S. Barringer

The man Barringer originated in the
now famous town of Lansing, Michi-
gan, about March 5th, 1880. Coincident
with his birth, a close study of the
World's Almanac shows that the Auto-
matic Knot Tying Harvester Machine,
an American invention, and the Cen-
trifugal Creamer, a foreign invention,
first came to public notice. We do not
wish to infer, however, that Barringer
was an invention.

Aside from the fact that when he
was a boy, full of boyish whims and
fancies, with certain attachments for
a particular negro gardener, for whom
he worked at 30 cents per day weeding
turnips, we believe the proper discus-
sion at this time to be the Man's edu-
cation. After successfully mastering
the common and high school systems of
Lansing and while in his school
spending his spare time and summer
vacations in the drafting rooms of the
Oldsmobile factory, he was persuaded
by his parents to enter the Michigan
Agricultural College.

A year or so of tumultuous college
life came to an abrupt end when he,
with several other "Rah Rahs," was
expelled from the "Student Body," for
conduct unbecoming to students of this
particular institution. Adversity why
art thou? We now find Herb seeking
employment. Accepting a job in a sug-
ar factory, the man Barringer planted
the seed for his life's work. After
successfully mastering the art of sweep-
ing, mopping, "punching noodles," etc.,
he sought further knowledge of the
"sugar game" by re-entering Michigan
Agricultural College, completing a
course in sugar chemistry.

About the year Eaton and Greeley
were built, Herb landed in Colorado
and we have it from good authority
that he didn't land from a passenger
train and was without passports. Aft-
er a year or so at Eaton, under the
guidance of W. L. Lawson, Superinten-
dent, he was transferred to Sterling as
Assistant Superintendent, through the

offices of Mr. Lawson, who previously
had been transferred to Sterling as
Manager. Herb remained in Sterling
in this capacity until 1910, when he
was appointed Superintendent at Fort
Morgan.

True to the colors of a "Sugar
Tramp," he succumbed to the charms
of the "eternal feminine" and in 1907
married Rebecca Bird, of Sterling.

In 1915 we find him Superintendent
at Blissfield, Michigan, where he re-
mained only one campaign, returning
the next spring to Billings, Montana.

"HerV Barringer at His Favorite Pastime

All through the life of the man, we
find indications of his love for the
realm of sport. At one time cham-
pion of the wrestling mat in the State
of Michigan, later engaged in numer-
ous fistic encounters, both friendly and

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otherwise, and now near-champion
"trout rodist" of Montana, (though we
have it from good authority that Forest
Ranger Baker on the "Boulder" catches
all his big fish for him). As a true
lover of nature he is comparable to
none and most any Saturday afternoon
and Sunday finds him on one of the
many famous Montana trout streams.
He is also wont to eulogize his physical
prowess, such as his love for cold
baths, sleeping on the ground, and long
hikes. At one time he was bantered
into taking a cold bath which had pre-
viously been tempered with a huge cake
of ice by his friends. He successfully
rode this cake of ice around the bath-
tub. But we also have it from good
authority that he won't attempt this
again.

It has been said that the man Bar-
ringer is big hearted and thoroughly
generous with all mankind. We agree,
especially when some oil stock sales-
man comes along or some defunct gold
mine reopens. But Herb is a good
loser and counts all his losses as experi-
ence in the great scheme of things.

The Superintendent Barringer, keen-
ly alert to all the problems pertaining
to the successful operation of a Sugar
Factory is a personage far different
from the man diagnosis as given above.
But business is business and while gen-
erosity in a personal way may be en-
tirely commendable, from a business
standpoint it must of necessity be more
conservative. This, no doubt, is a re-
sult of his intense desire to make the
cheapest sugar as well as the whitest.

The Superintendent Barringer is a
good organizer, showing no favorites
and judging each man solely on his
merits. He has changed somewhat in
this respect since the "old days" as it
has been said that any prize fighter or
wrestler could get a job with Barrin-
ger. In his opinion, a man is only as
much as he does and his best man to-
day may be his poorest tomorrow. He
is a firm believer in the old saying
that you "can't make a silk purse out
of a sow's ear."

Wiell-liked by his men, Herb can be
seen at any change of shifts, in the
Foremen's Office (Dog House), discus-
sing the various problems of the day
with his foremen. Most of his ac-

quaintances can picture him in discus-
sion, squatting with his feet on that
part of a chair designed for another
part of the anatomy. One entire side
wall of the foremen's office is black
board especially designed for his
"handwriting on the wall," and some-
one has even suggested that the ceil-
ing also be painted black. At one time
commenting upon the number of sweep-
ers carried on each shift, he wrote:

"Why should have 15 sweepers

when 12 is 3 too many?" Nevertheless,
this procedure gains his point and
keeps his men interested and looking
for new orders.

In the face of adversity, most of us
are apt to become excited or stampeded,
but not so with the Superintendent
Barringer. He is more likely to lose
his head over a leaky pipe line, a sloppy
sample carrier, or some trash under a
locker, than over a broken main shaft
or some other major breakdown. Calm-
ly analyzing the situation he generally
moves in the proper direction.

Absolutely fearless in all his deal-
ings, yet ready to listen to any sug-
gestion from any one, he follows close-
ly the dictates of his own conscience,
which may sometimes appear undiplo-
matic to those who differ with him.

Summing up his past achievements,
he was successful in raising the sli-
cing capacity of the Fort Morgan fac-
tory from 720 tons per 24 hours to
1,300 tons per 24 hours. This was ac-
complished during a period of five
years. He came to Billings when this
city was a veritable "union hotbed,"
later losing men to the war draft and
the "flu" epidemic. But his steady hand
and "stick-to-it-iveness" has started the
curve upward and with a real cam-
paign of 100 days he would take the
candy which our little sister Lovell
already claims away from her.

Much more, both complimentary and
otherwise, could be written concerning
our "victim," but space forbids and we
leave him to the mercies of his friend-
ly enemies.

Coward

He wants to be a hero bold,

And go where dangers lurk,
But he will run away and hide
From anything like work.

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The North Platte Valley
Tourist Bureau

By F. L. Emerson

This is a new name for the Company's labor department in
the company's Nebraska district. Labor Commissioner Emerson
writes entertainingly about his troubles.

The Great Western Sugar Company really serves as a labor
supply department for the entire North Platte Valley. Demand
in the Fall exceeds the local labor supply. Men brought in at the
Company's expense fill the farmers' demands for harvest hands
for potatoes and other crops in addition to our own needs in beet
fields and factories.

While volumes have been written
and thousands of dollars spent in ad-
vertising this progressive and fertile
valley, the publicity delivered by the
Great Western Sugar Company each
fall outclasses other endeavors.

As long as "seeing is believing,"
and the "seeing material" is avail-
able it would seem that the greatest
obstacle had been overcome, but the
peculiarities of the seeing material
must be reckoned with. And in con-
sideration of the known peculiarities
of transient workers, the writer would
suggest that our Nebraska labor de-
partment be hereafter called the
North Platte Valley Tourist Bureau
inasmuch as we usually cater to more
Tourists than Labor.

It was necessary to ship in a large
amount of factory labor this fall,
1300 men. This is more than needed
in any previous Nebraska campaign.

The circumstances incident to the
use of shipped in labor is similiar to
that of a man with a divorce suit
pending. While it is difficult to get
along with it is doubtful if he could
get along without it. While it is
difficult to get along with transient
labor, as long as the local supply is
short we have to bring in labor. To
sight a few of these difficulties might
not be out of place.

In several cases demands for addi-
tional men would be received from
Bayard or Mitchell after the men had
left the eastern shipping points, and
then the trouble started. First to
wire the pilot in charge to separate

the required number of men and bag-
gage and leave them at Bayard and
have Mitchell's quota coached as to
the advantage of working in a factory
operating under two flags. Loyalty
and Efficiency. Then after making all
other necessary arrangements, to
meet the train and find your tele-
gram had not been received, and in-
stead of perhaps 25 men on your
hands you had 50 or 60, and at least
9 0 percent of them were mechanics
and wanted mechanics rating right
from the start; also to work *on the
same shift and eat at the same time
as their pals who had shipped out the
day previous.

These conditions were easily met,
but when the Omaha delegation was
found to include four Mexican men,
three women and four children, the
pleasant recollections of hanging
chains in twenty-eight cells on New
Year's Day was considered unimpor-
tant and forgotten. But we felt bet-
ter after ascertaining that these Mex-
icans had come to stay, evidenecd by
their nine trunks and three canvas
bundles, and that we would have at
least one full shift on the rock pile.

It was unfortunate to all concerned
that at this particular time Gus Heldt
was short of beet labor, and after an
executive consultation our newly
made friends from Mexico-via-Omaha
were informed of our predicament and
were apparently satisfied to try the
field work. After loading the full
troupe and scenery onto a truck and
giving the driver a written descrip-

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tion of their future home four mile&
south of Gering, we considered the
incident closed. The following day
when the writer offered to settle with
the transfer company he was informed
that the spokesman of our distin-
guished party had decided to pick po-
tatoes instead of beets and ordered
their special to be set out at Morrill.
And still some people think that Mex-
icans need to be Americanized.

"Over-travel" is another disease to
be combatted. Free transportation is
a dangerous thing when in reach of
those who are weak in the back and
strong on scenery. Don't blame any-
one for wanting to get away from St.
Joe, or Kansas City at this time of
the year, and do admire their taste
in choosing Scottsbluff as some place
to go, but why they cannot realize
they are in the right place until after
shipping in again from Denver, is
more than the writer can determine.

Up to November 1 the labor situa-
tion in this district has been what
Roosevelt would have called "stren-
uous." While apparently easy to pick
up help in the Missouri River labor
markets, as well as Denver, and
start them this way, a few contracted
cold feet, and left the train at some
intermediate point. But for a' that, a
factory must run and those workers
who stayed on, even for only a few
days, helped to make new slicing rec-
ords and lots of A-plus sugar.

After all we enlarged our acquaint-
ance and trust they will stay longer
next year.

Prize Taken at
Ft. Collins Food Exhibit

The Northern Colorado Industrial
Exposition, held at the new State
Armory in Fort Collins, Colorado, on
November 15th and lGth was in every
respect a decided success. Under the
direction of Mr. J. W. Rainey, Secre-
tary of the Fort Collins Chamber of
Commerce, an entertaining program
was provided for each afternoon and
evening. That these were popular was
attested by the attendance which filled
the hall to capacity at every session.

Prizes were offered for the best dec-

orated booth and the best display.
The Great Western Sugar Company
was awarded first prize — a silver cup
—for the best decorated booth. The
Sugar Company presented the cup to
Miss Vida Stockon, of Fort Collins,
who designed and decorated the booth.

Our exhibit consisted of a display of
canned fruits from the General Office
collection and a demonstration in jelly
making by members of the Colorado
Canning Clubs which are under the
leadership of Maude Sheridan of the
Agricultural College. On Wednesday
Lula M. Traut and Frances L. Joues,
of the Loveland Larimer County Club,
made jellies and on Thursday Elaine
Hendricks and Bertha Bogar, of Kit
Carson County, interstate champions,
demonstrated their ability to make
fine jellies with beet sugar. These
demonstrations were among the princi-
pal attractions of the Exposition. Two
last mentioned ladies constitute the
canning team which will represent
Colorado at the International Stock
Show in Chicago in December, com-
peting with winners from other
states for a three months' tour of Eu-
rope with all expenses paid as the
prize.

They worked at the Exposition un-
der the direction of Miss Eva Floy
Smith, assistant county agent for Lar-
imer County.

The canning clubs demonstrated
their abilities at the Exposition under
the direction of Miss Eva Floy Smith,
assistant county agent for Larimer
County. Mr. Falke was the com-
pany's out of town representative at
the Fort Collins exhibit.

Calling Fort Morgan's Roll

Lore the Baker of Morgan took a
trip up the Moffat road to Frazer.
As he was short of funds he decided
to Robb Akerson, the head Miller.
Stealthily approaching the house, he
met Kagy coming his way, and fear-
ing recognition he hit Kagy with a
Stone. Ross hearing the Pearse (ing)
screams, rushed up with a Speer, say-
ing: "Wyatt such a business as this.
This will Neville do. You are break-
ing the Lawson Sunday. "He arrested
Lore and put him in a Whetzel with
Giese and Martin.

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The Sugar Cities— Billings

By W. W. Gail

The Story of Creation is Told in the Bible in 600 Words, but I Should Have Known That a Loyal Billingsite
Like Rotarian "Bill" Gail Could' nt Begin to Tell the Wonders of the Next Great City of the Northwest in Less than
6000 Words. And the Story's so Good I Couldn't Cut It. Perhaps Only the Two Other Bills, Garnsey and Hogarty,
will Read All of This, and the Proofreader, but It is a Story Written by a Master and Commends Itself to All
the Gwesco Family.

area of approximately 75,000 square
miles, containing over one hundred
towns and cities and having a popula-
tion of approximately 125,000 people.

Geographically and commercially,
this region is a unit, and were it pos-
sible to remake the map of the United
States establishing state lines on this
basis, there would be a new common-
wealth with Billings its capital and,
if the term now used to designate it
were retained, it would be known as
The Midland Empire.

So much for location — what, then, of
natural resources?

Billings came into being and devel-
oped into a thriving community be-
cause it was the logical shipping point
for the mighty bands of livestock —
cattle and sheep — which made the val-
leys and hills of eastern Montana and
northern Wyoming one of the great
stock growing regions of the conti-
nent.

Farming Basis of Wealth

In those days there were tens of
thousands of square miles of open
range. Since then the homesteader has
encroached more and more upon the
vast domains over which the caWe
and sheepmen fought one and two gen-
erations ago, but the only change is
that whereas in the old days huge
numbers of cattle and sheep were held
in comparatively few hands, today
there are thousands of stock owners,
a higher grade of animals is being de-
veloped, and although temporarily ad-
verse conditions have reduced their
number, there is no question that with-
in a very short time there will be more
(as well as better) livestock in the re-
gion tributary to Billings than ever
before.

Indeed the present development of
dairying in the region is prophetic of
the day when the livestock industry
as a whole, including the raising of
beef and dairy cattle, of hogs, of sheep
for both meat and wool, and of poul-

"The next great city of the North-
west!" Rather ambitious, admittedly
— if not even savoring strongly of the
melodramatic atmosphere of the fron-
tier that was and the new West that is.

So at least would be this title which
Billings gives herself were it not that
the faith and the aspiration which it
expresses seem to be shared by those
who know the facts upon which Bill-
ings bases her hope of future great-
ness.

Forty years ago a tiny frontier trad-
ing post, twenty years ago a rough
settlement and shipping point for
stock, today a modern city of eighteen
thousand! This progress is suggestive
and in a way prophetic, yet there is
more than one city in the great West
whose early growth has been equally
rapid but which nevertheless cannot
upon honest self-analysis look forward
to a continuance of any such progress
into the realm of industrial and com-
mercial pre-eminence.

What then are the elements that
make for a city's growth and great-
ness? And to what extent does Bill-
ings possess these elements? First and
fundamentally, there are the material
factors — location, natural resources,
transportation facilities and markets.
Secondly, there are the spiritual — bet-
ter, perhaps, psychological — factors,
such as faith, enthusiasm, energy, loy-
alty, co-operation.

The Midland Empire

Billings, politically speaking, is a
Montana city. Geographically speak-
ing, it is the center of a well defined
industrial empire embracing southeast-
ern Montana and northern Wyoming,
not only so designated by its own citi-
zens but so recognized by the people
within this interstate domain. Rough-
ly speaking, this territory embraces the
valley of the Yellowstone, within which
Billings lies, and its tributary valleys
including the famous Big Horn Basin
of Wyoming, the whole comprising an

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try, will constitute in itself adequate
foundation for a city of many thou-
sands.

The growth of Billings to date has
been in large measure based upon the
development of agriculture. Billings
has in its vicinity one million acres of
irrigated land and four million acres
of non-irrigated land, proven capable of
producing crops as high, both in quan-
tity and quality, as are yielded any-
where in America.

At the Panama-Pacific Exposition a
few years ago, and the San Diego Ex-
position the same year, Montana took
the grand prize in agriculture in com-
petition with the world. Eastern Mon-
tana products played a large part in
winning this signal honor, and she has
won countless first prizes in open com-
petition on wheat, corn and many oth-
er products.

Center of Irrigated Area
Under normal conditions the land
tributary to Billings annually produces
crops worth nearly one hundred mil-
lion dollars, and a well-known agricul-
tural authority predicts that with
proper methods the non-irrigated lands
of eastern Montana will produce four
bushels of wheat for every one bushel
that is yielded now. Great irrigation
projects whose feasibility has alreaay
been established will add hundreds of
thousands of acres to the land "under
water" in the territory tributary to
Billings, which will add other tens of
millions to the crop total.

This territory is generally known as
a "wheat country," yet the prosperity
of the future will be the sure and
steady prosperity that can and will be
built only by diversified farming. And
it will be a prosperity exceeding any-
thing which has ever come from the
one-crop system of the past. The farm-
er on non-irrigated land is learning to
combine livestock, dairying, poultry
raising and the growing of various
produce with his grain farming.

The farmer on irrigated land is di-
versifying with grain, sugar beets, po-
tatoes, beans, alfalfa, etc., and the com-
bination of soil, climate and regular
water supply, as experience has already
demonstrated, assures the successful
growing on a commercial scale of such
crops as watermelons, cantaloupes,

honeydew melons, tomatoes, celery, and
practically everything raised or grown
in the temperate zone, to say nothing
of such a staple as the sweet potato
which has been experimented with on
a small scale already with entire suc-
cess. In short, the farming develop-
ment of today, which is the basic ele-
ment in the building here of a great
city, is little more than beginning the
full utilization of its agricultural re-
sources.

Minerals and Oil Nearby
Within this same region lie vast
mineral deposits. Within a radius of
150 miles of Billings there are deposits
of high grade coal, easily mined,
which exceed the entire coal deposits
of Pennsylvania. Within economical
transportation radius are great depos-
its of gold, silver, copper, lead and
zinc as well as gypsum, asbestos, Ful-
ler's earth, brick clay and a dozen other
mineral substances convertible into
commercial products. To these, with-
in the last few years, has been added
oil. Within a radius of 125 miles of
Billings there are now four proven oil
fields, Elk Basin and Cat Creek being
best known. It is the confident belief
of oil men that many other fields will
in due course of time be found within
this territory. Drilling is now in prog-
ress in a dozen structures surrounding
Billings, and discoveries here and
there of gas in commercial quantities
and strong showing of oil offer assur-
ance of the addition of these valuable
twin resources to Billings' many other
assets.

So much for location and natural re-
sources. What then of transportation
and distribution advantages?

A moment's study of the map of
the United States will disclose the fact
that Billings occupies as regards the
Northwest the same position that Kan-
sas City holds in relation to the South-
west. In other words, it is a natural
gateway. Three transcontinental rail-
roads, the Northern Pacific, the Bur-
lington and the Great Northern inter-
sect at Billings, and the entry of a
fourth, the Milwaukee, at no distant
date is a virtual certainty. Main lines
and branch roads radiate from Billings
in eight directions. Prom Billings
trunk line service is available east

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through the Twin Cities, southeast
through Omaha and St. Louis, south
through Denver to the Gulf Coast,
southwest to Salt Lake City and Cali-
fornia, west to Spokane, Seattle and
Portland, and north to the cities of
western Canada.

7s Scenic Center

There are 29 passenger trains daily
in and out of the city, and a fact of no
small significance is that Billings lies
almost in the center of a circle of
large cities — Spokane, Salt Lake City,
Denver, Omaha, the Twin Cities, Win-
nipeg and Calgary — each approximate-
ly a day's journey by rail.

Likewise, Billings is the converging
point of transcontinental highways in
every direction and the gateway to the
famous scenic wonders of the North-
west. Here are to be found not only
all the climatic and scenic charm for
which other parts of the Rocky Moun-
tain region, notably Colorado, are fa-
mous, but trout fishing and big game
hunting are unexcelled.

That Billings will become a great
center of tourist travel is indicated by
the fact that whereas a few years ago
there was almost no motor travel
through this region, the Billings Tour-
ist Park (recognized, by the way, as
one of the finest in the West), last
season took care of more than 15,000
motor tourists.

This strategic location from the
standpoint of transportation and trav-
el tells its own story, and it is suggest-
ive that some five hundred traveling
salesmen now make their permanent
headquarters in Billings, that the
Western Union maintains here one of
the largest relay stations in the North-
west, with sixteen trunk lines capable
of handling 16,000 messages a day;
that Billings has today no less than
seventy manufacturing, wholesale and
jobbing establishments, including pack-
ing plant, flour mill, creamery, foun-
dry, oil refinery and the two million
dollar factory of The Great Western
Sugar Company, one of the largest sug-
ar plants in the world; that the city's
property valuation is $11,000,000, its
postoffice receipts around $200,000 and
its passenger and freight business ap-
proximately $6,000,000.

"The Billings Spirit"

So much for the concrete things on
which to base the confident expecta-
tion of Billings' future greatness. What
then of the psychological factors? What
of the initiative, the energy, the faith
with which cities are built.

To any one who knows Billings the
question would be superfluous, and to
those who do not know Billings, it
might be enough to say that in the
Northwest "the Billings spirit" is at
once the envy and admiration of all
its sister cities. It is almost a tradi-
tion that Billings knows what it wants
when it wants it, goes after it and usu-
ally gets it.

But this spirit is not alone one of
material acquisitiveness. It is a spirit
whose vision is the development of a
city of homes, a city of high ideals, a
city which provides the right environ-
ment for the young, a city which, in
short, represents the best ideals of
modern American community life.

Brief reference has been made to
some of the evidences of commercial
and industrial enterprise, but progress
in this direction, notable as it has been,
has not kept pace with its progress
along the lines of civic development.
A few facts, briefly stated, may drive
home the point:

Billings has a public library of over
25,000 volumes, with a paid librarian
and staff; two large modern hospitals,
another in course of construction and
several private hospitals, eleven school
buildings, high school and a parochial
school; a commercial club, with build-
ing and equipment valued at over
$100,000, recognized as the finest com-
munity center in the Northwest; Ro-
tary, Kiwanis and Lions Clubs, as well
as active women's organizations; mod-
ern churches representing practically
all leading denominations, a Y. M. C.
A., a Y. W. C. A., each a strong, active
organization with an attractive home;
a Masonic Temple, Elks Club and large
and active branches of other well-
known fraternal organizations; four
beautiful parks scattered throughout
the city, a municipal swimming pool,
municipal tennis courts and ice skat-
ing rinks; paved streets extending
throughout most of the residence sec-
tions; a modern water system, elec-

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tricity, natural gas, automatic tele-
phones and all the other improve-
ments and conveniences of the most
modern American city.

City Building Citizens

Billings is also the home of a Poly-
technic Institute, with buildings and
equipment valued at nearly a million
dollars, which offers grade school, high
school and college training and courses
in music, agriculture, engineering, in-
cluding radio, business, drafting, etc.
Billings is also the home of the Mid-
land Empire Fair, with the finest ex-
position plant in the Northwest, in-
cluding one of the largest auditoriums
between the Mississippi and the Coast,
seating 10,000 people. At the annual
exposition this year the Pair enter-
tained over 50,000 people.

Incidentally, Billings has three Na-
tional banks, one state bank and one
private bank; morning and afternoon
dailies carrying the full Associated
Press reports; two large first-class ho-
tels, sixty-five smaller hotels and room-
ing houses, an average of 1,000 tran-
sients being taken care of daily; a
theater capable of staging the largest
road productions and several motion
picture houses and an aviation landing
field. The city is soon to have a Shrine
Temple.

Above all else perhaps, Billings as a
community has dedicated itself to the
development of a high standard of citi-
zenship in the coming generation. Ev-
ery organization in the city is identi-
fied with this work; there are active
Boy Scout, Camp Fire Girls and other
kindred groups, and in this as perhaps
in no other way is Billings building
securely for the future.

In a nutshell, Billings with its prac-
tically inexhaustible tributary resourc-
es, with cheap fuel and power, with
unexcelled transportation facilities,
both railroad and motor, with its mag-
nificent scenic attractions, its extensive
markets, its spirit of progressiveness
and its consciousness that factories
and sky-scrapers, payrolls and mate-
rial prosperity do not in themselves
make a city, is destined to become a
metropolis not only in a commercial
and industrial sense but in all the
things that make a city great.

Nebraska Dept. of Agriculture

Says Sugar Beets Are One

of the Best Pay Crops

"Sugar beets are one of the best
paying crops of the irrigated regions
where farmers have reduced their
production to a science," says the
Nebraska Department of Agriculture,
bureau of markets and marketing, in
a bulletin just issued from Lincoln
on "Opportunities in Western Ne-
braska."

"The farmer knows in the spring
when he plants his crop about what
he will get for it. The crop is con-
tracted and the price fixed before he
begins operations.

"The growing of this crop should
be encouraged."

In discussing livestock and beef
cattle, the Department states: "thous-
ands of cattle and sheep are fattened
each year on the beet pulp which is
a by-product of the sugar factories."

Catch Coyote With Auto

The days of riding to hounds are
gone. It was great sport, and many
regret its passing. A more modern
form of a similar amusement, howev-
er, is here to take its place — that of
catching coyotes with automobile.-.
And it possesses advantages not found
in the old sport in that everyone -is in
at the death.

General Manager W. D. Lippitt of
Denver, General Superintendent Edwin
Morrison, Manager W. P. Hogarty and
other officials of the Great Western
Sugar Company were traveling by auto
about eight miles or so south of Har-
din, when a coyote was sighted. They
immediately gave chase, and as there
was quite a broad expanse of prairie
right there the coyote was kept cir-
cling on the plain and away from the
coulees.

"We were traveling," said Mr. Lip-
pitt, "at a speed of from 25 to 30 miles
per hour for at least half an hour be-
fore the coyote showed any signs of
weakening. When he did give up, his
heart seemed to fail him, for he drop-
ped dead while running. I cannot re-
member ever having had a ride half so
exciting and enjoyable."— Gazette.

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(mon
ereonnel

GREELEY

H. O. BANTA,
Associate Editor.
You ask me to squeeze out a few,
By golly, I know nothing new.
With the hurry and grind,
With torn sacks on my mind,
It's a darned hard thing to do.

The campaign is going just fine,

Everything seems right in line,

There's no time for fun,

For we soon will be done,

And then we'll have plenty of time.

The campaign ended with both
warehouses full of sugar. Everything
has moved along nicely. It has been
a short campaign, but a very success-
ful one from start to finish.

Our yard man, Mr. Reeper, made a
flying trip down the Julesburg line not
long ago on a tour of inspection. He
reports all beet dumps in good shape,
but regrets that he had no dahlias for
distribution.

Our very popular field man, Lowell
Mondt, came in a few days ^go look-
ing like a morning glory in June. His
hat on one side 'cause it wouldn't go
down over his head. We soon found
the reason — a boy.

Our Manager, Mr. Garnsey, has dis-
posed of his b|ig Cadillac and now
sports a fine new seven passenger
Buick.

Herman Howard, our Master Me-
chanic, went out duck hunting one day
last week. He came back without a
thing, but was smiling and seemed sat-
isfied. Maybe we don't know what
kind of ducks he went after.

EATON

G. J. KUEMPEL,

Associate Editor.
. Our 1922-23 campaign officially
ended on Saturday, November 25, at
8:00 p. m. We finished slicing beets

on Tuesday, November 14, at 6:00
p. m. The total tons of beets sliced
amounted to 58,282, our average
daily slicing being 1282 tons. It
might be well to mention that we
have, so far, produced the best grade
of sugar of any uf our sixteen fac-
tories.

Our one big delay was the breaking
down of our beet end engine which,
of course, cut down our average to a
considerable extent. While our cam-
paign was of short duration, we were
compelled to shut down earlier than
we should on account of the snow
storm of November 11, which de-
layed the digging and hauling of
beets by the farmers.

Our Cashier, A. A. Tinn, under-
went an operation in Denver on Oc-
tober 23, for appendicitis. While
convalescing he contracted a slight
attack of Pneumonia, but the latest
reports are that he is getting along
nicely at the home of S. P. Saunders.
Our best wishes go out to him for a
speedy recovery.

A. S. Gow, of the Denver office, is
acting as Cashier. He is no stranger
here by any means, and we are all
glad to have him with us.

The girls from the factory office
were entertained Tuesday evening,
November 14, at the home of Mrs.
Robert C. Stocklefth, our car clerk.
Those present were Mesdames D. J.
Givens; Lola Moon; and the Misses
Lottie McWilliams; Irene Carver;
Mary Hoburg and Margaret Mac'mil-
lan from the factory laboratory.

WINDSOR

JOHN H. LEESEMAN,
Associate Editor.

Well, we are finished; all beets
cut; one or two more blanks and we
will be done for this campaign. As
we finish, we are having the most
precipitation we have witnessed
since "Hec was a pup," rain and

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snow, enough to double the beet crop,
but it came six months too late. It is
nearing Thanksgiving and we may
offer thanks that we got any moisture
in this country.

During the past month, Richard
Casten, oldest son of Warehouse
Foreman Casten, underwent an ope-
ration for removal of his tonsils.
Richard is up and around again now.

Theo. Sorenso.n, sugar boiler, has
been enjoying the outdoor life the
past three weeks, living in a tent in
the rear yard of his home. Not of
his own free will and accord, but
because of a diphtheria quarantine
placed on his residence, his only
daughter having contracted the dis-
ease. She is quite well at this writ-
ing.

Among the new arrivals in sugar-
dom appears the name of Dorothy
Jeane Potter. She arrived at the
home of Mr. and M,rs. Chet Potter
October 16th and weighed six pounds
upon arrival. Chet passed the cigars.

Levi Glover, who has been em-
ployed at this place for the past four
years as machinist, resigned his po-
sition this month. He will take a
job at the Rio Grande shops in Den-
ver. Hugh Highley also plans to
make the same move.

F. E. Casten, Warehouse Foreman,
has been sworn in as Western Weigh-
ing Bureau man to be stationed at
Windsor this year.

Chas. Edward Brewer, little son
of sugar boiler H. L. Brewer, while
playing at his home, had the misfor-
tune to be struck by a sanitary cot
which split his head. It was neces-
sary to administer chloroform whilo
three stitches were taken in the
wound.

FORT COLLINS

W. L. GREEN and BYRON ALBERT,
Associate Editors

C. L. Bonditz, who for several
years was employed as a machinist,
has left the Company's employ.

The "pups" or 4-25's that we have
been sacking for several years have
taken unto themselves new compan-
ions in the form of 50 pound sacks of
"Table." These new containers have

added much to the joys of the ware-
house foreman.

Albert Straub and wife, nee Lor-
raine Lokey, whose marriage was the
culmination of a courtship during
their days with the Company, have
announced the arrival of a son at
their home near Hot Sulphur Springs.

"Cordie" Secord has been nursing
a badly infected finger for several
weeks, the injury having been caused
by a slight scratch.

Ferd. Klingenberg has begun to
again think of chasing the elusive
pill over the fairways — and perhaps
plowing himself out of the rough.
If all goes well a new champion will
show up next season on the local
Country Club course and a shiny
cup will be perched on the mantel at
605 Remington street at this time
next year.

As the result of a very foolish prank
by a co-worker, P. B. Kerns recently
suffered severe burns that might have
proven fatal had the injury been a
little more extensive. He was con-
fined to the hospital for several days.

Lee Rogers, our crane operator,
announced the arrival of a twelve
pound girl at his home on October
23.

At about 4 o'clock on the morning
of November 8, two of our laboratory
employees, Frederick E. Sandsness
and Otto F. Prather, met an untimely
death in* an automobile accident.
Fred was employed as an assistant
chemist and Otto as a benchman on
the 3 to 11 o'clock shift.

In a car belonging to Ivlr. and Mrs.
Lynn Rohling the party decided to
try driving up a railroad grade that
is frequently used in demonstrating
automobiles. It is necessary to back
down this grade, and the driver in
doing this cramped the front wheels
too much thereby causing the car to
turn bottom up. Only one of the
party was thrown clear of the auto-
mobile. The others were crushed be-
neath it, the accident resulting in the
death of four out of the five in the
party. The body of Prather was
taken to Denver for burial, and that
of Sandsness to his home at Big Tim-
ber, Montana.

On a recent visit to Ft. Collins,
Ole Cummer and family had a near-

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serious accident. Shortly before
reaching this city their automobile
turned over, pinning them under-
neath. Ole worked himself out and
rescued his wife and son. Fortunate-
ly no one was very much injured other
than some bruises.

LOVELAND

O. S. RIKER and EMMA MATZICK,
Associate Editors

We wish to chronicle the fact that
owing to the efficiency of our plant and
the co-operation of all the empLoyees,
Loveland factory sliced 3,058 tons of
beets during the 24-hour period ended
7: 00 A. M., November 6. We only
mention this fact to let our younger
colleagues know that the "Daddy" of
them all is still able to turn out a
good day's work.

Loveland was favored with a visit
from Chas. Boettcher, Claude Boett-
^JiPr. R. J. Morpe. Mr. Warren and Mr.
Andrews. Mr. Boettcher was a pioneer
in the sugar business in Colorado when
he built the Loveland factory and was
kind enough to say that we were com-
ing up to his expectations.

Our genial Cashier, C. L. Atkins, has
been on the sick list, suffering with
neuritis, but has recovered sufficiently
to be back on the job. During his ab-
sence H. J. Jones had charge of the
office.

Mrs. Robert Baird, who has served
as clerk in the Cashier's office for sev-
eral years, has been quite ill and is
at present in the Longmont hospital.
We hope her recovery may be speedy.

Miss Ula Kramer has been super-
ceded as Telephone Operator by Mrs.
Chas. Vottier. Mrs. Vottier will be re-
membered by her friends as Joyce Al-
ford, who was the operator here for
almost two years.

Al Degroat has purchased a com-
fortable home at the corner of 7th and
Adams. Like all others who come to
Loveland he has come to the conclusion
that it is a good place in which to
live.

C. F. Angove was summoned to rhev-
enne to appear before the Grand Jury,
supposedly to try and convict the man
who stole his automobile — pardon me,
his "flivver."

C. M. Gevrez, who has held the po-
sition of head beet clerk at this fac-
tory for the past three campaigns, is
relieving B. K. Mendenhall, Agent for
the Great Western Railway at Johns-
town, while he is recovering from an
operation for appendicitis. Mr. Ross
Fo?night is the new beet clerk.

"Shorty" Blanchard is our Western
Weighing Inspector. He carries a
pocket edition of a folding step-lad-
der around with him to enable him
to see over a stack six sacks high.

Our esteemed Superintendent Sam
Mooney now bears a new "nom de
plume." He pulled a (cigarless — cig-
arette substituted) Barney Oldfield
while doing 60 per within the city
limits when he crashed into a Ford
truck driven by a Jewish brother. Both
cars were badly damaged, but the oc-
cupants escaped.

The Agricultural Department did a
little detective work last week. Henrv
Winkhoff noticed that some one had
driven up to Marion beet pile in a
spring wagon and loaded beets during
the night. A man was left to watch
the next night, and after a visitor had
driven up and loaded a beet wagon
and driven away he was stopped on
the road and asked to drive back and
unload and then placed in the hands
of the sheriff. The trial has not come
off yet, but the night visitor lost his
vote as he was in jail over election
day.

Loveland made a record last Tues-
day, November 14, in unloading 102
cars of frozen beets in twenty-four
hours. The dumping crew worked
continuously for 19 hours, proving to
the management that they are all "good
men and true."

We note Bailey Hutchins among our
visitors this month. We are always
pleased to see Bailey as Loveland is
his old stamping ground.

LONGMONT

MISS C. L. McGREW and V. L. AIKIN,
Associate Editors

Everything is running along so
smoothly in the factory that there is
nothing exciting to write about. It
looks now as though the campaign
would be finished sometime the first

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week in December, being one of the rain, snow and mud and several times
shortest campaigns we have had for it seemed likely that the factory would
years, and if the men are not able to have to shut down or at least slow
eat their Thanksgiving dinners with down their cutting because of lack of
their families they will get to spend beets, but so far the agricultural de-
Christmas at home. Report of the partment has been able to meet the
campaign as a whole will be written demand. The field boys say it is great
up by Mr. Aikin (we hope) for the sport and they dassent weaken,
next Sugar Press. At this writing (Nov. 16) the force

It was found necessary to have three of the Experimental Department is en-
assistant Master Mechanics this cam- gaged in cleaning the pedigreed seed
paign, instead of two. so E. E. Wn0if grown by that department at Long-
was made assistant, and Frank Mor- mont Aside from this small lot n0
gan was restored to his old place as other seed w.m be cleaned at Long-
Chief Electrician. mont this year. Commercial beet seed

The Sterling Super A Plus sugar grown at Windsor and Ft. Collins will
being made by Roscoe Welsh and his be cleaned at the latter place,
gang lured Superintendents Treadway j F Jarrell of tne Experimental
and Mooney to the eastern part of the Department represented the Long-
state, to see if they could find out mont sugar tramps at the annual rush
how Roscoe does it, but they report of antier collectors. He and several
that he seems to be making sugar by friends started for the Western Slope
the same recipe as they use and they in quest of big game shortiy before
don't understand how he gets the re- the opening of the season. The route
suits he does. Don't get the idea that taken inciuded some very sharp
Longmont is not making GOOD sugar curves. There being no hinge in the
'cause we are, b(ut we will admit that fram6 of Mr jarreirs Dodge he corn-
maybe Roscoe's is a wee bit better. promised by turning the car over at

We are happy to report that the one of the aforesaid curves. After
drouth in this district is broken and making his way out from under the
we have had two good rains and a nice car via the hole where the footboards
8-inch snow, on.e each week for three should have been, the car was placed
weeks, and just to show how hard it the proper side up and the party pro-
is to please everybody we quote some ceeded on their way minus a top and
of the remarks that floated around the windshield. Deer being hard to sight,
office: "If this storm had only held the party spent a day or two following
off for a week or ten days we could bear spore through the scrub oak.
have had all of the piled beets in." When these wily brutes were sighted
"Aint it a shame that the football the artillery in the front rank consist-
game is spoiled today." And, "Wouldn't ed of a 410 shotgun. Good judgment
it have been fine if we could have prevailed and the enemy was not fired
finished the campaign before the cold upon. We would advise Mr. Jarrell
weather came," etc. It reminds us of either to carry a compass or develop
a dinky little rhyme we heard once: a better power of persuasion. Either

of these would settle disputes between

'As a rule man's a fool — hunters who fail to locate camp and

When it's hot he wants it cool, prevent a night spent in building fires

When it's cool he wants it hot, and warming the cold side of a pine

Always wanting what is not, log.

Never wanting what he's got."

Our Sugar States' Flowers

The storms of the past three weeks Colorado Columbine

have brought plenty of grief and Nebraska Goldenrod

worry to the agricultural department. Montana Bitter Root

It has required the most strenuous Wyoming Indian Paintbrush

efforts to get the piled beets loaded, South Dakota Pasque Flower

for it has been almost impossible to

get men to shovel beets in the cold, Why doesn't the knocker make a hit?

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FORT MORGAN

F. M. BAKER and A. C. WHITNEY,

Associate Editors

AN ODE TO PARTING

The tears are in our eyes these days,

'Tis something shouldn't be,
The reason why, no doubt you know,

And your experience, too, is this,
Just when a great big family, we

Become acquainted — love our
work,
And things run on efficiently,

The work drops off, the end is
near,
And parting time is almost here.

Well, it's time for parting,

And our tears are starting
As Fort Morgan's Campaign rolls by,

But as the old factory rumbles
We shall take our troubles,

And go stumbling down,
The road to Home Sweet Home.

(The Poet is a wonderful Field-
man.)

We had very nice weather until a
couple of weeks ago and on one of the
stormiest days Mr. Robb and Mr. Ross
moved. We understand it is much
cheaper to move than pay rent.

Mr. Pearse, chemist, finds hunting
one of his favorite sports. He re-
cently spent two days hunting rab-
bits (?) near Adena. This will Ne-
ville do.

Mr. Morgan, the car clerk, is happy
or unhappy (?) again. His wife is
here.

Miss Neville has been planning on
going to Denver. She has purchased
some new clothes and we hear her
mention a man's name now and then.
We all wish her well.

Judging from the way Mr. Kagy
takes Miss Akerson's apple every
noon, we all have our suspicions he
must be in the act of making hard
cider. We at least live in the hope
he will be a sport and pass it around.
He surely ought to, getting the apples
for nothing.

Paul Meyers has succeeded Dan
Drew as Warehouse Foreman.

Lot of thick smoke in the Morgan
Office. Where there is smoke there
must be some fire, and this is what
we hear. Mr. Whetzel made a bet

with Mr. Robb that the factory would
make a daily slicing average of 1400.
Of course, Mr. Robb never suspecting
such an average would be made was
very willing to bet a big box of ci-
gars. His countenance fell when on the
morning of the 16th (happened to be
day after pay day), the slicing state-
ment came in as usual, but carrying
a daily of 1400-plus. You just ought
to see the swell Chancellors the fel-
lows are smoking. Mr. Whetzel an-
nounces he is in the market for an-
other bet.

Robert Officer dropped in to pay us
a short call the other day. We were
all glad to see Bob again.

It's Natural for Sugar Tramps
to Have Sweet Babies

This is Zula Miller, daughter of C. F.
Miller, Superintendent of Morgan Fac-
tory. Zula took the silver medal in the
Baby Show at the Morgan County
Fair this fall. Zula, you're a lula. Your
"Pap" isn't so hard to look at, either.

That long looked for moisture ar-
rived at last and in such quantity
that it delayed deliveries. The agri-
cultural force have been busy trying
to get enough piled beets moved to

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keep the factory running.

The wife of Fieldman, W. S. Hen-
derson, is spending the winter in
Florida.

Miss Lawson one of our comp ope-
rators is very much disappointed.
She was informed when she came to
Morgan she might find herself a hus-
band. She is leaving soon and alone.
Miss Stone will be with us a while
longer. There may be a chance for
her. We hope so.

There are "DANGER" Signs
around Mr. Baker's residence. He
has just purchased a Boston Bull dog.
Beware.

We are experiencing "considerable
trouble in getting the balance of our
direct beets in as the roads are al-
most impassable. A large number of
the farmers who still have beets out
are pulling and piling them and will
try to haul them later.

The Editor expresses his thanks to
the girls in the office for their assist-
ance in gathering these notes.

S I ERL1NG

(JEORGE W. ATKINSON and C. H. LINDEN,

Associate Editors

Mrs. Curley Rawson is reported
well on the road to recovery after a
major operation at the Sterling Hos-
pital.

Harvey Pranks passed cigars the
other day, complimentary to his new
son.

The long drought was broken, —
twice. On Nov. 4th and 5th, Sterling
received a nice rain which gave us
1.87 inches of moisture. Then again
on the 11th and 12th about 12 inches
of snow fell increasing the total pre-
cipitation to nearly 3 inches. We be-
lieve that the epidemic of colds
harassing the employees will be
broken by this weather.

Sterling has had a hard campaign
to date but at that, we feel that we
have been doing pretty well. Of
course capacity and performance
have not been quite as high as last
year, but at that the old mill has
been gaining and the difficulties are
being gradually overcome. Sterling

will again make her appearance as an
endurance house rather than as a
sprinter.

We were greatly pleased to enter-
tain Superintendents Sam Mooney and
Fred Treadway last week and even
though Sterling is not leading the
pack this year we feel sure that they
saw some points in which we had the
edge on some of the others.

The Beet Force has turned out the
Big Beet Check which released a total
of $1,015,675.00 to the farmers in Lo-
gan and Sedgwick Counties. Sterling
district again leads all factories in
amount of beets delivered. We could
have a nice campaign if some of these
small mills like Longmont or Ft. Col-
lins didn't have to borrow our beets.

The storm caught only 700 acres of
beets unharvested.

Cashier Jack Rece is recovering
from a bad attack of lumbago, which
threatened to take him off the job for
some time.

Superintendent Welsh took a trip to
Ft. Morgan and Brush lately and came
back pretty well satisfied with some
things and rather dissatisfied with
others. One thing that displeased him
was a heavy cold which nearly killed
his voice.

Speaking of the cold and weak voice.
Fred Riley contracted the same thing
Imagine, if you can, Mr. Welsh and
Mr. Rilev trying to talk to each other
above the roar and din of the cooler
gears and each thinking the otner vvtts
mocking him! Only the well known
good nature of the two averted hard
feelings for the time being.

The editor has been anxious to see
some of the major league football
games in Denver but has been forced
to take said desire out in duck hunt-
ing instead.

It begins to look as though Sterling
would be about the last Colorado fac-
tory to finish campaign — about Dec.
18th to 20th. Here's hoping we can
get home for Christmas dinner once.

BRIGHTON

Campaign days are over, sad to say.
One of the shortest campaigns we
know of, but while it lasted there was
plenty of snap and go to make it in-

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teresting. A new slicng record of 1,668
tons was made Nov. 7th, the best pre-
vious Brighton record being 1,577 tons
on Dec. 21, 1921. The slicing aver-
age to date is 1,488' tons, which is
also a record.

The absence of even minor com-
plaints in beet settlements, which
usually follow regular pay days, shows
the able manner in which Cashier
Hume handled our office work in this
campaign, same being done with a
materially reduced force.

The fieldmen manage to keep busy.
Mr. Houston has released his dump
carpenter, O. A. Hight, for services in
the mill, hence the extra duties of the
fieldmen.

Lots of credit is due our genial
timekeepers, Mr. Crane and Mr. Rob-
bins, for the splendid manner in which
they have performed their duties dur-
ing the campaign.

Only the timely arrival of Master
Mechanic Johnson prevented serious
trouble with one of our big engines
one day. Leave it to Harry.

George Reynolds of the Denver of-
fice, with a bunch of boys, visited the
factory on the 29th. We would have
liked to have seen the essays these
boys wrote on their return to Denver.
Fred Center, one of our campaign
veterans, has returned to Marcane,
Orient, Cuba, where he is employed
at the Cane Sugar Factory of the Cu-
ban American Sugar Company.

The many friends of J. L. Mcln-
tyre (Mac) were pained to hear of his
death on Nov. 10' at the home of his
brother in Denver. Mac was time-
keeper at this factory during the last
two previous campaigns and his work
was always well done.

Supt. H. A. Harbeck is now a "Dad."
This important event happened No-
vember 1st. It is a girl. Harry passed
out the cigars in great style, and to
say he is a proud father is putting it
mildly.

On the night of the 14th, four cars
of loaded beets jumped the track by
spreading rails on the branch factory
line, completely blocking further traf-
fic. The wrecking crew from Denver
was called and after several hours'
work, traffic was restored.

There has been received about 1,600

carloads of beets at the Brighton Fac-
tory this campaign, without the loss
of a ton by cars dumping in transit.
Hats off to you, Lee Taylor.

Joe Hight resigned his position in
the mill last week, one that he has
filled faithfully for a number of cam-
paigns, to take up his old trade. He
is now permanently employed at the
Brighton bakery as head baker.

Mrs. Sherman has handled the lunch
counter in the local plant in the same
courteous and efficient manner this
season as in the past. Here's hoping
that the management continues the
same arrangement for future cam-
paigns.

C. A. Rockwell and the Denver Post
are in the same class as weather
prophets.

A Mexican turning in his time card
on November 8th unable to write Eng-
lish describing the kind of work he
had performed that day, sent in the
card with a pencil illustration of a
broom and some dirt. Tom Crane was
equal to the occasion and the sweep-
ing gang account received credit.

Another letter received by Tom was
not so easily deciphered, and is given
below:

Denver, Colo. 10-24-1922.
To the Time Keeper,

Great Western Sugar Co.,
Brighton, Colo.
Dear Sir:

The last check that i have received
from you with the amount of $11.20
is not correct i have worked on the
Grave Yard shift to the 19th of Octo-
ber 7 o'clock in the morning then my
shift was changed into the from 3 to
11 o'clock so i came back at 3 o'cIock
on the 19 of October and worked til'
11 o'clock consequently i have put iti
2 shifts on the 19th of October amount-
ing to 5 days $14. Now dear sir do
not think that I believe you are a
crook i still think you are a Gentle-
men and this little mistake has been
made innocently through the changes
of the shifts. Now what i was going
to askt you is this, could you invest
these $14 (i have not cashed this 11.2.0
check) for me in your Co. in such
maner that i may become a chair
holder in your Co? I always have
worked hard but never have i gained

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anything so it it is possible for you cial Association to our factory on No-
please put me in as a chair holder so vember 7th was one of the events of
i may have something when i am old. the campaign. The party, numbering
Inclosing a postal stamp i hope you 150, seemed greatly pleased and the
will answer me by return mail giving occasion was very enjoyable to ev-
me your opinion on my propositions, eryone. Lunch was served in the gar-
I will remain age by the young ladies of the office
Respectfully yours force. Another large delegation of 50
14^ Market ctrept business men from Denver, guests of
i4{>;> iviarKei sireei the Purchasing Department, inspect-

Bert Harris of the research depart- ed the factory on November 18th.

ment at Denver was with us to the Mr. Houston says he wants to serve

end of campaign. notice on Supt Harbeck right now to

The visit of the Manufacturers Bu- get the Brighton mill ready for a real

reau of the Denver Civic and Commer- campaign in 1923.

Scottsbluff s Alphabet

By Anon

C— Stands for CARNEY all pinkie and white,
Is Hooper's shadow by day or by night.

C — Stands for CLAY, little and rough,

Say much to him and he'll give you a cuff.

C— Stands for CHATFIELD an Engineer tall,
Who sometimes forgets he is with us at all.

D— Stands for DALTON, head of the gang,

Whose "Good Night" is his very best slang.

G — Stands for GINN whose popularity no doubt
Is talked of profusely both here and about.

H — Stands for HELDT, who manages the beets
And tries to kid whomever he meets.

H— Stands for HOOPER the big Operating man;
Try to get ahead of him if you can.

H — Stands for HUFF who chases the cars
And is liable to get a good many scars.

M— Stands for MORRISON, little Jeff,

Who is through with the girls, so he says "his own se'f."

O — Stands for OGILVY, the Scotchman you know,
Whose tongue flies as fast as his mind can go.

R— Stands for RHODES, who handles the time,

And if you don't watch him he'll take your last dime.

— Stands for SIMMONS, the handsome man
Who settles all problems as fast as he can.

S— Stands for Earl SNYDER whose beauty so fair
We fear will be spoiled in this awful dry air.

— Stands for VANDEMOER who talks cattle and sheep,
And at ten minutes to five is almost asleep.

W— Stands for WOOLEY, a mimic of fame,
Who even would like to copy your name.

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SCOTTSBLUFF

GENEVIEVE WEIDENHEIMER

and PARRY W. SNYDER,

Associate Editors

According to recent estimates, about
six per cent of the entire tonnage of
the Nebraska District was still in the
ground on November 15. We hope to
have this tonnage in not later than
December 1.

N. C. Vandemoer had the misfortune
to have a toe broken recently.

The Laboratory being short of sam-
ple boys and station men on a recent
date, grabbed a new boy from the
sweeping gang. As the head chemist
was busy, the bench men took occasion
to send the new boy on a wild goose
chase. He was sent to the Third Carb
for a sample of extraction. The Car-
bonator put some shavings into the
pail, set them on fire, and put some
sulphur on the top, getting it to binn-
ing good. He then gave the pail to the
boy and said, "Now run like h — , and
shut the laboratory door after you."
Which the boy did, with effects that
are easily imagined.

Chas. Durnin is the owner of a new
Overland sedan, and we understand
has ordered a radio set. We believe
Charlie intends to enjoy life in the
future.

Our Yard Foreman's chemical educa-
tion has evidently been sadly neglected,
which the following incident will
prove: Upon finding four barrels in
a beet car from Bayard, the Yard Fore-
man went to the Superintendent's of-
fice and asked Peck Snyder what to
do with it. Peck said, "That's bar-
ium," to which the Yard Foreman re-
plied, "What the h — do you want to
bury 'em for?"

John Halverson, formerly employed
at this factory, died on November 6.

Eddie Clay has a nice, accommoda-
ting pulp hauler who parks his wagon
in front of Eddie's house each noon.
We don't know how much Eddie pays
for this service, but presume it comes
high.

Our recent snow storm which began
on November 4 and covered the ground
up to and including November 13, just
about ruined what roads we did have
in this country. The fieldmen were

compelled to go back to old Dobbin,
as in many instances, Henry could not
make the dumps. Telephone lines were
in a very bad condition, and the out-
look for a sufficient supply of beets at
the factories was very dark. However,
at present things are looking better,
and we believe we will pull through in
fine shape.

On a recent cold night, Dick Kent,
Master Mechanic, who is inclined to
be slightly superstitious, had occasion
to overhaul the pan pig pump. In or-
der to do this, it was necessary to
drain the boiling hot water out of the
pump, which he proceeded to do, step-
ping back several paces to allow the
steam to blow away. A big buck
sheep which makes its home around
the factory and is petted and teased
by all of the men," came through the
door, into the steam, and walked slow-
ly toward Mr. Kent. Upon seeing this
apparition approaching Dick decided
his time had come. His heart nearly
failed him, but upon taking a good
look he saw that the devil's horns in-
stead of sticking out straight were
curved. Dick finally recognized our
old friend buck.

According to one of the stenogra-
phers, Mr. Ginn recently dictated a let-
ter which read something like this:
"Please send me your latest Love Cata-
log." Evidently Mr. Ginn feels that
he is not up on modern methods in
this little game. We understand that
later, the order was increased to three
copies so that Messrs. Simmons and
Clay could also become wised up. This,
we suppose, is the publication of which
Rudolph Valentino is editor.

GERING

T. L. CRONIN and W. E. CLAYCOMB,
Associate Editors

The beet center of the world, i. e.,
The Valley of the Platte, successfully
passed the annual inspection made
late in October by the general and
district staffs of the company. If you
have any doubt as to the veracity of
our opening statement, drop over to
Nebraska during your intercampaign
and watch ,us go.

The tonnage that has passed over
the scales in the Valley indicates

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that the average yield per acre for
the entire Nebraska District will be
approximately thirteen tons. The
yield in the territories of the Bayard
and Gering factories will average
slightly above this figure, with many
individual growers digging upwards
of seventeen and even twenty to us
per acre on large tracts. In the ter-
ritories of the Scottsbluff and Mitch-
ell factories the yield per acre thus
far is slightly more than twelve tons,
making the average delivery for the
entire Valley the stated figure of thir-
teen tons.

Our General Chemist from Denver,
Sir Sidney, former Chairman of the
Sugar Division of the American
Chemical Society, and now a member
of the Executive Committee of that
learned body, favored us with a pleas-
ant official visit during the month.

"What Makes a Sugar Tramp?"
was the head line of an article ap-
pearing in the editorial section of the
October issue of The Press, in which
lower wage, lack of competent help,
fewer under-foremen and experienced
station men, and several other re-
grettable facts were cited as reasons
advanced by Pessimistic Prophets for
a possible "lay down" during the
present campaign. No, Profs, you are
wrong as usual — dead wrong. These
facts only tend to make a Sugar
Tramp tramp, tend to bring forth with
renewed vigor the honorable princi-
ples set forth in the September Press,
which were clipped and displayed on
the bulletin board. A Sugar Tramp
is going to go and go strong, be loyal
to his Superintendent and loyal to
his factory just as long as he accepts
the wage and remains on the job.
Perish the thought that advantage of
such trait would ever be taken.

Asa Beeman, one of our sugar end
foremen, is responsible for the fol-
lowing story which he is telling on
John Lenz, his roommate and former
buddy while "over there." John is
house machinist on the "widow-mak-
er shift," and on armistice night, un-
beknown to his "steady," he called
on another young lady, and while
seated on the davenport alone — this
was John's first call — he was enter-
taining her with a comparison of his
surroundings on this night and on the

night just four years previous. At
this point the girl's father, a gruff,
stout, old fellow came into the room,
watch in hand. "Young man, do you
know what time it is?" he asked.
"Yes, sir," replied John, "I was just
going." He went into the hall and
took his hat, overcoat, and sandwich
case. The girl's father followed him
and as he reached the door the old
gentleman again asked if he knew
what time ^t was. "Yes, sir," was
John's reply, "Good night." As the
door closed, the old gentleman turned
in surprise to his daughter exclaim-
ing, "What's the matter with that
voung fellow? I wanted him to tell
me the time so I could set my watch."
Who was the author of the nur-
sery lullaby, "Sandman Come While
Baby's Sleeping?" Leading the first
division, that Hooper baby was a wide
awake little cuss and the Sandman
was on the job all the time. Going
like a real marathonist at the quarter
pole on November 4, through no fault
of hers she was retired from the
race, shrouded in a blue halo of
glory. While we are still loyal to the
North Platte Valley, yet if the race
must be won by one of the numerous
quarter horses, and endurance war-
rants no merit, Lovell, our own,
we're for you, for you even though
Gering may have to jog along with-
out a peer or pacemaker during the
closing days of the year.

Visions of untold wealth cast from
the heavens was the midnight dream
of Bert (Skivey) Holmes, the "main
squeeze" in the pulp drying plant
from eleven to seven as he stood at
the north door of that establishment
and beheld a blue and gold flame
emitting from the ash pit. With a
slash bar he procured a portion of
the unknown flaming substance and
took it into the laboratory for analy-
sis. Chemist Muscavitch extinguished
the flame and submitted the sample
to a factory acid test and pronounced
it a portion of some transient body
containing pure radium and a small
per cent of platinum. Skivey imme-
diately took the floor and in a dra-
matic manner told of hearing a his-
sing, popping noise as the meteor
plunged through the vastness of the
firmament before becoming incandes-

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cent as it entered the earth's atmos-
phere; told how he alone held the
secret regarding the spot where hun-
dreds of tons of this precious metal
now reposed. At this point, Emery
Todd, the perpetrator of the joke, en-
tered the laboratory and casually
asked Skivey if he had seen anything
of his carbide light, as he had lost
it while repairing the ash pump mo-
tor. To date, Skivey has made no
efforts to stake out the claim.

Joe Maudru of the general office
spent a couple of days with us dur-
ing the early part of the month, and
since his departure the place has tak-
en on the aspect of "The Old Home-
stead," judging from the numerous
boot scrapers and door mats being
installed.

BAYARD

H. V. TOWNER. Associate Editor

A month ago we were breathing
gusts of thick dust and praying under
our breath for moisture. We got it —
good and plenty — on November 5th.
We were in a state of splendid ( ? )
isolation for three days and there are
still numerous miles of the Platte
Valley Telephone Co's. lines down
north and west to testify to the sever-
ity of the storm. Plans had been
made to begin the loading of piled
beets the middle of that week so that
it was but a short job for the Agri-
cultural Department to start the
movement from piles. The weather
since that time has not been of the
best as rain or snow has followed al-
most each fair day that has fallen to
our lot. At this writing roads are
so nearly impassable that it is hardly
safe for the Field force to venture
over them on a saddle horse.

F. H. Catterson of the Research
Department is with us with his elim-
inator, having recently shipped it in
from Brighton.

Warren Judson Bristol arrived in
Bayard November 14th to take up his
abode with Mr. and Mrs. Bristol and
to be a little brother to Ralph Junior.
The young man weighed in at 9
pounds and is doing fine.

Jimmie McGregor has been con-
fined to his bed the past week and is
at present very ill. We are glad to

hear that Floyd Black is on the road
to recovery and in a couple of weeks
will be well enough to see those who
wish to call. Floyd has been very
ill with typhoid since the beginning
of the campaign.

Since the gentleman from Gering
has called the matter to general at-
tention at least a dozen inquiries have
been filed at the Cashier's Office with
regard to the Dick Belt calendars.
These are arriving with wonderful
regularity and still addressed to F. S.
Treadway, Superintendent and W. T.
Warren, Master Mechanic. Under the
circumstances should a fellow's con-
science be his guide in making the
distribution?

To Henry J. Miller: the Superin-
tendent's Office respectfully requests
that The Dick Belt Company be ad-
vised as to who are the present in-
cumbents of the above positions.
There has been an intimation also
that there should be a little wider dis-
tribution of this valuable advertising.
For your information there are three
Ass't Supts. who might in time be-
come Superintendents and in addition
there is also a Superintendent's
Cl?rk.

MITCHELL

R. I. BABBITT,
Associate Editor.

At this writing there is another
storm in progress. The first of its
kind occurred on Nov. 4 and 5, the
next on Nov. 11, and now another. So
far this month there has been a precip-
itation of about 3.0 inches, and there
has been very few beets dug since
storms started. There is estimated to
be about 10,000 tons of beets still in
the ground in the territory from which
we receive our beets, and the situation
is taking on a serious aspect.

One of J. G. Logan's little boys has
been quite ill with scarlet fever. He
is now much better and the quaran-
tine has been lifted. Mr. Logan has
been living at the dormitory during
the sickness.

Mrs. Nitzkowski and Miss Wysong
are no longer among the beet clerks,
due to lack of work.

S. J. Osborn was a factory and lab-
oratory visitor on October 30.

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We have been quite fortunate this
campaign as regards accidents, there
being very few of any serious nature.
This record is especially good consid-
ering the heavy labor turnover which
we have had.

There seems to be no chance for an
argument as to who will fly the pen-
nant this year. Lovell has certainly
made some record and Mitchell ex-
tends to her heartiest congratulations.
If dope does not fail we believe the
Nebraska-Montana district has a good
chance for first, second and third
places in the race.

Mrs. E. B. Durnin has gone to Great
Falls, Mont., to receive medical atten-
tion under the care of Mr. Durnin's
brother, who is a physician at that
place.

We are glad to learn that we are
again to have sugar end foremen. Fd
Washburn, one of our old sugar end
foremen is already here, moving back
from Casper. The other two will prob-
ably be Geo. Caudel and L. L. Hays,
present sugar boilers. Roscoe Harvey
and Bryan Washburn are being trained
to fill the vacancies at the pans.

Quite a number of the citizens of
Mitchell were startled to hear the fire
siren of the factory at about 5 o'clock
one morning during the past month.
The water tower was on fire. Sounds
impossible, but nevertheless it is a
proven fact. The lagging covering
the riser pipe was burning just below
the bottom of the tank. Of course,
the height was too great to reach
with the fire hose from the ground, but
two of the fellows scaled the tower,
taking the fire hose with them, crawled
the cross beams and finally extinguish-
ed the flames. About one-third of the
covering was destroyed. Many fan-
tastic .theories as to the origin of the
fire are presented, but none as yet is
proven.

BILLINGS

F. S. HAMILTON and G. F. WEYBRIG-HT,
Associate Editors

Our campaign is drawing to a close,
and while we do not lay any claim to
be a top-notcher, the old "Mill on the
Yellowstone" has maintained its cred-
itable slicing average very faithfully.
The only time we had to slow up was

during the severe snowstorm in the
early part of November. The Agri-
cultural Department most certainly
had more than a mere taste of strenu-
ous life during that week. Manager,
Agricultural Superintendent, the long
distance telephone expert, Scotty Wil-
son, and our somewhat meager, though
faithful force of fieldmen were all
struggling valiantly with the odds
against them, that always accompany
and follow a Montana snowstorm dur-
ing the beet harvest.

Mr. Ridley, who is now in Pasadena,
California, reports some progress in
his fight to regain his health and
strength.

Ford Simon is no longer driving that
rakish Hudson speedster, and it is
stated on pretty good authority that he
may in the not distant future be
displaying a new Essex. He is now
living on the south side, within walk-
ing distance of the factory.

Jeff Morrison was with us a few days
in October. He blushed becomingly
upon being congratulated by his nu-
merous friends, and produced a very
excellent brand of smokes.

Miss Anna Lynch, our switchboard
operator, knows how to interpret the
rules of the institution regarding tele-
phone calls to factory employees dur-
ing working hours. Some presumptu-
ous person down town desiring to talk
to one M. D. Thatcher was promptly
informed that workmen in the factory
could not be called to the phone while
they were on shift.

We were recently favored with a
visit from Messrs. Havemeyer, Petri-
kin, Lippitt, Griffin and our company's
Treasurer, M. D. Thatcher. It was dur-
ing this trip that Mr. Lippitt inaugu-
rated a new sport in Montana, that of
catching coyotes with Cadillacs.

We are glad to report the improve-
ment of the young son of "Bob" Rog-
ers, extra man. Young "Bob" had his
leg broken when he was run down by
an automobile last month, and has been
in a plaster cast ever since.

A bad snowstorm the first of the
month made it necessary to limit the
slicing for five or six days. This has
busted our 2,400 ton bubble. However,
we are now putting forth our best ef-
forts to get Thanksgiving "off," and if
"Hank" Scherer lets the main water

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pipes alone from now on, we believe
we will make it.

H. S. Barringer has purchased a fine
residence on Capitol Hill. Herb says
moving and campaign don't go very
well together.

LOVELL

J. S. ANKENY and J. W. KENDALL,
Associate Editors

Didja notice how most of the fac-
tories in the Nebraska District are
hitting the well-known ball? Mitch-
ell is apparently runner-up for the
flag, Bayard is hopping right to it,
and Billings is doing better than it
ever has before, we believe. Like the
negro who, upon being informed that
the lion was raised on milk and
wouldn't hurt him at all, replied,
"Ah was raised on milk too, but Ah
eats meat now," we grew up in Colo-
rado, but we're living here now. Well,
it looks like a good campaign all the
way through, and many factories
which heretofore have been consid-
ered back numbers are fighting for
places in the first division. We be-
lieve that the Grand Slicing Average
and the Grand Performance Factor
of all factories together will exceed
those of any other group of beet
sugar houses in the world, bar none.

'Spretty tough when you have to
keep a man watching the beet scale
bearings all the time to see that they
do not burn out. Our little skimpy
700 pound scale has to hump itself
to put over 45's and 48's and 49's
when we really get to cutting beets.
And as for the elevator — it's no won-
der it stuck occasionally, when the
beets had to be piled in so fast that
the whole housing was full from the
chain out, all the way to the top.
'Sfact, and we can prove it.

Heard on the white centrifugals
this campaign, "By golly, I believe if
we cut out a strike in five minutes,
Ted would drop another one right on
top of it."

A sweeper peeped into the boiler
house one day, and seeing the fires
under the boilers, inquired what was
the occasion for the flames. He was
informed that they were to heat the
water in the boilers, and after a mo-
ment's deep thought, his face bright-

ened as he remarked, "Oh, yes, that's
where they heat the water we mop
the floors with, ain't it?"

Well, well, well! What do you
know about it? Mitchell sent us the
flag, charges collect, 68 cents dam-
ages. We hardly thought they would
lie down and quit us at the last mo-
ment, but you never can tell. We
will try our darndest not to return
the compliment during 1923-24.

We note by last month's Sugar
Press that Longmont cut 30 3 9 tons
of beets one day, with the added no-
tation that this was a spectacular
run. Congratulations, Longmont, that
was a real run — but figures only 122.-
78787878+ on slicing capacity. Lov-
ell's slicing average for the campaign
was 120.81081. and we imagine no
one had the guts to figure our high
run of 99 6 on a 740 capacity factory.
Well, it gives a result something like
134.5945944. Longmont, when you
cut 3 3 31 tons, we will furnish you
something else to shoot at.

Steve Lynch had a first carbonator
who sent over a "burnt" one, and
observing that the presses weren't
doing much, Steve caught a sample
in a glass and carried it to a titrating
bench to test the alkalinfty. "What's
the matter, Pat, won't she filter?" in-
quired the carbonator. "Filter!"
Steve yelled, "that stuff wouldn't fil-
ter through a ladder."

H. O. Hyatt, for many years Assist-
ant Superintendent, left the employ
of the company in September, and we
understand he is now connected with
the Billings Gas Company.

H. S. Looper is at home recuperat-
ing from a severe cold on his chest,
which threatened for a few days to
become serious. We'll say this for
Loop, he postponed it until all the
beets were in the sheds, anyway, and
incidentally they were mighty good
beets, as a whole.

Hard to Recall Worse

Golfer: "I suppose you've been
around with worse players than me?"

No reply.

Golfer, (louder) : "I suppose
you've caddied for worse — "

Caddie: "I heard verra well what
ye 'said the first time. I'm thinking
aboot it."

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f§§§!§|fe^SJB^^3

True glory takes
root, and even
spreads; all false
pretenses, like
flowers, fall to
the ground; nor
can any counter-
feit last long.

—Cicero

ar Press

Published Monthly For The Employees Of

THE GREAT WESTERN SUGAR CO.

Denver Colorado.

Volume VI

DECEMBER 1922

Number 12

On the Inside Pages

Pennant Race

Page
2

By S. J. Osborn

Voice From The Cellar ....

3

By T. L. Cronin

National Canning Contest . . .

4

Mirrors of Sugar Lane — 10 — Edwin Morrison

5

W. S. Garnsey, Jr., Resigns

7

Sugar Market ......

By Lamborn & Co.

8

Northport Project .....
By A. H. Heldt

10

Clarence Osborn, Oldest Fieldman

13

By J. L. Williams

Lee McMillen ......

18

By C. W. Strauss

Billings Agricultural Meeting
By "Scotty" Wilson

20

Sugar Cities — Longmont ....
By Hon. Rae H. Kiteley

22

Longmont's '22 Campaign
By V. L. Aikin

24

Greeley's Mutual Association

25

By W. C. Wagner

Notes of Personnel ....

26

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^fpo all members of the Gwesco family and their loved ones, we extend
lIL our best wishes, and hope that real Christmas happiness may be
^^ theirs; that naught shall curb the spirit of good cheer and love
which is radiated by sight of the holly and the mistletoe and the flaming
Yule logs; that peace and good will may abide with them throughout a
happy and prosperous New Year. — From Gering Notes.

Pennant Race on Home Stretch

By S. J. Osborn

Lovell, of Course, Finished First, in Several Ways. Mitchell and Windsor
Are the Runner-Ups Unless Bayard Pulls a Dan Patch at the Last Minute. The
Dust has Hardly Settled but the Mills are Talking About Next Year's Race.
And From Their Temper 16 Flags will Just About Fill the Bill.

We have reached the home stretch of the pennant race where most of the
final figures are available and the story can be almost completed.

Lovell may now be definitely awarded the banner and congratulations are
extended to the Little P^actory of the Big Horn Valley.

Mitchell can also be definitely given second place and it would appear almost
certain that Windsor will be able to claim the third position as she at this time
leads the closely bunched group of contestants for third place with the final
figures of Bayard yet to be heard from.

All factories except Fort Collins have now reached the necessary goal of
95 performance factor or better, although some have little margin to spare and
to maintain their standings will have to be careful not to slip back before the
end of The campaign.

If Fort Collins were not disbarred by her low performance factor, she would
have a pennant rating of 107.9 and would be tied with Billings for twelfth place.

Following are the latest figures as we go to press:
Position Factory Pennant

Rating

1 Lovell (.final) 127.7

2 Mitchell (final) 119.3

:: Windsor (final) 11G.9

4 Bayard ( Dec. 11 ) 115.1

Greeley (final) 114.G

G Loveland (final) 113.9

7 Longmont (final) 113. G

s Brush (final) 112.G

9 Scottsbluff (Dec. 11) 111.7

10 . Ft. Morgan (Dec. 11) 111.4

11 Gering (Dec. 11) 108.3

12 Billings (final) 107.9

1 3 Brighton ( final ) 107.7

14 Faton (final) ' 106.8

15 Sterling (Dec. 1-1) 106.5

Of the four factories below 95 Performance in the last issue of The Press
Fort Morgan. Scottsbluff and Sterling have come out of the Slough of Despond.

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Sterling is hanging on by an eye lash but wants the world to know that she is
out and intends to remain out.

The Nebraska factories, toward the end of their campaign, have been
encountering beets encased in frozen mud, not a particularly delectable dish for
the slicers and the process generally.

While the swan song won't be sung for the 1922-23 Pennant Race until the
next issue, there is no denying that it has been a contest featured by a spirit of
unusual effort on the part of all factories. ■

A Voice From the Cellar

(Agnes, Where's the Corkscrew ?)

Gering Claims the Endurance Honors in the Pennant Race. Tom Croniny Aided By
His Boswellt Claycomb, has Written Another One of His Delightful Pieces for the Family.

As we visit through the personal
columns of the November Press and
note the wonderful achievements of our
fifteen sister factories, we shudder to
think of the little that will be left for
us to tell when we finish slicing some-
time NEXT year.

This issue will, no doubt, contain
many snappy after-campaign stories
following the lead of the excellent one
by Jack Ankeny of Lovell. And when
you are reading them and marveling
at or applauding the wonderful work
so well done, please loll back in your
characteristic intercampaign pose and
be advised that one of our greatest
achievements is the simple fact that
we are running still. Not running a
still, but running the only fully
equipped plant in the Great Western
string — hot and cold saccharate, wet
and dry pulp, potash and yeast. One
of the few factories in the company,
if not in the entire universe, engaged
today in the manufacture of pure, re-
fined, granulated sugar from beets.
And also connected to the wide, wide
world by radio.

In commemoration of the foregoing
facts, we are looking forward to, and
earnestly expect, a proclamation to be
issued early in January by the big
hearted Boss across the river, reviving
the old custom of declaring a three
day's holiday for the four Nebraska
houses to compensate for the Thanks-
giving, Christmas and New Year's din-
ners enjoyed during intercampaign by
so many of our brother tramps.

It was just as we predicted in the
September issue — many would start,

but few would go the distance. At that
writing, however, we were in doubt
as to the next location of the pennant
other than to entertain the foregone
conclusion, which we believe was
shared by the entire outfit, that it would
fly over a Nebraska Division house,
FOR YOU CANNOT KEEP A GOOD
MAN DOWN. (This ought to assure
the proclamation.)

The passing, or rather passed, pen-
nant race developed into an "elimina-
tion" affair, and reminded us of the
ten little, nine little, eight little In-
dians, or, better, by the story of the
sixteen cabin passengers who sat at
the Captain's table as the ship, on
clearing the harbor, ran into a choppy
sea. As the soup appeared, the Captain
"arose. "I hope that all sixteen of you
will have a pleasant trip, and that this
little assembly of fifteen will be much
benefited by the voyage. I look upon
these twelve smiling faces as a father
on his family. I hope that all ten of
you will join me in drinking to a merry
trip. I believe that we eight are most
congenial, and I applaud the judgment
which chose these three persons for my
table. You and I, Mr. Gering, are —
Here, Steward, clear away these dishes
and bring me the fish."

We, at Gering, have about given up
hope of flying the flag of efficiency for
the 1922 portion of the 1922-23 cam-
paign. Not that we have lost heart,,
for heart is an "unknown loss" to a
sugar tramp, but because that little
"Cayuse" (Jack Ankeny please note)
way up in Lovell grabbed it at the
quarter pole and bolted the track which,

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according to international turf rules,
would mean disqualification. But you
won it fair and square according to the
rules that were, and the District is
proud of you, even though a contender
was never before known to win a race
while viewing the finish from the grand
stand.

Had trainer Hooper wised us to the
fact that his stable held such a speedy
colt, we might have trained for speed
rather than endurance, but, Lovell, we
believe we voice the sentiments of the
entire District, if not the entire organ-
ization, when we say, "Congratula-
tions," and may the pennant proudly
fly from your flag staff until we, or some
other Nebraska Division house, take it

from you with a better pennant stand-
ing than 127.7.

In conclusion let us give you one lit-
tle tip — Don't make too elaborate prep-
arations for the flag raising until star-
ter Doherty sounds the gong announc-
ing the last lap, for now that the dust
of all the flying quarter and half-dis-
tance nags has cleared away, and we
have no further fear of running over
the fallen "skates," Gering. and possi-
bly Scottsbluff, will enter the '23
stretch on New Year's Day, and will
salute the judge at the finishing wire
one week later, claiming first and sec-
ond honors as the only contestants in
the company having completed "the
campaign title," and the race, over the
entire 1922-23 campaign course.

G. W. Sugar Used by Winners
In National Canning Club Contest

Iowa and Colorado Girls Took First and Second Honors at the National Canning
Contest in Chicago, Dec. 5-7 , 1922, Using Great Western Sugar in Their Demonstrations of
Preserving Fruits, Meats and Vegetables.

The Iowa and the Colorado teams
in the national canning contest held
during the International Stock Show
at Chicago last week won first and
second honors, both teams being se-
lected to go to Europe for three
months next s-mnmer, with all ex-
penses paid.

The contest was held under the
auspices of the National Committee
on Boys and Girls Club Work, headed
by former U. S. Secretary of Agri-
culture E. T. Meredith.

Beulah Rogers and Katherine Bola-
baugh, of Eddyville, Iowa, and Elaine
Hendricks and Bertha Boger, of Bur-
lington, Colo., comprised the two win-
ning clubs. Each pair had earned
the right to exhibit in Chicago by de-
feating teams of other states in inter-
state contests held this Fall.

Their victory at the Stock Show
gained for these young girls national
supremacy, defeating as they did rep-
resentatives of every region in the
United States.

The Colorado Team, Also to Get European Trip

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The winners' use of the sugar made
by the Great Western Sugar Com-
pany was a demonstration of the mer-
it of beet sugar for all home-canning
purposes. The clubs at the national
contest were called upon to put up

vegetables, meats and fruits. They
explained every step of their work,
the Colorado girls emphasizing the
equivalent merit of beet sugar with
any the world produces.

The Iowa Girls Who Took First Honors

Mirrors of Sugar Lane

10 — Edwin Morrison

Now When Shortly After the Gwesco was Born, in the Days of 1903, Behold, There
Came Three Wise Men From the East to Fort Collins, and One of Them Was Edwin Morrison.

Edwin Morrison was born in Cincin-
nati in 18C9, being the middle boy of
five sons and one sister, in a Scotch-
Irish-American family who started the
original Proctor & Gamble Co., and who
showed the family penchant for exact
scientific information by advertising
"99 44/100% pure."

The family of six little Morrisons
lived on a fourteen acre residence prop-
erty in the suburbs of Cincinnati and
next door to another family of Morri-
sons of eight cousins. The dozen and
a quarter of little laddies and lassies
grew up together ranging through this
huge playground, and "who wouldn't
see right sure they blackened his eye."

The picture of Edwin shows him at
the age of wearing his first long trou-

sers, his chin is
already square
and pugnacious,
but his eyes kind-
ly and humorous,
showing at that
early age his com-
bination of two
characteristics —
ability to fight

like h when

cornered, yet won-
derfully sympa-
thetic and lovable
with all.

After surviving
the ills and griefs

He Whangs the
Banjo.

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of childhood and common school days,
Edwin entered high school at Cincin-
nati, where in addition to being a star
student, became a star catcher on the
base ball nine and a star performer on
the banjo. All three of these accom-
plishments he still retains, working
continuously with the first, on occa-
sions with the second, and only in the
Sanctum Santorum with the banjo.

Edwin graduated from high school at
the age of sixteen, and it was decided
that he should become fully American-
ized by going to Yale, there to learn
to leave off his Scotch brogue and talk
United States. Those wno occasionally
get crossed with Uncle Eddie can tes-
tify that he surely learned to talk
United States as well as his Irish. How-
ever, while there he also acquired a
technical education, which has stood
by him through many years of strenu-
ous work and has made many dividends
for the companies employing his serv-
ices.

Entered Sugar Game In East
When about to graduate from Yale
he was selected by the faculty as the
brightest of his class and recommended
to fill the vacancy of Chief Engineer
at the Franklin Refinery, which posi-
tion he took and filled capably until
the American Sugar Refinery Co. was
formed and the Franklin Refinery
closed down. Dr. S. C. Hooker was also
employed at the Franklin, and his
friendship and admiration for Edwin
was responsible for Edwin later com-
ing to Colorado. During his early days
in Colorado, Edwin talked almost as
much about the Franklin as George
and Bob did about Chino. However
Edwin had a milder case and con-
falesced and completely recovered
much sooner than George and Bob, and
without the major operations required
by the latter two.

In 1903, the three "wise men of the
East," Messrs. Booraem, Morrison and
Murke, saw the star and journeyed
west to Colorado to foster and nurse
the baby Great Western Sugar Co. How
wisely and well they nursed the infant
may be judged by looking at the pres-
ent slicing capacity and technical effi-
ciency. The early days; when the
Great Western was a collection of for-
mer independent sugar companies, were
strenuous ones for the "three wise

men." They worked early and late
overcoming antagonism, distrust and
jealousy, and by strictly adhering to a
policy of doing their best straight from
the shoulder they won out handsomely
and enjoyed the full confidence and
trust of the organization.

An Out-of-Doors Man

While Mr. Morrison did not arrive in
Colorado via the side door pullman
route, so essentially necessary for good
sugar tramp caste according to some
biographers, he nevertheless brought
with him a huge red mustache (since
emulated by Hartburgh), a two bit
French briar pipe, and a steam driven
hand fired Locomobile. After ten days
of residence he purchased a little mus-
tang which he named Larry in honor
of Ireland.

He showed his interest in all forms
of athletics by trying to train each of
his four traveling engineers in some
athletic specialty, Chatfield in tennis,
Rienks in foot racing, Babbitt in prize
fighting, and Mitchell in poker playing.
He organized and captained the Factory
Indoor Base Ball team at Ft. Collins,
encouraged the new Country Club by
offering prizes for tennis tournaments
and by winning the first golf tourna-
ment. He entered fully into the spirit
of the West, fishing, hunting, mountain
excursions, mountain cabins, and a
genuine spirit of frankness and sincer-
ity so universal "Out where the West
begins."

During Mr. Morrison's stay at Fort
Collins, he was called upon to super-
vise the building of Sterling, Brush,
Fort Morgan, Billings and Scottsbluff
factories. In 1913 he was moved to
Denver and soon after was called upon
to finish the design of Gering, Bayard,
Brighton and Mitchell factories, to
build Gering, Bayard and Mitchell and
to supervise the building of Brighton
and LoVell. We believe his is the best
beet sugar factory design in the world.

7s Made A Director
In 1918, Mr. Morrison was made Gen-
eral Superintendent of the Company
and in actuality is both General Super-
intendent and Chief Engineer. He has
so ably directed his corps of assistants
that the factory capacity, performance
factor and general efficiency have been
steadily progressing and increasing.

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In 1921 he was made a director of the
Company, a selection popular with ev-
eryone. By his energy, capability and
tact he has truly made himself the
real technical head and is the leader
of his staff. ,

Behind your back we call you "Uncle

Eddie" because we love you very much
but respect you very much besides. An
hour in your office is an inspiration.
With you at the helm the Company is
in its golden age and we hope you con-
tinue to be technical pilot for many
years to come.

Evans Succeeds Garnsey, Resigned

"Jimmie" Mason is Appointed Manager
at Sterling

A change in managers of three of the
Company's Colorado plants was an-
nounced by District Manager N. R. Mc-
Creery on December 19, as the result
of the resignation of W. S. Garnsey,
Jr.,#manager of Greeley and Eaton fac-
tories.

Succeeding Mr. Garnsey is Charles
E. Evans, whose place as manager of
Sterling will be filled by James R.
Mason, heretofore assistant to Mr.
Evans.

For the responsible dual manager-
ship of Greeley and Eaton, filled so
ably by Mr. Garnsey during the last
three years, the company chose Mr.
Evans on account of his proven abil-
ity during 17 years service in the Great
Western organization. He has been in
close contact with agricultural prob-
lems in Weld County most of his life,
having engaged in farming there prior
to his entering the Company's employ
in February 1905 as. fieldman at the
Windsor Factory. Mr. Evans succeed-
ed John Comer as Agricultural Super-
intendent of the Windsor Factory dis-
trict in 1916. Two years later he went
to Sterling as Agricultural Superin-
tendent and to this office was added
the duties of manager when Mr. Garn-
sey left Sterling in 1919 to take charge
of the Greeley and Eaton districts.

Mr. Evans was born in Newcastle,
Pa., December 8, 1871. With Mrs.
Evans he expects to move immediately
to Greeley. They have four children.

Mr. Mason, the new manager at Ster-
ling, since entering the company's serv-
ice in 1916, has spent most of his time

in the Sterling territory. Coming from
a Kansas farm he entered the agri-
cultural work as fieldman at Sterling.
He went to Missoula with Mr. Barr.
When America entered the World War
Mr. Mason joined the army. At the
war's close he returned to agricultural
work with the Company at the Ster-
ling Factory, in 1919. For the last two
years he has been assistant to Mr.
Evans and naturally takes up the man-
ager's duties on Mr. Evans' removal
to Greeley.

W. S. Garnsey, Jr., as He Looked When H: was
Manager of Billings Factory.

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The resignation of Mr. Garnsey, who
enters the automobile business in Gree-
ley, brought expressions of regret from
the highest officials of the company.
He has been with us since 1903 when
he worked on the evaps at Longmont.
Mr. Booraem took Mr. Garnsey to Port
Collins in 1904 and made him his office
assistant. In 1907, Mr. Garnsey was
made manager at Billings where he
served both the company and the com-
munity in an outstanding manner un-
til the end of the 1915 campaign when
he was made manager of Sterling, Fort
Morgan and Brush. Three years ago
Mr. Garnsey went to Greeley and Eaton

as manager, upon the retirement of A.
V. Officer.

Mr. Garnsey's high ability was dem-
onstrated in every office he held with
the organization. In the problems of
the annual harvest he was considered
one of the ablest executives in the
service, and his interest and opinions
on virtually all phases of the business
were frequently sought. In his per-
sonal contacts his square and unselfish
motives were always uppermost. Num-
bers of friends in sugar circles have
written to him, expressing their re-
gret at his breaking connection with
the beet sugar industry.

Probable Factors in the Sugar
Market in 1923

By Lamborn & Company

{Written for The Sugar Press)

As Cuba is the world's largest pro-
ducer of Cane sugar, and this coun-
try the largest consumer of sugar in
the world, it is quite natural that mar-
ket developments on this side of the
world will be of the greatest import-
ance. In fact, this side of the world
has now become the leading factor in
all the sugar markets, whereas prior
to the World War, European markets
were generally the leading influence.

At the close of 1921, practically the
entire world's markets were looking to
Cuba for supplies of raw sugar. Prices
were low, the bottom figure touched
being 1-% cents cost and freight. Then,
however, the world was practically bare
of surplus supplies and Cuba was carry-
ing virtually the bulk of the world's
visible stock of sugar. Its carry-over
from the previous crop was practically
1,300,000 tons, and it was about to mar-
ket what eventually turned out to be
the largest crop on record, approxi-
mately 4,000,000 tons.

During 1922 and practically at stead-
ily advancing prices. Cuba marketed its
entire production, in addition to the
carry-over from the previous year's
crop, in all almost 5,300,000 tons of
sugar. Despite the marketing of this

record-breaking amount of sugar, this
year is closing with prices at the four
cent basis, the top of the year, an ad-
vance of 2-% cents during the year.

The outlook in sugar for the year
1923 is considerably different than for
the past year, especially when taking
into consideration the statistical posi-
tion of sugar. Cuba alone will have
about 1 000,000 tons less sugar to sell
to the rest of the world than it did dur-
ing the year now ending. Cuba is
going into the new crop year practi-
cally cleaned of all visible and invisi-
ble stocks. This means that should
Cuba's crop reach 4,250,000 tons, Cuba
will have about 1,000,000 tons less to
market than it did during the past
year.

While it is quite possible that Eur-
ope will need less sugar from Cuba
than it did during the past year, there
is every indication that Europe will be
as heavy a buyer from Cuba as avail-
able supplies and prices will permit.
Financial conditions in Europe will
naturally militate against active buying
of sugar in the event of prices ad-
vancing. Europe, during the past year,
has materially increased her consump-
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the past season has been somewhat
larger than the previous crop, the in-
creased production has not been com-
mensurate with the increase in con-
sumption. A fairly large European
demand for Cuban sugar is already in
evidence although they are very cau-
tious and are showing little inclina-
tion to bid the market up for supplies.

When considering the fact that the
United States must draw the bulk of its
sugar supplies f:om Cuba, that country
will have a materially reduced amount
that will be available for Europe. As
our own beet production and Louisiana
sugars this Fall fell about 300 000 tons
behind that of a year ago, it is natural
to feel that this country will be com-
pelled to look to Cuba for a greater
amount of sugar this coming year than
it did during the year just ending.

This country being stronger finan-
cially than Europe will naturally, in
the event of an advancing market, be
able to secure its supplies of sugar

more easily than European countries
and the higher prices will have less
of a checking influence on consump-
tion here than abroad.

An indication of the world-wide be-
lief in the soundness of fundamental
conditions in sugar, has been the heavy
buying of Java sugars by the Par East,
ie — Japan, China, India and Strait Set-
tlements. It is estimated that almost
one-half of Java's next crop, which will
not be available until May or Juno
1923, has been sold. Furthermore, it is
felt that the balance of the present
crop will be exhausted well before the
next crop is available. A year ago,
the Far East was a free buyer of Cuban
sugar and when considering the fact
that Europe, this Summer, took con-
siderable Java sugars, it is quite likely
that the Far East will again this
Spring be a buyer of Cuban sugars.

With such conditions prevailing, it
is quite possible that competitive for-
eign buying of Cuban sugar will be ex-
perienced during 1923.

Thanks for the Compliment

Edmund Simmons, our Assistant
General Manager in charge of the
Nebraska District, is becoming
known nationally and even interna-
tionally as a financier. What other
interpretation can one put on the fol-
lowing compliment:

Corsicano, Texas, Nov. 30, 1922.
Dear Mr. Simmons:

With much pleasure I greet you in
connection with all of your Company.
Mr., I desire that you lend me
$100.00. With this, I can leave here
quickly tomorrow.

Yours truly,
Pedro Sepulveda.

Fire !

Dec. 4, 2 p.m. — Former Bon-I-Look
Store Near General Office Afire. Great
Excitement.

Dec. 19, 8 a. m.— Fire Sale.

'Tis the good reiader that
makes the good book. — Emerson.

One of Fort Morgan's
Best Crops

Billy Robb and Frank Lore, Children of
Fort Morgan Factory Notables, are Shown
in a Baby Beet Wagon. Frank is Shading
His Eyes Whilst He Is on the Lookout for
Indians but Little Billy is Indifferently Gaz-
ing at Fort Morgan's Performance Factor in
the Last Issue, Now Happily Above 95,
However.

I know what happiness is, be-
cause I have done good work. —
Stevenson.

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More Nebraska Land to be Watered

By A. H. Heldt
Agricultural Superintendent, Nebraska District

The Northport Project in Nebraska is Just Being Brought into Cultivation for Sugar
Beets on a Large Scale. Therefore, the Following Description of the New Government Rec-
lamation Unit, by "Gus" Heldt, Famed for His Conservative Opinions, is Particularly
Timely and Interesting.

As many of Gwesco men are not
familiar with the rapid land develop-
ments in the North Platte Valley, I
would like to wise them up a little.
For the benefit of those who do not
know, I want to mention again that
there has never been and never will
be a shortage of water in the North
Platte Valley. Uncle Sam is well
aware of this and keeps his eye on
the Valley, and sees to it that all
available lands that possibly can be
reached by water will be watered.

A body of land coming under irri-
gation at this time is what is known
as the Northport unit, located seven
miles east of Bayard, northwest,
north and northeast of Bridgeport,
and all within hauling distances of
the C. B. & Q. and U. P. Railways.
This unit is nearing completion. This
will bring under irrigation 15,000
acres.

The canal is some twenty eight
miles long and will water a fine body
of land. Half of this land has been
broken and one third of it has already
been farmed and received water the
past season. The remainder will be
broken up. before another season. A
lateral system of eighty five miles is
practically completed. The best that
could be built in the line of drops
and turn out boxes have been in-
stalled, and all out of re-enforced con-
crete and steel. Some of the best en-
gineering work of this kind extant
can be seen on this ditch. These
structures are of a kind that will last
forever, and naturally this will mean
cheap maintenance.

It is worth while for any irrigator
who has worked under old style sys-
tems to go over this work and see
the latest up to date work. Especi-
ally worth mentioning is the struc-
ture of the 5 large siphons, which are

forty to fifty feet in length, all of re-
enforced concrete. Nothing that will
increase the efficiency of this system
has been overlooked. Wasteways are
provided which will carry away the sur-
plus water that is not required by the
faimers and which will take care of all
emergencies in case of breaks and
floods.

Experience has taught the men in
charge that when water is put on the
land, it will not all be absorbed by the
plants and that about one-third of the
water applied is taken up by the plant,
one-third evaporates and one-third will
find its way back to the river, chiefly
as seepage. So drain ditches have al-
ready been dug at the proper places.
This system is one of the best, if not
the best, so far constructed anywhere.

The work has been done by the U. S.
Reclamation Service. Practically all
the work was done by the government,
with very little contract work given
out. Consequently, everything has been
done in first class manner.

There were some 200 acres of beets
under this system the past season, and
the yield was far above expectations.
This indeed shows the excellent char-
acter of the soil. It is a sandy loam,
very rich and deep, and when once
brought to proper tilth will bear abun-
dant crops.

Should there be any sugar tramps
or their friends who are land hung-v,
who want to farm under one of the
most up to date irrigation systems,
and who want to irrigate with honest
to goodness wet water, come to Ne-
braska. I will keep you informed of
future developments' in the Valley
through The Sugar Press. The end is
not yet in sight, as there are other
units started and others under consid-
eration.

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Wail of the Ku Klux Klean
Boiler Toilers

We Gather From the Following Mysterious Communication that Greeley Expects Some

New Boilers,

Cows may come and cows may go,
but like the masculine member of the
bovine family, the Annual Ritual of
the Boiler Inspection goes on and on
forever.

As this article goes to press, The
Sacred Rite of Boiler Inspection per-
formed by the Ancient Hooded Klan
of Sugar Tramps has been solemnly
and sacredly carried out.

The Ritual was most impressive
and beautiful through-out and was
conducted by Our Eminent Supreme
Engi-nure Vernee Babeet from The
Gland Chapter. Those assisting in
putting on the Ritual from the Local
chapter were, Eminent Supreme Ward
of the Boiler House, Hoimen How-
ard; Eminent Supreme Torch Bearer,
Jockie Hipps; Eminent Supreme Her-
ald, Josephus Hofscholtz; Eminent
Supreme Recorder, Howdy Lung;
Eminent Supreme Fire Tender, Tom-
aas Houghton.

To those never having witnessed
this sacred performance which is
looked forward to each year by the
Greeley Tramps, we can only say,
that in not seeing Hoimen Howard,
hooded and performing, you have
missed a lot. Others worthy of men-
tion are, our Eminent Supreme Torch
Bearer who wields a wicked light with
his 60 H. P. Tungsten as he weaves
in and out through the combustion
and other chambers, fire boxes and
the like. It was an education in it-
self to follow the Eminent Herald
as he raced madly to and fro bring-
ing tools of torture for poor weak
rivets and decomposed brick work.
Shivering and chattering stood the
Eminent Supreme Recorder tuning in
on the basso voice of Babeet as he
crawled snake-like through the slip-
pery drums and noting in great detail
and with great glee, each and every
pit with its individual depth and each
and every loose and decomposed
brick. From time to time the Emi-
nent Supreme Tender of Fires

wheeled up a fresh load of hot ashes
as his offering to the gods.

Hopes were high for the elimina-
tion of this ritual another year but
all were blasted and dispelled when
The Eminent Supreme Engi-nure left
us for his return to The Gland Chap-
ter with a chant most doleful.

OH
Pledge we now this mystic token,
That your boilers are unbroken;
Strong and rusty as before.

Death may veil, yea even sever,
But your boilers live forever —
Better now, then e'er before.

Yonder, in the sugar tramps dawning,
Highest hopes and Holiest longing
Shall their full fruition find.
There midst perfect bonds fraternal
Neath the all-seeing eye eternal
Those NEW BOILERS you will find.
(By the E. S. R.)
P. S. Will the E. S. Engi-nure
please advise if the boilers awaiting
us "there" are of the stoker or hand
type.

"Anxious."

In Memory of
Hudson's Weigh Girl

Judging from this poem that came on
the back of a car tag, Brighton weigh
girls must be quite popular and attrac-
tive:

Kathryn McMarrow
Won't be here tomorrow.

She'll weigh the beets no more.
She has gone home to mother,
Won't some one go love her.

Oh, gee, but Charlie is sore.

In the '23 season,
I tton't see a reason

Why Katie can't weigh 'em again.
'Till then we'll be sighing
And maybe most dying.
Oh Katie please come back once more.

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Wbt Cfjrtsitmas! Spirit

By F. M. BAKER, Fieldman, Fort Morgan

A Merry Christmas to our readers, one and all.

Let us on this Christmas Day of "Peace on Earth Good Will
Toward Men," remember that we are all children of the same family.
At this season commemorating the birth of Him who came to serve
mankind, service should be uppermost in all our minds. It is well
that this should be so, for by service alone do we go forward.

This is a time when consciousness of our obligations to others is
renewed and when by our most earnest endeavor to fulfill those
obligations we approach closer, for the moment, to an unselfish
attitude toward life and toward those who share life with us.

The world would be better if Christmas and the spirit that
Christmas carries with it came oftener. Even though we can not
have the day itself more than once a year we can, if we will, carry
the spirit of this wonderful time in our hearts throughout the year.

Gilbert's Marriage
Inspires Poet

When Fate her sceptre waves above,
Some sugar tramp must fall in love.
This promise made so long ago
Its truth, at Greeley, now we know.

Some years ago a Steno fair,
If comely form and coal black hair,
Resigned her job because she did mean
To become a regular Gwesco Queen.

A Cashier, dapper and intent,
With bossing her was not content.
His mind made up, a wish he made,
To win this girl his plans he laid.

He got his wish.

They're married now.

Believe me, bo,

She tells him how.
The touch system she knew of yore,
Gets more use now than e'er before.
They're living, high upon the hill,
He dictates — only at the mill.
We wish them both a happy life,
Free from all cares and martial strife.
And for there troubles we would choose
Ten thousand pairs of babies shoes.

To Gus Heldt

By a Pretty Girl
Whose Poetry Can't Mar Her Sincerity
I know a jolly, busy man,

Who smiles the livelong day.
He always does what e'er he can,
To chase dull care away.

He works and smiles, and smiling
works,

But utters no complaint.
Dislikes anyone who shirks —

He's something of a saint.
He's honest, genuine and true,

And full of clever wit.
He never gets to feeling blue,

But the Buick — how he drives it.
He's a man and a boy together,

A mixture of brawn and brain.
I'll say he is the best ever .

You'll find from Nebraska to
Maine.
His eyes they sparkle and shine,

There's a sprinkle of gray in his
hair.
A rough diamond but none the less

fine,
Gus, we all think that you're there!

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The Oldest Gwesco Fieldman
in Years of Service

By J. L. Williams

Clarence Osborn Not Only Bears the Distinction of Being the Member of the Agricul-
tural Department With the Longest Record of Service but has been Connected With the
Company in Various Capacities Since the Loveland Factory'' s First Campaign.

In the month of May, 1877, was born
Clarence Osborn, who, like the famous
Abraham Lincoln, began life in a log
house. The cabin stood about one mile
east of the present city of Loveland.
The town of Loveland was just being
platted, 24 years prior to the time the
Great Western Sugar Company was to
begin its history, in that same place.
Mr. Osborn received his early education
in the local schools, later graduating
from the high school at Loveland. He
attended the Colorado Agricultural Col-
lege for one year.

Mr. Osborn, I think, bears the distinc-
tion of being the oldest fieldman. in
point of years of service, employed by

Clarence Osborn

The Great Western Sugar Company at
the present time and also one of the
few men now with the Company who
had the advantage of being closely as-
sociated with and learning his first les-
sons in beet raising from the famous
Mark Austin.

Mr. Osborn's first experience in the
beet business began back in the sum-
mer of 1901. He and his brother did
the hand work on 10 acres of alfalfa
beets under the direct superivision of
Mark Austin, then Agricultural Super-
intendent at the Loveland factory. All
of us who know what kind of work it
is to block, thin and care for alfalfa
beets, know that his first lesson must
have been a strenuous one. A cordial
friendship sprung up between him and
Mark Austin. The experience and
knowledge Mr. Osborn gained in his
travels about the country with Mr. Aus-
tin proved valuable in Osborn's future
years of satisfactory and successful
service with the Company.

Mr. Osborn's first work for the Sugar
Company was at the Loveland factory
in the fall of 1901 when he was em-
ployed by The Great Western Construc-
tion Company as weighman at the fac-
tory dump. He had the distinction of
weighing the second load of sugar beets
bought by what is now termed The
Great Western Sugar Company. He
remained at this work a few days and
then was put in charge of the factory
yards, which position he held until
the campaign closed in the early part
of 1902. It might also be of interest
to state that the first load of beets
bought by the Loveland factory was
hauled a distance of 8 miles by a man
by the name of Koenig.

Mr. Osborn assisted his father on
the farm during the summer of 1902
and returned to take charge of the
yards at the Loveland factory during

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the campaign of 1902-03. He returned
to his father's farm again in the sum-
mer of 1903. As he was a member .-f
the National Guard of Loveland, he
was called upon that summer to serve
with General Bell during the Cripple
Creek trouble, but returned and took
charge of the Loveland yards shortly
after the opening of campaign in 1903.
He remained there until January 18,
1904, when he came to Fort Collins as
fieldman and assisted in closing that
campaign.

Upon coming to Port Collins, Mr.
Osborn was associated with Messrs. H.
H. Griffin, Welis and Joe Thorpe.

In the spring of 1904, Mr. Osborn
took charge of the Wellington territory
and still maintains supervision over
that district. When he took this terri-
tory over it comprised about 1800 acres
of beets and through the hard and con-
sistant work of Mr. Osborn, it has
climbed from that figure to well above
the 4,000 acre mark in a normal year.
This territory is capable of still fur-
ther development and will reach a still
larger beet acreage because the man
that is in charge of it is one who I
can truthfully say is held in high es-
teem by his growers as well as by the
labor. At all times he stands for a
square deal to grower and worker
alike. He is primarily interested in the
development of both the community
surrounding the town and in Welling-
ton where he has lived for the past 18
years.

Hatton and Aide Do
A Rienks-Morrison

Tommy Hatton, Gering boilerhouse
foreman, in his college days, was a
nine-second man and is proud of the
fact that he retired from the cinder
path unbeaten. But Tommy can make
that claim no more, for hfs colors were
lowered one day last week by a son of
Ham employed in the capacity of boiler
cleaner. It was a handicap race, though
both started from the scratch.

Bill Warren decided that the aux-
iliary boiler feed pump was getting off
too easy, so he cut out the regular
pump for some miflor repairs and
started the auxiliary. All went well
until the check valve refused to "func-

tuate," and when Oscar Claycomb, true
to the instinct of a pipe fitter, tapped
gently on the valve, Bang! came a re-
port from wthin the line as steam and
water met.

To Tom it was like the crack of the
starter's pistol, and with the cinders
tickling his feet, he started for the
great out of doors, with the colored
boy, shod in big gum boots, bringing
up the rear — for two jumps only. Bill
says it was the prettiest race he ever
saw, and made the famous run through
the Loveland boilerhouse look like a
sack race in comparison.

Water, Water Everywhere,
But—

The Philosopher of Gering Found the Water

Running up Hill and Made the

Intake Take In Again.

"A pebble thrown by the hand of a
babe may change the course of a
mighty river," proved more fact than
fiction shortly after a friendly farmer
did a marathon from our river intake
to the Gering factory, bringing the un-
welcome tidings that the water in our
gallery had dropped 52 inches during
the night.

Within two minutes, the Dodge, or
was it the Buick, was carrying two
anxious individuals — the two local
Bosses — riverward, each with a single
thought, "seeing is believing." The
report was all too true.

The ice had diverted the channel to
the opposite side of the river, leaving
our new intake closely resembling a
section of the Sahara Desert. Not a
word was spoken by the pair as visions
of the past loomed up before them.

In silence they divided into two
groups, of one each, Ihe engineer going
up stream, instinct or training telling
him that on this side of the continen-
tal divide water flowed eastward; the
other, a philosopher, taking the oppo-
site and heretofore supposedly impos-
sible course from which to find relief.

Presently the silence was broken, as
the chill morning air wafted from the
direction of the Phil, the one word
"saved," which was both music and
mystery to the ears of the engineer.

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An ice jam had temporarily changed
the course of a portion of the Platte,
and a stream that would make a Den-
ver milk man envious was flowing
westward toward our intake.

The good book says, "The righteous
will inherit the earth," and in another
place it says, "The devil will take care
of his own." Anyhow, there is no im-
mediate water trouble in sight.

Edger Maxton Laufihlin, of Gering

Edgar is the one-year-old monarch of the
L. J. Laughlin home. That he is athorobred
"sugar plum" is evidenced by the fact that
both mother and daddy are sugar tramps j
mother being stenographer in the Gering
Cashier's office, and daddy, assistant store-
keeper. That he is monarch "leaked" by
way of the maid of whom he has charge during
working hours. That noodle punchers are
born and not made is evidenced by a close
observation of the robust stature of this
young man.

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Gering Factory Has
First Radio

Bill Warren Hopes for the Best,

Bed-Time Scenes and such,

While Mary and Rosa

Tuck Him to Sleep

With Songs.

Billie Warren, we believe, has made
Gwesco history by making Gering the
first plant of the company connected
to the great out of doors by radio. Bill
spends most of his evenings "at home"
now, and many grand opera stars and
famous orchestras are privileged to
have him as a member of their vast
unseen audience.

Bill says it is quite comforting and
soothing to the nerves at this stage of
campaign, when each day is one con-
tinual round of most everything but
pleasure, to crawl into bed at night,
clamp on his head phones, and permit
Mary Garden, Rosa Raisa, etc., to
smooth out his troubled thoughts and
lull him into sweet dreamland.

Wishing to share some of his pleas-
ure, Bill invited us on the night of
December 7th, just before the salute
was fired interring us on the grave
yard, to spend a few minutes listening
in on a program from Calgary, Can-
ada. The speaker told of the wonderful
advancements made in wireless tele-
phony during the past two years; told
of an attachment recently perfected
whereby a moving picture of any ob-
ject appearing in the radio wave would
be reproduced on a mirror-like ar-
rangement placed in front of the am-
plifying or detector lights, and which
might be tuned on or off, as the object
detected strikes the fancy of the opera-
tor. He added that walls and window
shades would offer no obstruction to
the view of anyone picking up the
wave.

Bill dropped his head phones ex-
claiming, "Gosh all hemlock, I'm going
to install one of 'em 'air!" (Bill is a
Missourian, you know, and under in-
tense excitement this fact is quite
noticeable). "Just think," he raved on,
"it is bed time for three hours and
twenty minutes between New York and
San Francisco, and I just love bed time
scenes, when the little ones in nighties
kneel at mother's knee offering up their

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— "Now I lay me down to sleep," and —
and then the eleven p. m. whistle
sounded.

Leave it to Bill to get all the latest. —
From Gering Notes.

The End of
Another Campaign

By T. L. Cronin

The big, hoarse whistle has sounded

The end of another campaign.
For three long months we have pounded,

And longed for honor and fame;
Longed to place the name, Gering,

Beside Brighton, Mitchell and Brush.
But as the campaign's end is nearing

We find ourselves lost in the rush.

We made the best fight that was in us,

We tried to slip in high gear,
But somehow the odds seemed against
us.

So we concede the race for this year —
Concede the race to Hank Sandmann,

Of tue Midget Kewpie Runt Infant
Child;
To Hank and his loyal clansmen

Who cleaned us all up by a mile.

Mitchell, Bayard, Windsor and Greeley

Were runners-up for the flag.
But when all's summed up, really,

They weren't a patch on that Nag.
And while we're loyal to Nebraska

And the mills beside the Platte,
We must all get up and go faster

If we take that flag from the Gnat.

Speed was their middle name, surely,

They hung up a wonderful score.
Congrats accept from yours truly —
You're tramps who are game to the
core.
We've kidded and called you the Kewpie

And the runt of the little Big Horn,
But you brought home the bacon to
"Hoopie,"
Though he held two trumps were you
shorn.

And now that campaign has ended,

And the pennant has found its place,
Let rivalry give way to kindred

While we prepare for next year's race:
A race that will keep the Big Boss

A-standing on his toes
Trying to figure out which hoss

Will win the race by a nose.

A Popular Speaker

One of the greatest after dinner
speeches ever delivered was made re-
cently by Hans Mendelson when he
said:

"Waiter, give me the check."

In Memoriam

By F. M. B.

Say — Miss Efficiency,

Elusive and gay,
Tried hard to get you,

Where did you stay.

Kept us all guessing,

As most women do
Tho't you liked us

Wonder if t'were true.

You smiled on us sweetly,

Mo ning and noon.
The first of campaigning —

We tho't it too soon.

Still, when you coquetted,

Flirted and smiled,
It ne'er drove us crazy,

We tho't it worth while.

You know you encouraged us,
When ever we lagged

You jumped up boldly
And waved that old flag.

Liked to have won you
As the other fellows did

Gee, they were lucky,
Say, what did they bid?

Low sugar got us,

Got others too;
No use complaining

We're sugar tramps true.

Still we kept hoping

Hope kept us up
Hoping for something

To change our darned luck.

If it wasn't for hope,

Where would we be?
Just like the fieldmen

With whom none will agree.

They say they're not quitters,

Neither are we,
Our Motto is "Forward,"

Just wait and see.

Watch for us next year,
We'll pull down that flag,

Be in at the finish —
The Fort Morgan lads.

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Additional $1.00 Per Ton Paid Growers
on All 1922 Beet Crop

Payment of an additional $1.00 per
ton for all beets delivered under the
1922 sliding scale contract was an-
nounced Dec. 8 by the Company. The
checks, amounting to approximately
$2,000,000, will be mailed out December
22 from the offices of the Company's
sixteen factories.

Declaring that this is not intended
as a final settlement, the announce-
ment stated it "from present indica-
tions, future market conditions may
make possible other additional pay-

ments in accordance with the con-
tract."

The Great Western is the first sugar
company in the United States to an-
nounce to beet farmers the payment of
an additional sum for the 1922 sugar
beet crop under the sliding scale con-
tract generally in vogue during the past
growing season.

"The company is gratified that mar-
ket conditions have been so favorable
as to make a payment possible at this
time," declared the official announce-
ment.

John Houser's Son Is Football Star

"Jack" Houser, Son of Our Well-Known Fort Collins Factory
Fieldman was Chosen All-Conference Quarterback this Year for His
Wonderful playing on the Eleven of the Fort Collins Agricultural
College.

Port Collins has a sugar factory and
a number of other little things, but
the biggest feature in that fine city
these last three months was a football
team. In fact, two football elevens.

The sugar city developed the cham-
pion collegiate varsity and also the
best high school eleven in the inter-
mountain region.

On the team of the Colorado Agri-
cultural College there played Jack
Houser, son of John L. Houser, mem-
ber of our Fort Collins factory agri-
cultural staff. In choosing Jack as the
quarterback of the mythical all-star
All-Conference team, "Poss" Parsons,
writing in the Denver Post, said:

"Houser, the Farmer star, alternated
at quarter and fullback during the sea-
son, but called signals the entire game
with Denver U. His headwork was
faultless and his defensive play was the
greatest ever shown by a Rocky Moun-
tain back. Houser can do anything
expected of a back and do it well."

The Rocky Mountain News, citing
Jack as the choice of the coaches in
the Rocky Mountain Conference for

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quarterback on the all-star eleven,
said:

"The Aggie Star is a great back.
He runs interference with all the skill
of a veteran and is one of the best
punters in the Conference."

Jack has attended the Agricultural
College for two years, studying agri-

culture, which is to be supplemented
by a course to fit him for Smith-Hughes
work. He was a member of the Port
Collins High School Champion eleven
of 1917. After leaving high school he
entered Wentworth Military Academy
where he captained the football team
for two years.

Alias "Mac"

By C. W. Strauss

A Well-deserved Tribute to Lee McMillen by One of His Associates, on the Occasion of
"Mac's" Twentieth Yearly Anniversary of Joining the Company.

On November the twenty-third, Lee
McMillen, alias "Mac," celebrated his
twentieth anniversary as an employee
in the Agricultural Department of the
Company. He made no bones about
it but his friends of the Longmont
field force happened to remember the
date and tendered Mac an invitation
to attend a "blow-out" at the home
of Gordon English in honor of the
occasion.

The blow-out was a howling suc-
cess and was a miniature of Monte
Carlo in the pre-Volstead days. Need-
less to say Mac received a good work-
ing over and seemed to enjoy it im-
mensely. The entire proceeds of the
rally were turned over to the "bank"
and a suitable gift for the guest of
honor was purchased therewith. All
of the field force and the "higher-ups"
were present.

Mac in a native of Illinois, and was
born at Mount Carmel some sixty
years ago. He came to this country in
the early eighties and punched cattle
in this state and in Wyoming. In
1902 he began his twenty-year run
with the Company at Loveland, and
has been at it ever since in the capa-
city of farm foreman and fieldman.

Of all the men in these parts not
one has as broad a knowledge of the
lay of the land, its value and char-
acter, nor as vast a host of friends
and acquaintances as has our "Lit-
tle Mac." We are proud of him and
are glad to tell about it. He is as
welcome on any farm in this coun-
try as is the first moisture in the

Spring. The demand for his advice
and counsel comes not only from his
beet growers but from his fellow field-
men and friends who have so often
profited by his experiences. His will-
ingness to help whenever and wher-
ever he can, his genial smile and his
jovial disposition has won for him
a warm spot in many hearts.

On foot, in the saddle, in the buggy
and in many a car Mac has traveled
over our country roads, dug out from
the snow and mud, sweltered in the
heat and shivered in the cold and
has come through twenty years of it
as sturdy a little Irishman as the
Mac that went into it. Mac is sixty
years young;, not old, and can make a
fieldman half his age sit up and take
notice after a hard day of measuring.
We have worked with him, vaca-
tioned with him, and have gone thru
a thousand and one experiences
with him and it is always apparent
that Mac is ready to do more than
his Share.

In almost seven years of constant
association I have yet to hear him
utter an unkind word about his fel-
lowmen. Quiet and unassuming Mac
is always on the job, ready to go through
the daily grind without complaint.
He knows his work thoroughly and
completely and is not afraid to. tackle
any task that may confront him.

Mac will undoubtedly read this lit-
tle squib but it will not go to his
head. Here's hoping however that it
will go to his heart and let him know
that we are FOR him, tooth and toe-

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nail to the last man. We sincerely dition known in the North Platte Val-

hope that he will be associated with ley.

us in work and in play for many "The roads were the worst I have

years to come for we know that his seen since I have been in the beet

companionship will be true blue. game," said Agricultural Superintend-

ent Heldt. "In fact, we had no roads.

At some of the dumps we could not

Nphrinsk* FiplHm^ri haul until [t froze UP- xt was nothing

JNeDraska *ieldmen uncommon to see half a dozen teams

Were Regular Mud-Hens stuck at some of the large dumps a

Tu0 faTnftl,fl ,n+f]n . _. - . „_„ . month after the last storm, so you can

The famous battle of mud is over in im , what it wag ]ike ;mm*diately

Nebraska but members of the agricul- following the r?in. At the End.0-Line

tural department there declare the re- station we were unable to get within a

cent harvest was the most difficult they mne of the dump, with an automobile,

have ever coped with. A series of until November 23. There wasn't a

storms put the roads in the worst con- load delivered there for a month."

The Mitchell Plant in January

By a "Boomer," No. 457

The mill now stands deserted, the works lie grim and bare,
No more the noisy "floaters" wend their daily footsteps there;
And naught is left of beet piles, but an empty, vacant space
While a watchman, quiet and noiseless, drifts slowly 'round the place.

In golden sunshine and starlit night, in snow and sleet and rain,

In joyousness and weariness, midst the steam and hurts and pain,

An endless stream of beets came 'a-tumbling in the mill

But the machines that once would greet them, are silent now, and still.

Gone are the crew who worked there with their laughter and their noise,
From the old, gray-haired sugar tramp to the youngest of sampler boys;
And the great, glass front seems staring, with blind, unseeing eyes,
While what once were blue and cloudless are now gray and stormy skies.

The firemen and the stokers, electrician and engineer,
The machinists and their helpers, they came from far and near —
"Sugar-tramps" they call them; "Floaters" the natives would bleat
Men with the wanderlust in them, who suffer from "itchy feet."

The noodle-punchers, Kelly washers, with their steam and sweat and toil,

The sugar cutters, evaporators, the men who made 'er boil;

The lime kiln and the sweepers, the packers and warehouse crew

Are scattered from here to there, Lord knows what next they'll do.

Oh! there's brains and money above us, the men who built the mill,
Great, enormous warehouses we labored so hard to fill;

But I sing my song to the "Boomer," who has made their dreams come true
And the world may now indulge in sweets while he's off for pastures new.

Poor Advertising Docks of Today

He: "You know, I could die danc- Professor in engineering: "What

ing with you." is a dry dock?"

She: "If it weren't for the pub- Student: "A physician who won't

licity, I wish you would." give out prescriptions."

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Billings — Lovell Agriculturists
Hold District Meeting

By "Scotty" Wilson

The Agricultural forces of the Bill-
ings and Lovell District held a meeting
in Billings, November 27 to 29 inclu-
sive. Those attending the meeting
were: Messrs. Hogarty, Johnson,
Maier, Millice, Wilson, Woolley, Rose-
now, Frisbie, Mead, Mann, Newell,
Looper, Snell, Hammond, Thomas,
Simon and Barringer.

An address of welcome by Mr. Ho-
garty opened the meeting. C. F. John-
son, Lovell Manager, the first speaker,
was asked to answer tne question "Why
the Big Horn District Produced a More
Uniform Tonnage and a Higher Per
Cent Sugar." His answer was "proper
supervision, irrigation and proper cul-
tivation."

In the Lovell district there is only
4 inches annual precipitation on the
average. Therefore, irrigation is re-
sorted to bring up the crop. The cli-
matic conditions are practically the
same over the entire district, and with
the same field methods and operations
being used the tonnage is rather uni-
form.

Mr. John Maier, Agricultural Super-
intendent at Billings, made a short re-
view on the year's work. He explained
that lack of irrigation at the proper
time was a large factor in the different
tonnages in his district, and that it is
a mistake to wait until the beet plant
looks sick before watering it. Fall
plowing and a thorough watering of
the subsoil will give better results, and
more tons per acre.

Mr. I. D. O'Donnell, well known far-
mer, spoke on the returns he received
from his farm the past year. He em-
phasized the point that the Company's
Fieldmen should come in closer con-
tact with their growers, bankers, and
business men.

The work Mr. O'Donnell is now con-
ducting to develop the Sun and Milk
Rivers project in the northern part of
Montana was discussed.

The possibility of another beet grow-
ing territory being opened there is anti-
cipated.

Tuesday the 28th, was given over to
the discussion of the past season's
labor problems, by Mr. C. V. Maddux
of the General Office, who also touched
upon the labor prospects for 1923.

The building of adobe houses next
year between the thinning and har-
vesting seasons received the hearty
endorsement of all present.

Mr. Maddux said we will have to seek
an early market to secure the better
class of field workers as the labor
market in 1923 will likely be a narrow
one.

Mr. Birely, Immigration Agent for
the Northern Pacific railroad, told of
the efforts which were being put forth
in securing good farmers and good
laborers to come to Montana's beet
fields. German and Belgian families
as well as Ameircans are being sought.

Mr. W. Selvidge of the Montana De-
velopment Association gave a very in-
teresting talk regarding the dry farm-
ing section near Billings. With proper
dry farming methods there is not the
slightest doubt in his mind that the
dry farms in eastern Montana will
again prosper.

On the closing day of the conference
Mr. Maddux finished his discussion re-
garding the labor situation.

Mr. Covert, President of the Yellow-
stone Merchants National Bank, dis>-
cussed the present financial situation,
particularly in the Montana beet-grow-
ing district.

The closing afternoon was taken up
with papers which each fieldman had
prepared regarding the revenue per
acre from the following crops: alfalfa,
beans, wheat and potatoes, compared
with beets. It was found that the bean
was the nearest competitor of the beet
crop, but that the latter had the advan-
tage of a few dollars.

A banquet held at the Northern Hotel
Tea Room ended the meeting. All
left with the idea that the year 1923
would be one of large beet acreage and
greater production per acre for the
Billings and Lovell districts.

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Selling Montana to Montanans

The Anaconda Standard, Leading Montana Newspaper, Put on a Display of Sugar
Made at the Billings Factory. Placards Told the Story of the Development of the Beet Sugar
Industry in the State and Urged the Use of Montana Sugar. Canned Fruit Put Up With
Beet Sugar, Some Perfectly Preserved for 10 years or More, was Displayed.

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Montana is renowned for its sugar
beets of high purity and high sugar
content. Climatic conditions produce
a superlative grade of raw material
and the excellent technique of the men
in the Billings factory converts the
products of the farms into as good
sugar as can be obtained anywhere.

The pardonable pride Montanans
have in their State and its own pro-

John Maier 111

John Maier, Agricultural Superin-
tendent at Billings, has been confined
to his bed for several weeks, with a
mild attack of pneumonia. His illness
is believed to be due to exposure dur-
ing the storm in the Billings territory
early in November. At this writing he
is reported to be improving but prob-
ably will have to remain indoors for

ducts is a strong factor in the wide
popularity the Company's brand enjoys
among consumers there. Aided by a
loyal and enthusiastic- corps of brokers
and jobbers, H. B. Webster, sales man-
ager at Billings factory, is waging a
successful campaign to induce Mon-
tana's people to patronize home indus-
try and to participate in the benefits
of a Montana sugar industry.

some time. The sympathy of a legion
of friends in the Company goes out to
John.

One on G. Rienks

Mooney: "Why do leaves turn red
in the fall?"

Rienks: "The frost causes them' to
change color."

Mooney: "No sir, they're just
blushing to think how green they've
been all summer."

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The Sugar Cities — Longmont

By Hon. Rae H. Kiteley
Former Mayor of Longmont

Named, Presumably, After the Neighboring Long's Peak, Longmont, Colorado, is "A
Place to Live as Well as a Place to Make a Living." Its Municipally Owned Utilities,
Schools, Famous Fair, and Numerous Other Advantages are Conservatively Presented in the
Following Story by One of Its Leading Citizens.

The view of the Rockies, from a point
about thirty miles north of Denver, can-
not be surpassed for grandeur or
beauty. A pair of massive peaks raise
their majestic heads far above the
range. The taller is 14,255 feet high
and is called Long's Peak. Fifty-two
years ago a town was started a dozen
miles from the foot hills, in the shadow
of this mountain. Pt was named Long-
mont. In 1920 it was the ninth city of
the state in size, numbering, with the
two adjoining precincts, seven thou-
sand souls.

The community depends upon agri-
culture for its existence. Irrigation
from the St. Vrain River was developed
early by mutual ditch companies, which
now have numerous reservoirs in the
hills and on the valleys. All kinds of
temperate zone crops are grown.

Most of our manufacturing enter-
prizes are based on agriculture. The
leading concern is the sugar factory
and we boast of one of the biggest and
best belonging to The Great Western
Sugar Company. During the last twen-
ty years sugar beets have more than
doubled the wealth of our community.

7s Sugar, Canning, Milling Center

The Longmont Farmers Milling and
Elevator Company is our next largest
industrial concern. The local flour
mill was built in 1886 but some years
later it was found necessary to grind
wheat in transit, at Denver, if compe-
tition was to be met with equal freight
rate advantages. The company now
owns the largest and most modern
flour mill in the Rocky Mountain re-
gion, seventeen elevators throughout
northern and north-eastern Colorado,
and is part owner of twenty-four ele-
vators and loading stations in Utah
and Idaho. Its flour trade extends as
far as Alabama and Louisiana.

The Empson Packing Company is
also a large concern. It cans stringless

beans, peas, kraut, tomatoes, hominy,
pumpkin and cherries. The local fac-
tory started thirty years ago and
branch plants have been operating at
Loveland and Greeley for more than
' a dozen years. Stations for rough
handling of raw material are located
at Berthoud, Platteville, Johnstown and
Mead, whence a fleet of trucks trans-
port to the factories the perishable
goods partly prepared for the cans.
The pack is shipped wholesale to points
as distant as Florida and California.

Distribution of their products over
a wide territory is also characteristic
of other Longmont factories, notably
those of The Colorado Cement Stave
Silo Company, The Longmont Brick
and Tile Company, and two more flour
mills. An advantage enjoyed by all
of the enterprises mentioned above,
as well as by our householders, is the
location of coal fields within a dozen
miles of our city, whence the fuel is
hauled by wagons and auto trucks as
well as by rail.

Cheap Fuel and Power
Longmont is a place to live as well
as a place to make a living. More than
a baker's dozen of churches are active
here and most of them have modern
and pretentious church plants charac-
teristic only of cities of some age. A
beautiful and well appointed city Li-
brary is centrally located. The public
schools hold a leading place in the
State. The Catholics have an excel-
lent educational institution from kin-
dergarten through ten grades, with a
conservatory of music as well. After
high school the pupil may be sent to
any of the following colleges or uni-
versities, all within 35 miles: Univer-
sity of Colorado, Colorado Agricultural
College, State Teachers College, School
of Mines or University of Denver.

Longmont may be cited as an out-
standing example of successful muni-

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cipal ownership. Domestic water is
brought, through concrete and cast iron
pipes, from far up in the mountains,
out of a diversion dam remote from
habitation. At one place the pipe line
plunges down a hillside for five hun-
dred feet, and has the quality of the
water improved, according to one lady,
by having the electricity taken out.
At any rate the city is improved by
this electricity, not only from 2-cent
power, and 2-cent heat for cooking,
but also by one free'porch light for each
user, or two if his house sits on a cor-
ner. The resultant help to street il-
lumination is most pleasing.

Five City Parks

A sewer system serves the entire
city, instead of small sections only.
Illness is seldom prevalent but two
modern hospitals, with competent med-
ical and surgical staffs, minister to the
sick and suffering. Clean streets and
alleys to combat disease and miles of
paving make this cleaning process
easier.

A city hall far more pretentious than
those of our neighbors was worn out
and displaced by a beautiful and com-
modious structure about two years ago,
at a cost of sixty thousand dollars. It
houses all of the city business, except
the Fire Department. Water and light
users pay in about $125,000 per annum.

Longmont's parks are under the jur-
isdiction of a Park Commission, which
made success certain under the presi-
dency of N. R. McCreery. Two full
blocks of ground, in separate sections
of the city, have been made beauty
spots, for rest and recreation, by the
best of landscape gardening, and Tn
the center of each is a permanent struc-
ture, of concrete and brick, that cares
for park needs and provides on top
sufficient space to seat an eighty-five
piece boy scout band under the leader-
ship of Frederick Neil Innes. An auto
camp park, with adjacent swimming
pool, all delightfully located, is a re-
cent acquisition.

Home of Famous Fair
There is also an area of land set
aside by the Forest Service for Long-
mont, in Peaceful Valley on the Mid-
dle St. Vrain. The chief improvement
in this beautiful mountain retreat is
a large permanent structure comprising
hall, fully equipped kitchen, hot

shower bath, etc., all built by the Boy
Scouts under the guidance of those
princely sugar men, C. M. Dickinson
and Gene Vosburgh.

The fifth park is the home of the
Boulder County Fair, "the Fair Beau-
tiful," another successful institution
started for Longmont under the presi-
dency of N. R. McCreery. The Park
is only four blocks from the chief busi-
ness corner of the city, and is entered
through a beautiful gate-way, a me-
morial to Theodore Roosevelt, after
whom the Park is named. The grounds
are owned by the city. One of the best
half-mile tracks of the state is located
therein and the structures thereabout
conform to a plan agreed upon between
the Park Commission and the Fair
Board for beautifying the premises aa
well as for making them suitable for
the best county fair in the state.

The main exhibit building is an audi-
torium seating 1,200 people, with a
commodius stage. The horse, sheep
and poultry pavilions, the cattle barns,
the swine houses and the racing stables
are all buildings of substantial and
neat appearance. A grand-stand of
steel and concrete, with galvanized iron
roof, which will seat 3,500 people is a
recent improvement.

The administration of the fair is
made a financial success by the asso-
ciation operating its own Merry-Go-
Round and Ferris Wheel and by refus-
ing outsiders concessions for food arid
drinks, but sharing the profits from
such activities carried on by our local
lodges, churches or charitable societies
with permanent equipment furnished
by the Fair Association.

Gateway to Estes Park
All leading fraternal organizations
have thriving lodges in our city and
several of our finest buildings are
owned by them. The Masonic Temple,
the Odd Fellows Home and the Wood-
men of the World Building would do
honor to any city of our size. The
Elks occupy the entire second floor of
one of our best business blocks and
have a fund for a pretentious home,
to be constructed later on lots already
owned.

If the sojourner in our city is sur-
feited with our many advantages, he
may reach Denver in an hour over

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roads now paved more than half the
distance and to be fully paved by 1924.
If the hills attract, his automobile will
take him, in two hours or less, to with-
in four or five miles of the crest of the
Continental Divide, there to be enter-

tained at a first class hotel or to camp
if he so prefers. For we would have
you know, as does Uncle Sam and his
Postal Service, that Longmont is the
real gate-way to The Rocky Mountain
National Park.

The Longmont '22-23 Campaign

By V. L. Aikin, Assistant Supt.

When asked to write up the cam-
paign just after the clean up, we wished
the editor had given us more time. It
was a whale of a run and any big thing
must be viewed' at a distance as well
as at short range, to be propeily sized
up.

Of this we are sure — we helped to
add one more successful year to the
many that have been allotted to the
Great Western Sugar Company. We
made some mistakes that we know of,
other errors will be seen when time
to analyze our results and compare
them with the work of the other mills
has given us a chance to see just where
some of our errors were made, and
where, perhaps, we did just a bit better
than some of our fellow members of
the Gwesco.

The Agricultural Department fur-
nished us a raw product in first class
condition insofar as being free from
trash and a mixture of frozen and fresh
beets, and we can lay no blame for any
loss of tonnage in the way the crop
came to us.

We increased our slicing average 70
tons a day over last year, lowered our
total known losses .06. We used 6 per
cent less filtering fabric than last year
and our coal was approximately .50
lower per ton of beets. However, all
the figures are not on the black side of

Tom Wins Big Car

Tom Dolan, "the best Ford mechanic
in the world" and our genial General
Office elevator pilot, won the Haynes
closed car offered as a prize at the
Shrine Circus in Denver. Not one of
us who heard of his good fortune but
was as glad for him as if we had been
the lucky winner.

the ledger as our performance factor
was 1.75 lower than last year and the
true purity of our molasses produced
.43 higher than last year's figure.

Labor troubles were a handicap dur-
ing the entire campaign but more es-
pecially during the first part and it
took us almost a month to line up a
crew on some stations which could be
depended upon to do their work even
in a mediocre manner.

The Steffen run last year and this
was about equal in tonnage per day and
loss but the purity of the Steffen Pro-
duct was almost 1 per cent higher this
year.

The grade of our sugar did not win
us an A — button to wear on our cov-
eralls, it being almost identical with
last year's. This, with higher stand-
ards is not such a bad record but not
as good as we hoped to do.

No serious breakdowns were experi-
enced and except for some Raymond
Mill trouble early in the year, which
cost us some molasses and beet ton-
nage, we had few delays that cost us
much in capacity. Our total time lost
last year on slicing due to mechanical
and other delays was 26 hours, 55 min-
utes as against 16 hours, 20 minutes
this year which credit is due the me-
chanical force both prior to and during
campaign.

Stop!

The taxi, carrying a young couple,
suddenly stopped.

"Well, what are you stopping for?"
asked the man inside.

"I heard the lady say 'STOP' " re-
plied the driver.

"Well, she wasn't talking to you,
was she" said the man inside.

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Greeley Employees' Mutual Benefit
Has Passed Two Successful Years

By W. B. Wagner, Secretary

The Greeley Mutual Benefit Asso-
ciation was organized August 15,
1920, with 91 members. The officers,
consisting of a Board of Managers
made up of three members, are elected
annually by the members. The
Secretary-Treasurer is selected by
the Board of Managers.

Our Membership gradually in-
creased and numbered highest dur-
ing November 1920, when we had
361 members. After the 19 20 Cam-
paign and until the 1921 Campaign,
our average membership was 5 6.
During the 1921 Campaign, we had
an average membership of 12 9. Since
then and up to the 1922 Campaign,
our average went to 2 2.

During the 1921 Campaign the As-
sociation was called upon to pay many
small benefits and these together with
two major claims affected our treas-
ury to such an extent that it became
evident that we were operating on
too close a margin. The members got
together and after considering vari-
ous plans and recommendations for
accumulating a surplus, the following
by-law was enacted at a meeting in
January 1922.

"Benefits in any one year shall not
exceed $150.00. On any one order
covering a definite sickness, the Bene-
fit Association shall assume all lia-
bility for hospital and medical atten-
tion in excess of the sum of $7.50.
This amount to be paid by member
holding order."

This had the desired effect. Dur-
ing the campaign just closed, we had
an average membership of 30, with
only one claim to pay, amounting to
$2 50.

The following statement taken from
the records August 28, 1922, shows
the condition of our Association for
two years:
Pfceipts $2,465.80

Membership dues. .. .$2,448.53

Interest 17.27

Disbursements

Medical Attention 1,976.65

Operating Expenses... 165.69

2, 142.. '14

Cash on Hand $ 323.46

Of this amount $308.00 was invested
in County Warrants and Certificates of
Deposit.

From the time of the passing of the
by-law, providing for liability for hos-
pital and medical attention in excess
of the sum of $7.50, to December 1,
1922 our average membership was 25.

The following statement will show
the trend of business for this period:
Cash on Hand Jan. 15.

1922 $ 75..-,i'

Warrants 150.00

Receipts

Membership dues.
Interest

231.50
15.18

225.52

246.68

472.20

Disbursements

Medical Attention . . .

69.30

Operating Expenses. .

11.58

80.88

391.32

On Hand Dec. 1, 3 022

Cash

55.18
335.00

Warrants

Accrued Interest ....

1.14

391.32

We have no liabilities as of December
1, 1922, so we feel that our Associa-
tion on the whole has been successful
and we are now on a substantial finan-
cial basis.

We are not strong by our pow-
er to penetrate, but by our re-
latedness. The world is enlarged
for us, not by new objects, but
by finding more affinities and po-
tencies in those we have. — Emer-
son.

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ereoimel

EATON

G. J. KUEMPEL,
Associate Editor.

Our Cashier, Mr. Tinn, is back on
the job again after his forced absence
of several weeks, due to an operation
for appendicitis. We are all glad to
have him back with us and hope he
will soon be completely recovered.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Resch and son,
Billy, and Margaret MacMillan mo-
tored to Brush to spend Thanksgiving
at their homes.

Since Mr. Gow returned to the Den-
ver office, the business can no longer
operate under the name of Tinn-Ling-
Gow, Chinese Laundry.

We regret very much to learn that
our Manager, W. S. Garnsey, Jr., is
leaving the employ of our Company.
Mr. Garnsey has taken over the Ford
garage of Greeley and will conduct this
business in the future. We all wish
him much success in his new enter-
prise.

Our Agricultural Superintendent, Mr.
Turner, is sporting a new Bujck tour-
ing car recently purchased in Greeley.

Miss Margaret MacMillan, former
comptometer operator in the labora-
tory has accepted a position in the
Animal Husbandry department of the
Agricultural College at Ft. Collins.

Someone suggested that Mr. Tinn re-
turn to the hospital and have his nose
operated on, then there will be no mis-
take as to the Manager of the firm of
Givenstein and Cohen. He has all the
other qualifications.

This is one year we can all eat our
Christmas dinner at home, and look
upon campaign as a thing of the past.

Where Success Begins
A pretty good firm is Watch & Waite,
And another is Atit, Early & Late,
And still another is Doo & Daret;
But the best is probably Grin & Bar-
rett.

GREELEY

H. O. BANTA,
Associate Editor.

A bunch of our boys went out hunting,

There's only a part of them back,
So I thought I would scribble and tell
you
What each one brought home in his
sack.

Howdy Lang, Heck Luman and Bill
Faulkner

Were gone two days and one night.
They only brought back poor excuses

And said there was no game in sight.

Billy Fields, Haas Miller and Jimmy
Gordon,
Were they really unlucky or not,
They returned quite late in the morn-
ing
And one rabbit is what they all got.

Wade Lloyd, Harry Smith and Floyd
Breeden
Are all hunters of rural renown,
And when they came in from the dry
lands
They had game for friends all over
,town.

Mr. Gilbert, our congenial Cashier,
Went hunting but didn't go far,

And what he brought back in his game
sack
Made the boys all demand a cigar.

Now one of the boys must be careful,
He may find himself out of luck,

For he came in smiling and happy
With a beautiful fat stubble duck.

I'll have to ring off on my story
Or I'll be too late for The Press.

If the waste paper basket don't catSh
this
The Editor will use it, I guess.

Lowell Mondt, our Kersey District
Fieldman, is assisting with office work.

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During these cold days getting in where
its nice and warm, we don't blame him.,

George Wolk is back with us again
for a while helping out with the final
settlement for the campaign beets.

Jimmy Gordon, one of our Assistant
Superintendents, has gone into the
Ford business to the extent of repaint-
ing his "tin lizzie" we understand it
is for sail to any one who can raise
the wind.

Charles E. Clay, our Acting Agricul-
tural Superintendent, attended the Far-,
mer's Congress at Fort Collins.

Bill Long, our jolly janitor and gar-
dener, is kept busy looking after the
welfare of our cat family, and from all
indications they are helping to rid the
warehouse of mice.

WINDSOR

JOHN H. LEESEMAN,
Associate Editor.

Windsor employees extend to the
Gwesco family their best wishes for a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year.

A Christmas greeting that will be
greatly appreciated by all local busi-
ness men will be the additional one
dollar beet payment.

F. E. Casten has moved into the
house formerly occupied by L. L. Glo-
ver.

Miss Irma Webber, who has been our
congenial stenographer for the past
three and one-half years, has handed in
her resignation to take effect Janu-
ary 6, 1923. Miss Webber will take a
position in the County Clerk's office in
Greeley. We all wish her well, but
her friends surely hate to see her leave
the family.

"Scotty" Galloway. Beet End Fore-
man who has been ill owing to vacci-
nation for smallpox, is back on the
job again feeling pretty good.

Master Mechanic Eugene Taylor just
received word of the death of his oldest
sister in Sandusky, Ohio. Our sym-
pathy is extended to him.

W. S. Knowles, formerly Beet End
Foreman at this mill, underwent an
operation for appendicitis and is im-
proving rapidly.

Hubert Hickman, formerly Beet
Clerk and Lucy Van Matre, daughter

of Assistant Master Mechanic J. H.
Van Matre, embarked on the sea of
matrimony December Gth. They will
reside on a farm at Hillrose, Colorado.

Our maintenance list is all made out
and has been started on its perilous
journey through the Denver office.

AGAIN A MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO
ALL.

FORT COLLINS

W. L. GREEN and BYRON ALBERT,
Associate Editors

"Have you been vaccinated?" This
is a question that greets one on every
side. Even though there has been b.ut
one case of small-pox in Our city, ev-
eryone has feared a spread of the epi-
demic from our Cherry Creek neigh-
bors. Quite a number of the force
were vaccinated about the close of cam-
paign and our Mutual Benefit Associa-
tion had a clean-up of most of those re-
maining, there being forty-three vacci-
nated under the Association's direc-
tion in one afternoon.

A disastrous fire engulfed the be-
longings of Ed. Bailey and Glen Shaf-
fer about 7:30 p. m. on December 4.
Much smoke was noticed by watchman
Beers pouring out of the foreman's;
office, and after using two or three
buckets of water and an extinguisher
or two he was able to get into the room,
where he discovered that the fire had
been in the lockers of Bailey and Shaf-
fer. Both are now dressed out in brand
new suits of overalls — and their to-
bacco stock replenished.

The annual engagement that is
staged in the Superintendent's office is
now under way, with Field General
Klingenberg in charge, and there is
much discussion as to how to best
make up a maintenance list that will
withstand the artillery, machine gun,
gas and aerial attacks that it will be
subjected to for about two months.

Our sympathy is extended to Ed. J.
Williams and family in the loss by
death of his 25 year old son, Clifford
E. Williams on November 30. His
death was caused by an attack of acute
indigestion, though he had for a num-
ber of years been pretty much of an
invalid.

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D. J. Roach has spent the past month
at Excelsior Springs, Mo., taking the
baths and other treatments for a case
of rheumatism which became quite se-
vere during the campaign.

During the time the street railway
cars operated on the factory line this
campaign, they suffered a loss of
$180.74 in operating expenses alone.
For the past two years this service has
been furnished at a loss to the system,
and it is very probable that the line to
the factory will be removed and the
tracks used in another part of the city.

Clarence Osborn has left for the
sunny shores of the Pacific. He ia
taking his wife along so his stay in
Hollywood will be brief.

G. T. Goodrich, former fieldman in
the Wheatland district, lost his wife
by death on December 10. They were
spending the winter in California on
account of her health.

Arthur (Cap) Bennett, is now in the
Research Laboratory at Denver. He
no doubt enjoys this much more than
the laboratory at Guernsey, Wyoming
where he was stationed last summer.
Be careful of the "city sha/pers," Cap.

With the campaign closed, and the
flag safely tucked away by our rival —
Hank Sandmann at his "teapot" on the
Shoshone, we must now line up for an-
other campaign that will bring the
coveted banner into our keeping, where
it may flutter in the breezes of the land
of the "turquoise sky."

LOVELAND

O. S. RIKER and EMMA MATZICK,
Associate Editors

This factory finished slicing beets
Wednesday afternoon, November 29. It
has been a short campaign, but every-
one predicts a longer one for next year
and we hope they are right.

Superintendent S. C. Mooney made a
trip to Rocky Ford and Holly recently,
inspecting the sugar plants at those
places.

R. A. Howe, better known as "Daddy'
Howe, who has been employed at this
factory for twenty years and has had
charge of the yard truck most of the
time, is leaving for an extended visit
in California and Oregon.

Our Cashier, C. L. Atkins, is again
on the sick list. He has been author-
ized to take a vacation and we hope

that the rest will do him a great deal
of good and that he will be back on
the job soon.

We had a fire in our sulphur ware-
house on December 9, at noon. Evi-
dently it started from a spark from the
locomotive crane, but we are glad to
say that it was extinguished before
very much damage was done.

The Great Western Railway is ship-
ping a deal of wet pulp these days.

Paul Fauver, who is employed in the
storeroom, was married to Miss Amor-
ita Jeffery on December 14. The mar-
riage ceremony took place in Denver.
These young people are very well
known here, both being graduates of
the Loveland high school. We wish
them bon voyage.

We were favored with a visit re-
cently from Messrs. Barber, Taylor,
Earnest, Ewing, Hemmerle and Rowen
from the Windsor Factory.

The Superintendent's office is busily
engaged with their famous "indoor
sport" geting out the maintenance list.
A "HORSE" ON MARS

(The latest discovery of scientists
of the Loveland Factory would indicate
that the Planet Mars is populated by
animal, if not human life, for if the
following does not prove that there is,
or was, a "horse" on Mars, pray tell
us why.)

Mars Guindon, as all good assistants
should do. takes pointers and copy from
a successful Superintendent, viz. Sam
Mooney. Therefore, when Sam had
his little auto crash, Mars hastens to
the Jewett Distributor to purchase a
new six, as a -new car always makes
even a better wreck than an old car like
Sam's. Mars takes his family along to
see the fun and hastens for the fateful
corner that proved the Boss's nemesis,
but lo! the Fates were with Mars. At
a corner two blocks on the near side
of the scene of the other smash-up re-
ferred to, Mars found his man, a young-
ster in a Ford, who greeted Mars like
a brother, smiled a smiling smile,
stepped on the gas, and Bam! they
locked. Of course, Mars was to blame,
the same as was Sam. The Ford was
badly "hurted." Its owner threatened
vengeance through the courts. The
pocket-book of Mars began to throb
and ache in anticipation of forthcom-
ing calamity.

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Enter "Bo" Berry, to whom Mars
tells the sad story of impending finan-
cial reversal. "Bo" sympathizes, but
has seen a great light and cannot help
but smile. Presto! "Bo" enters into
confab deep and whispering with the
Laboratory Boss, behind closed doors.
Our branch telephone exchange is a
point for Berry.

Then a meeting of the "heads." Tele-
phone rings. Ft. Collins (County Seat)
is calling Mars Guindon. "Yes, this is
Mars."

"Sheriff Smith talking. Will be
down at the plant this afternoon about
3:00 p. m. to serve some papers I have,

being case of vs. Mars

Guindon, auto accident, plea, $35.00
damages to car, $100.00 personal
damage."

Mars gets pale, stammers, finally
comes to and offers to see plaintiff and
'phone Sheriff later, as he is sure he
can arrange settlement, and does not
want papers served. Sheriff isn't in-
terested, says that he is working under
instructions of plaintiff's counsel, and
i.hat Mars cannot, as defendant, "call
"em off." Mars feels very badly, makes
rush to change his clothes and start
for town. Boss finds something that
needs his immediate attention and Mars
is unable to get away at once, until,
in desperation, he prepares for a mad
break for town, with fountain pen in
one hand and check book in the other.
Then, in the nick of time, enters again
"Bo" Berry, the Cheer Merchant, and
carefully explains in detail that, again
referring to the Planet Mars, it was a
Plant-on-Mafs and a Horse-on-Mars,
and amidst much laughter and passing
of cigars, "Bo" leads the bunch to the
"Lab" where the erstwhile "sheriff"
is still convulsed with laughter.

All in all, it was a great success, but,
friends from other plants and the G. O.
don't forget when you see Guindon to
remind him that you didn't get your
smoke.

We dislike to make any apologies
for the notes we send in to The Sugar
Press, but we are very busy and our
dear Editor wants you to have your
copy before Christmas, so we will con
elude by wishing you all the same old
wish in the same old way — "Merry
Christmas."

LONGMONT

V. L. AIKIN,

Associate Editor

Longmont boasts of one employee
who did not care how soon the cam-
paign was to be over. We were asked
on several occasions "When those old
beets would be done," and any reply
indicating an increase in the length
of the run was met with a request to
hurry through. The reason why is
that Miss Jean Munson, the laboratory
comptometer operator, was only wait-
ing for the end of the campaign to an-
swer "I Will" to the question of the
minister. We understand she takes the
fatal step Dec. 17th. She certainly has
the best wishes of all.

Pete Race and Jim Sorrells are both
temporarily laid up for repairs, and
the doctors report that both are doing
fine. We hope by the time they get
their copy of The Sugar Press they
will be able to be on the job.

Seventy-two days of slicing, then
two of hustling the last of the juice into
the warehouse and crystallizer, then
two that might be fun for a duck, and
then back on the job of putting the mill
in shape for the record breaking crop
promised us for next year. If there
is anything monotonous- about the busi-
ness of making sugar we have failed
to find it.

The Editor in Chief in ,one of his
letters to the Associate Editors sug-
gested that we furnish anecdotes with
a personal touch. We tried once tell-
ing a story of that kind and the per-
sonal touch we got from the goat of
our story forever cured us of any more
attempts along that line.

B. H. Rundle, a former Longmont
employee, now beet end foreman at
Brighton factory, helped finish the lat-
ter part of our run as first press fore-
man.

We won't win the flag, and there are
several who made us breathe the aroma
of their beet pulp as they beat us under
the wire. We have never been to the
section of windy Wyoming where the
flag will probably float in the mixture
of air and gravel that they call a
breeze, but reports that have come to
us indicate that they will need at least
a dozen flags if they expect to keep

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one floating until we again have a
chance to win it. We wanted that flag
ourselves, but we are not in the least
jealous of its proud possessor.

George Gross, sugar end foreman,
leaves about December 24th for Fa-
jardo, Porto Rico, on a six months
leave of absence.

BRIGHTON

The windup of the campaign oc-
curred November 21, at 10 p. m., rather
uneventful, but remarkable for its
short run of 54 days, and from the fact
that our harvest season had not as yet
been completed. As a consequence,
1,G00 tons of beets of the unfinished
harvest were shipped to Longmont and
Ft. Morgan factories, shipments to the
latter factory continuing as late as
December 12. While our factory rec-
ord was not in the pennant class, our
average slicing of 1,448 tons was the
best we had ever made in a campaign
and we have high hopes of capturing
again that flag which on our flagstaff
first proudly waved.

All beet settlements were made De-
cember 15th, and the farmers are antic-
ipating the dollar additional payment
by the company on the 22nd with the
greatest satisfaction. This payment
will bring much relief to a distressed
financial situation.

Miss Spencer, who has very capably
filled the position of telephone opera-
tor, has returned to her home in Den-
ver. Miss Brennen, another of the
office girls and whose home is in Ver-
mont has also finished her duties.

Thanksgiving Day at the Boarding
House was a quiet affair this year. But
the sugar tramps were not there, the
boys rather enjoyed being at home for
at least one campaign.

C. E. Van Etten, who owns a home-
stead in New Mexico and who comes
to Brighton every year for the cam-
paign, was with us again this year.

Fred Center, who left here early in
November to work as Assistant Super-
intendent in one of the cane sugar
mills in Cuba, writes under the date
of November 26th that they expected
to begin operations December 1, but
owing to the non-arrival of a set of

crusher rolls which had been sent to
the States to be trimmed down, their
start was indefinitely delayed. As Fred
says, "We must have the crushers to
squeeze out the little drops of juice
in the cana," and adds, "Have had a
gang of colored folks unloading sugar
bags and cleaning house. How about
the Beets? Are they all laid to rest in
the Pulp House? That dear old Pulp
House, — how I miss her." He closes
his letter mentioning his deep regret
that he does not own a corkscrew and
wanting the bunch to know he is "Hab-
lar Espinol."

Brian Rundle, Beet End Foreman, at
the close of campaign returned to Long-
mont where he is regularly employed.

Eight acres of our lawn have been
plowed up, preparatory to seeding to
alfalfa in the spring. Two acres are
left in front of the main entrance which
will be ample for all practical pur-
poses. Some of the shrubbery will be
transplanted but the general appear-
ance of the grounds will not be so
greatly changed.

Agricultural Superintendent Houston
is taking a short course in dentistry.

It is an old saying, "A silver lining
to every cloud." One day in the midst
of the early campaign, the pulp dryers
rebelled at something. Things came
to a climax soon afterwards When one
of the drums burnt up its contents. In
order to clean out the wet pulp, which
accumulated on the floor during the
time the drums were down, it was
deemed best to batter a hole through
the side of the building to enable the
trucks to back in and load. When the
wet pulp was finally cleaned out and
the dryers started again, what a
change! The electric motors hummed
a new song and all other difficulties
seemed to vanish. The admittance of
fresh air seemed to change the situa-
tion. Result, the opening in the wall
was not bricked up again, but was left
a permanent door.

Cashier J. F. Hume recovered very
rapidly from a bad cold. You can't
keep Jim down very long.

To one and all, Brighton extends the
season's best greetings.

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STERLING

GEORGE W. ATKINSON and C. H. LINDEN,
Associate Editors

An air of gladness has prevaded
the entire Sterling district for the
past few days, following the an-
nouncement that an additional pay-
ment of one dollar per ton would be
made December 22 on all beets grown
during the past season. The growers
in this district will receive about
$254,000 above the contract initial
payment, which with the regular De-
cember payment of $1G3,000 will mean
quite an item, not only to the farm-
ers but to the business men, coming
as it does on the eve of Christmas.

It seems that Thanksgiving time is
a "Jonah" to one bank at least in
our city. It has been only two
years since The Farmer's National
Bank closed its doors and now on the
heels of the Thanksgiving festivities
of the present we awake to find that
the same bank, under a different
name, has again closed its doors. It
is with regret that we chronicle this
financial disaster, as the directors and
members of the bank force were men
with whom it was a pleasure to trans-
act any business and they had en-
deavored to make good all the obli-
gations of the old bank which they
had taken over. They have the sym-
pathy of the entire community in
their regrettable misfortune.

Clarence Milford arrived at the fac-
tory the other day with downcast
face and life-sized grouch. When
asked the cause of all the displeasure
he informed the boys that ne had a
visitor at his home, who had come to
make an indefinite stay, when asked
"why indefinite" he informed us that
another baby girl had arrived in com-
pany with the Stork. Clarence says
that the visitor was welcome but he
couldn't see why that darn stork had
to pick that particular baby in the
dark and get a girl instead of a boy.

Some one said that the old wreck
at Sterling wasn't much for sprint-
ing but was strong on endurance but
we believe that she still has the abil-
ity to sprint, for at this writing we
have had three of the best days of
the entire campaign and every thing

looks pretty good for several days
more of fourteen hundred tons or bet-
ter. While we do not expect to reach
the top this late in the race we do
not expect to stay at the bottom for
long.

There seems to be one advantage or
disadvantage in being the last factory
to be operating as it has brought
flocks, gobs and groups of visitors not
only from nearby factories but from
Swink and Worland. In addition to
these we have had the pleasure of tak-
ing several classes of young ladies from
various high-schools of this district
through the factory.

At this writing we are being hon-
ored by a visit from Mr. Reynolds
and Mr. Cronin from the auditing de-
partment and while it is a pleasure
to have them with us, yet we hope
they do not stay long as they have a
happy faculty of uncovering our mis-
takes and placing then; before a glar-
ing light for everyone's inspection.
Here's your hat Mr. Reynolds, what's
your hurry?

We had visions of a swell Christ-
mas dinner with all the trimmings
and after pains, in addition to a day
of complete rest, but Jack Reece came
along and spoiled it all by raising the
"estimated to be sliced" some thou-
sand or so tons and now we feel that
we will be lucky if we eat New Year's
dinner at home with the Wife and
Kiddies. However, it is a good ill
wind as some fellows who are look-
ing forward to a time of unemploy-
ment will be just so many more dol-
lars better off.

The following conversation was
heard in the Laboratory the other
day:

John: "Say, George do you want
to borrow a couple hundred iron
men."

George: "Sure. I'll take all I can
get."

John: "All right I'll lend you four
hundred, give you a check for seven
hundred on the Sterling National
Bank and you can give me the
change."

We might add that John was the
goat when the National Bank closed,
he having had several hard earned
kopecks therein when the doors
closed.

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During the loading of piled beets
we were required to ship almost as
many beets daily to Brush as during
the direct delivery season. The re-
quirements were 25 to 30 cars per
day from three dumps, which is no
small task. However by working
Sundays, holidays and nights, the
task was accomplished and to Jesse
Forbes belongs the honor as only by
his efforts were we able to get all
the beets loaded and into the bins at
Brush before they closed.

As we close we wish to extend to
each and all Sugar Tramps many
happy returns for Christmas and New
Year and may your prosperity be as
boundless as the seas and your health
as great. In the words of Tiny Tim,
"May God Bless you every one."

FORT MORGAN

P. M. BAKER and A. C. WHITNEY,
Associate Editors

Mrs. Robb and son Billy were visitors
at the Factory.

That our former cashier, Mr. Dixon,
is a good car salesman is evidenced by
the fact that our fieldman, J. Y. Hen-
derson, is driving a new Dodge Coupe.

Mr. Dobson and Mr. Waddell motored
to Fort Collins last week.

Miss Akerson our Stenographer and
Miss Stone the comp operator spent
Thanksgiving in Denver.

Miss Neville denies the charges made
in the last month's Sugar Press con-
cerning said "Man." However, she
hopes it is not impossible.

Mr. Frazier is not only an efficient
car book clerk but he shows unusual
talent as an actor. We enjoyed his part
as "father" in trie home talent play,
"Incompatibility," given at the United
Presbyterian Church recently.

Mr. Dobson, Timekeeper, tells us he
has more time than he sometimes
knows what to do with.

Mr. Morgan, checking a car of sugar,
experienced the queer sensation of
being "locked up." Mr. Waddell, the
Western Weighing Inspector, was in a
rush to get the car on its way and ab-
sent-mindedly locked and sealed Mor-
gan in the car. Mr. Morgan did not
appreciate the opportunity of a free
ride.

The truth will out — it happens a
number of sheep died as a result of dip-
ping. Kagy and Whetzel, feeling the
call for heroic action, took one of the
sheep, thot to have been dead, brought
it in the boiler room, gave it a drink
of "moonshine" (who wouldn't come
to), nursed and cared for it until it
finally showed signs of life. Then an
Agreement was entered into to this
effect, that should said lamb live Kagy
was to be the possessor and should it
succumb Whetzel would be the owner.
They were in the midst of plans for
their wife's Christmas gift from the
sale of said lamb when the owner mod-
estly walked in, took his lamb and
thanked the gentlemen for their tender
care. Kagy and Whetzel's hearts sank
to their shoes, especially when they
thought of the "moonshine" wasted.

Some of the factory boys have the
idea they are great hunters being able
to go up to the Reservoir and get a
duck once in a while.

Miss Lawson, the Laboratory Comp-
tometer Operator, seems to be very anx-
ious to get done so she can return to
Denver. We are wondering if there
is some one waiting as anxiously at
the other end of the line.

Archie Burdette and Josh Flager,
General Foremen, have quite a stick
up their back from the fact they have
been on day shift all Campaign, but
wait until the clean-up, we will take
it out of them then.

Vernie Babbitt of the engineer de-
partment and Mr. Brown of the Re-
search Department have been with us
experimenting on heaters for Steffen
House waste.

A. R. Finley: who used to be with
the Windsor and Scottsbluff Factories
and who now is Superintendent of the
Mason City Factory, visited the Fort
Morgan Factory.

Things seem to be going better in
the Factory since Dan Drew and Major
Thompson have been placed in charge
of the sugar end.

Superintendent Miller's wife who has
been ill with the flu is considerably
improved.

Vince Vleck, machinist, who has been
ill all summer is very much better al-
though not able to work as yet.

At this writing, December 14, we
have all of our beets in the cars for

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which everyone is very thankful. We
expect to finish cutting on December
19 whi^h will allow us to get cleaned
up before Christmas. The boys will
eat their Christmas dinner at home,
the first time in seven years.

Mrs. Wilkinson, who runs the sew-
ing machine, is kept very nervous by
the pop-off valve in the first effect evap-
orators. Every time it pops off she
starts for the door.

D. R. Miller stopped over on his way
to California to visit his son, Super-
intendent Miller, for a few days.

SCOTTSBLUFF

GENEVIEVE WEIDENHEIMER

and PARRY W. SNYDER,

Associate Editors

Jeff Morrison and his bride recently
spent their second honeymoon in Bill-
ings. Some class!

We have recently ueen informed that
Tom Cronin at last has in his possess-
ion one of the famous R. & J. Dick
calendars. We hope Mr. Cronin duly
appreciates this little work of art.

On Nov. 25, Mr. Potter, Machinist
Helper, had the misfortune to fall and
break a bone in his ankle. He is at
present in the hospital, but is reported
to be getting along nicely.

Lloyd Garber, Sugar End Foreman,
had a fine seven pound girl arrive at
his home on December 8th.

The fieldmen and others in the Ne-
braska District are looking forward,
with pleasant anticipations to the Ag-
ricultural Meeting which is to be held
in Denver, January 9-12.

On a recent winter morn, not a sound
came from the mill, the Super was very
forlorn, and the Assistants were notice-
ably still. We are uncertain about this
quiet, of which we dislike to speak,
but guess we might as well say it, we
believe it was from a leak. Only forty
eight valves sprung leaks, which to you
perhaps seems slight, but it made our
men feel like sneaks, to see the mill in
that plight. At 11 a. m. wheels were
again turning, and peace once more
filled our hearts, for O, we are always
yearning, for the time when the old
mill again starts. We hope this won't
happen again, and really don't think
it shall, as campaign is almost at an

end, but of course you never can tell.

Our old time sugar tramp fiiend Joe
Williams of Henry, Nebraska, made us
quite a visit. He spent considerable
time with E. E. Stone of apple orchard
fame, and. we learn was trying to col-
lect a milk bill of long standing. It
seems Mr. Stone and family, while
spending their vacation at Henry,
camped on Joe's homestead. Joe's cow
was pastured near their camp ground.
Joe says during this time he was able
to get very little milk from said cow.
After Stone's departure, the cow re-
turned to normal. How come, Stone?

A. R. Finley of Mason City, Iowa,
who was formerly Assistant Superin-
tendent at this Mill, visited old friends
'at Scottsbluff during the month.

GERING

T. L. CRONIN and W. E. CLAYCOMB,
Associate Editors

Eaton advises us in the last Press
that their 1922-23 campaign officially
ended on November 25th. With so
great a peep into the future, Eaton
should be in a position to impart some
valuable information, the lack of
which, at present, is agitating the
minds of all operating sugar tramps.
Is it nine or is it ten?

When Miss Martha Whitten recently
returned to Denver, the Cashier's
office not only lost a charming and
efficient comptometer operator, but it
seemed to lose much of its cheerful-
ness and jollity. Simultaneously "Doc"
Hammarlun began wearing one of those
desperate Rudolph Valentino expres-
sions, and it is feared that his despera-
tion may result in a pair of those
'"Toreador" pants (haven't the nerve
to call them trousers), with a fringed
sash, and a knife at his belt. Martha,
we appeal to you to exercise your in-
fluence.

Since we are one of the very few
beet sugar factories now operating in
the United States, our popularity
seems to be increasing, and we are fre-
quently favored with visitors, both for-
eign and domestic. Among our for-
eign visitors have been "moguls" from
the Holly, Amalgamated, Worland, and
Northern Sugar Companies, while the
domestic visitors are becoming too
numerous to mention.

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Recently overheard at the public tele-
phone booth in the Brown Drug Store
in Gering: "Hallo, central, gae me
Scottsbluff please. Five five on yen,
two, three. Hallo, Mr. Chatfield, am
spearing fir a job, ye ken, as drafts-
man. Ye say ye have yen, a Mr. Ogilvy,
and yer weel pleased wey tha mon?
All right, goode neicht." At this point,
Andrew Weiss of the U. S. Reclama-
tion Service, touched the young man
on the shoulder. "I beg your pardon,
young fellow, for listening in on your
'phone conversation, but I would pre-
sume you are a draftsman seeking em-
ployment." "Nae, nae, I am Allan
Ogilvy me self. I am working for Mr.
Chatfield, ye ken. He is me gaffer and
a good mon. I was only checken up on
me self a Wee bit, ye ken." And with a
"Goode neicht," he marched out of the
store to flag a Scottsbluff bound jitney.

How would you like to be a rarmer
and share in that two million dollar
legacy being put out by Uncle Gwesk?
He's a liberal old fellow when he's got
the jack to spare. Remember back in
1917, or was it '16, when he surprised
us all with four jitneys on the dollar,
computed on a whole year's salary?
And we didn't have to ask him for it
either. That seems the best way to get
on the good side of Unk, just "meekly
wait and murmur not" like the farmers
did. We were so pleased with that lit-
tle twenty cents, and Unk was so
pleased to see us pleased that he kept
it up for two or three years thereafter.
Not twenty per cent, but just enough,
which said plainer than Unk could
have said it, "Well done, thou good
and faithful tramps." And then the
war broke out, or we broke in, I forget
which, and everybody had plenty of
mazuma, forgetting all about Unk's
little yearly donations. When the war
broke up, I guess things didn't break
just right for Unk, as he nearly went
broke. Plenty of collateral, but no
kale. Anyhow, when we began think-
ing of the little donations again, Unk
had forgotten all about it. Now if we
had plenty of money, as we did during
the war, and as we think Unk did, we
wouldn't mind giving him a gentle re-
minder, for you know when you've got
lots of money and ask for more, that's
business — even Unk is always borrow-
ing. But when you're broke and asK

for money, that's begging, and it would
break Unk's heart if any of his kin
would go a-begging. So we are just
going to do like the farmers did — stay
tonguetied on the subject, and then
maybe someday we can say like the
farmers are now saying, "Everything
comes to him who waits." We know
Unk.

MITCHELL

R. I. BABBITT,
Associate Editor.

The 1922-23 campaign nas just now
come to its close and the place will
very soon take on the regular inter-
campaign appearance. Our last beets
were sliced at 11:00 p. m. Dec. 12, the
last white sugar sacked at 9:30 a. m.
Dec. 15, and the last blank pan dropped
at 5:30 p. m. Dec. 15. Our maximum
daily average slicing reached was 1,624
tons per day but due to various reasons
we had to give up 18 of these tons,
leaving an average of 1,606 for the
campaign, just 124 tons per day over
last year's average.

Due to the adverse weather condi-
tions which have prevailed so much
this year, many of the farmers were
not able to deliver their beets in time
for the finish. Now those who deliver
to the factory station are having to
shovel into cars for diversion to other
factories.

The office force has been and still
is very busy issuing the final checks
to the men. A few more than the nor-
mal force are still on the pay roll,
working on the clean up, but by far the
greater part of the campaign labor is
paid off and gone. Many have signi-
fied their intention of coming back for
campaign next year.

Did Anyone Say There Isn't
Any * 'Poetry " in the Sugar Busi-
ness ? Or do You Say, After Read-
ing the Numerous Rhymes in this
Issue, that as Poets We're the
Best Bunch of Sugar Tramps in
the World ? Watch for the Spring
Poetry on Maintenance, a Lyrical
Subject.

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BILLINGS

I S. HAMILTON and G. F. WEYBRIGHT,
Associate Editors

The finish of the seventeenth cam
paign of the Billings Factory was
marked by evidences of satisfaction
that the old mill came through the or-
deal with a creditable slicing average
and production of finished product.
We hear promises from the Operating
Department that, given the heets in
sufficient quantity, and the necessary
equipment, they will enter the lists
next campaign with high hopes of
pointing with pride to the much coveted
floating in the Montana breeze.

I. P. Mead, our fieldman at Huntley,
was unfortunate enough to be a victim
of the failure of the Huntley State
Bank, which closed its doors on No-
vember 28. Our sympathies go out to
"Pearl" in his misfortune, particularly
as this loss interferes seriously with
his plans for the education of his chil-
dren.

On Tuesday, December 12th, Mr. Ho-
garty was the gracious host at a ban-
quet tendered to the entire .personnel
of the Billings Factory, with the ex-
ception of the ladies (God bless 'em).
There were sixty covers laid in the Tea
Rocm of the Northern Hotel, and a
sumptuous feast was provided, and was
enjoyed by all. Mr. Hogarty presided
as toastmaster and every guest was re-
quired to stand and read his place-
card aloud to the company. The place-
cards are worthy of special mention,
the clever verses being from the in-
spired pen of Guy Weybright who
seems to be on intimate terms with the
Muse, and the wonderfully expressive
cartoons having been clashed off by no
less a hand than that of our Chief
Chemist John (Jack) Davis, who ap-
pears to do such things extremely well
with no appreciable tax on his inex-
haustible imagination. Think of it.
Sixty poems, and sixty masterpieces of
art all the product of two of our fel-
low Sugar Tramps, prepared for our
entertainment and edification.

The edict having gone forth that
"Shop" was taboo, we very willingly
forgot all about work and gave our-
selves up to the enjoyment of the en-
tertainment that was provided for us
by our host. Two original poems were
read in inimitable style by their com-

poser, Hon. Harry L. Wilson, who fav-
ored us also with a shori a Id less; W.
W. Gail gave a "Rapid Fire Talk." and
kept us in an uproar of laughter at
the string of funny stories of which it
consisted. We had the versatile Scotty
Wilson dressed up in his kilts, singing
Scotch songs; violin solos by Miss [va
Gregg, and delightful soprano solos by
Miss Fay Rossiter accompanied by Mrs.
Earl Wilson at the piano. Guy Wey-
bright whistled.

There were two vacant chairs at
the table, held so in honor of Mr. Maier
who was unable to attend owing to his
illness, and Mr. Ridley who was away
from the city seeking health.

J. W. Preston (Jimmie), one of our
crack Steffens House Foremen, was
married November 29th to Miss Viva
Defoe of this city. As usual the Sugar
Tramps came to the rescue and pre-
sented them with a beautiful set of
dishes.

Mrs. S. J. McClure who has been vis-
iting at the home of her daughter Mrs.
G. C. Fosgate left Dec. 2 for her home
in Sterling, Colo. Mrs. McClure will
undoubtedly tell all the Sterling Sugar
Tramps what a privilege it is to live
in Billings. Might add that since she
left the thermometer has been regis-
tering from 10 to 30 degrees below zero
every day, with the exception of two
days. ,

0. Preston. Chief Chemist for the
Holly Sugar Co., at Sheridan, spent
several days here with his brother
•Jimmie" shortly after Jimmie was
married. Of course one needs a lot of
consolation at such a time.

The 1922-23 campaign ended Novem-
ber 25th at 7 p. m. for slicing beets,
and November 28th at 3 p. m. on the
sugar end, with a slicing avearge of
2,353 tons. We wish to announce to
the whole wide world that while we
tried like h — 1 we are not at all satis-
fied with our results, and never will
be until we get that d — n flag. We are
already mapping out a campaign of
activity for this inter-campaign season
and when Harry Hooper comes up to
comptometer our maintenance re-
quirements— Good Night — Shirt.

The Billings contingent take this
means of extending their best wishes
for a Merry Christmas and Happy New-
Year to all other members of the
GWESCO family.

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W$t Cimatma* Rubbing

Take some human nature — as you find it,

The commonest variety will do-
Put a little graciousness behind it,

Add a lump of charity or two,
Squeeze in just a drop of moderation,

Half as much frugality, or less,
Add some very fine consideration,

Strain off all of poverty's distress,
Pour some milk of human kindness in it,

Put in all the happiness you can,
Stir it up with laughter every minute,

Season with good-will toward every man,
Set it on the fire of heart's affection,

Leave it till the jelly bubbles rise,
Sprinkle it with kisses — for confection-
Sweeten with a look from loving eyes,
Flavor it with children's merry chatter,

Frost it with the snow of wintry dells,
Place it on a holly garnished platter,

And serve it with the song of Christmas bells.

— Good Stories

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