BEET GROWERS AND BUYERS
UNABLE TO GET TOGETHER
DENVER, Col., Mar. 16.—Dead
locked after six days’ deliberation,
representatives of beet growers and
buyers of the Rocky mountain re
gion last night abandoned attempts
to reach a compromise on the 1925
beet price contract and there was
no indication today that a settle
ment of the controversy would be
reached.
Representatives of northern Colo
rado commercial organizations, play
ing the role of meditators between
the Great Western Sugar company
and the Mountain States Beet Grow
ers’ association, left last night for
their homes, admitting failure to ne
gotiate an amicable settlement.
With the price dispute as the crux
of the controversy, it is understood
the growers’ representatives at the
conference reduced its original de
mands for an increase of $1.60 in the
sliding scale to 50 cents a ton. This
increase of 50 cents was met by the
company’s proposal to pay that
much of an advance over its present
contract if its production reached
S,500,000 bags a year. The growers’
representatives, however, insisted on
ihe increase becoming effective re
< gardless of the size of the company’s
output.
Fred Cummings of Fort Collins,
Colo., president of the growers’ or
ganization, declared that the land
intended for sugar beets probably
would be planted to wheat. He
claimed the association controls more
than 100,000 acres of sugar beet
land in Colorado.
MUCH UMATILLA COUNTY
WHEAT LAND RESEEDED
PENDLETON, Ore., Mar. 16.—A
large portion of the 170,000 acres of
wheat that was killed in the heavy
freeze of December has already been
reseeded, according to reports re
ceived here from all parts of Umatil
la county.
The loss was one of the heaviest
ever, experienced by wheat farmers
in this county, according to County
Agent Fred Bennion. It is estimat
ed that all over the country the yield
will be approximately 25 per cent
less for spring than for fall sown
wheat, or a potential loss of nearly
$2,000,000 in addition to actual costs.
Nate White Reported
Safe At Illiamna Bay
Nate White, a well known trapper
and hunter of Seldovia, who was re
ported lost last winter, is reported to
be at Iliamna, where he has been
living the past few months. White’s
boat was driven into Oil Bay. where
it was wrecked, becoming a #total
j loss. He made his way to Iliamna and
1 was taken in by residents of that
I
l camp.
Information regarding Mr. White’s
i safety was brought to Seward by W.
i E. Ludy, from Portlock.
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BALLOON TIRES BE
PUT ON FORD C ARS
Probably the most important news
in automobile circles during the last
week was the announcement that
balloon tires are to be furnished as
optional equipment on all types of
Ford cars. „
This is probably the greatest rec
ognition given balloons since their
introduction on the market, and
should prove an impetus to their
popularity.
The Ford Motor Company has
long been interested in balloon tires
and has been carrying on experi
ments with them for some time. Its
decision to supply ballons comes
only after severe tests which, cou
pled with the good results obtained
by individual owners, have proven
these tires to be thoroughly practi
cal for Ford cars.
To compensate for no harder steer
ing with balloon tires, a, special steer
ing gear with a greater reduction will
be installed on all cars carrying these
tires.
Balloons to be furnished for new
Ford cars will be of standard sixe 29x
4.40, straight side and mounted on
wood wheels. This equipment will be
available at comparatively small ad
ditional cost to the new car purchaser.
Arrangements also have been made
for providing dealers with balloon tire
equipment so that any Ford car own
er desires to do so can change over
from high pressure tires.
Distribution of the new balloon tire
equipment has been made to Ford
dealers and is now available to pres
i ent and prospective Ford owners.
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device recently perfected.
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CHAMPION OF A. E. F.
WILL FIGHT AGAIN
CHARLESTON, W. VA., March 16—
“Bob” Martin, kingpin fighter of
Uncle Sam’s several millions of
righting men during the World
War, is prepared to engage in the
favorite pastime of “hacbeens” in
the sporting fraternity—a come
back.”
Martin, champion heavyweight of
the A. E. F. and shortly after the
war a contender for the champion
ship, thinks he is ready again to en
ter the ring, after a layoff necessitat
ed by impaired vision. He is under
going treatment by skilled surgeons,
who believe they can cure the ail
ment.
Shortly after his enforced retire
ment Martin enlisted in the West
Virginia State police force as a pri
vate, but. in a few months he won a
corporal’s stripes. Leading an active
outdoor life, Martin improved won
derfully in health.
Recently he resigned and an
nounced his intention of donning the
padded mitts again. Paradoxically
enough, his last act, before turning
in his police badge to rejoin the
ranks of professional fighters, was
to halt an amateur fight at Orlando,
W. Va. It wasn’t a regular, sched
uled scrap at all—merely one of
those impromptu battles that always
produce more action in a minute than
a million-dollar gate bout furnishes
in an entire evening.
The big fellow threw himself into
the melee with the zest and emerged
with one arm embracing the fighters
and the other arm encircled around
the necks of two ardent spectators
who failed to see Corporal Martin ap
proaching.
“Jimmy” Bronson, Martin’s for
mer manager, plans to match Martin
against either Charley Weinert, Fir
po\s conquerer, or Jack Renault, the
battling Canadian, as a starter.
“Jimmy” DeForest, considered
America’s best conditioned of pugi
lists, probably will take Martin undei
his watchful eye, if the soldier
j champion receives the consent of the
| surgeons to don the gloves.
The former doughboy’s impaired
vision re.suted from a bioodclot or
the base of his brain, caused by the
poundings inflicted by Frank Moran
erstwhile “white hope.” Incidental^
Martin finally knocked out Moran ir
the same battle in which Frank’s
! famous “Mary Ann” administered
such fearful punishment to Bob’s
head.
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SANAK NOTES
Regular spring weather. Kids com
ing every day with bunches of green
plants to present to “school-mamma/'
Another indication of spring is
that all our cannery workets are mi
grating to their various working sta
tions. The midd’e >f Februa’y K.
Mobeck made the run to King Cove
taking from Pauls"' * tnni.hes of
Paul Mach. Towny Hob et. John
Cailson and others -about twenty
persons in all.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Koso are
the proud parents of a little daugh
ter born February 25. The young
lady has been named Alice.
The families of Fritz Anderson
and John Carlson have each been
saddened by the loss of a young
child within the past month.
P. E. Nelson and son Tom art
home from their fox islands. They
make it a point to visit the home
port about mailboat time.
August Carlson, Paul Holmberg.
Fritz Anderson, George Kechutin and
little son, George Nelson, Ivan Shell
ikoff were all outgoing passengers on
the S. S. Starr.
Ben Bobeck and Gabriel Jechutii
made a trip around the islands las
week.
Andy Grosvold of Sand Point, ac
companied by Mrs. Grosvold paid
visit to the island the forepart o
; the month.
Chris Gunderson has as his gue
his uncle, Martin Gunderson, n m
Port Moller.
Several of the residents of San
turned out last week and put *ln
church in repair, also the fence and
so on. One of Sauak’s gentle zeph
yrs had torn some of tie- shingle
off the building and did other minor
injuries to the structure.
The people of Sanak celebrated
■ the joint birthdays of Gus Holmberg
and George Washington on Febru
ary 22nd, with appropriate ceremo
!nies.
TREATY AWAITING SIGNATURE
| WASHINGTON, D. (A, March 10.—
'TIM Extradition treaty with Mexico i
awaiting the signature of the Pr.s
I dent. The treaty covers the shipment
l | of narcotics, liquors and other eus
' | toms violations.
Correct this sentence: ‘i’ll clear
hous this spring,*” said she, ‘‘but I
won’t rearrange the furniture.”
! Now is the time for all good met.
| to come to.
j Naturally a sock will stay pur i
J you roll it down to the shoe top.
! DATES FOR INAUGURATION
OF SERVICE ANNOUNCEC
VICTORIA, B. C., Mar. 16.—Auto
I mobile ferry service between Vancou
| ver island and American ports wi
begin earlier than usual this year, i
| was announced by transporta tio
1 companies here the other day.
The Puget Sound Navigation con
! pany has scheduled its Sidney-Am
i cortes service to begin April 1, an
! its Victoria-Port Angeles ferry t
j start May 1. The Sidney-Bellini
1 ham service, operated by the Can;
! dian Pacific railway, is to beg;
| May 1.
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