The Keota news., April 19, 1918, Image 8

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"PLANT FOR VICTORY"
IS HOOVER’S WAR CRY
TO SUGAR BEET MEN
Colorado ii up to bat again.
Thia time the atate la facing a
ebortage in the production 6f aug
ar beets, and unleea aha hita the
ball by planting a larger sugar
beet aoreage than ever before Vie.
lory will awing in the balance
with Defeat.
The prioe paid the growers laat jreai
tor augar beets vaa 97.11 a tea. Tbla
year a federal food commie*lon com
poeed of representative grower* aad
maaufacturera mad# a flat rat* of 910
a ton. This rat* was decided upon,
not to Increase the price of sugar to
the consumer or to enrich the grower,
but to encourage the planting of sugar
beets and decrease the danger Of a
sugar shortage In 1919.
The Importance of Increasing Colo
rado's sugar beet production during
the coming year was emphasised* by
a telegram received by the Colorado
Food Administration April 11, from
Herbert Hoover, federal food admlnle
trator.
The telegram read in part:
"At the reques. of the* sugar beet
growers, the Food Administration
through the Inquiry of various com
missions undertook to use its beat of
flees to secure a price for ho'-ts which
would return a fair prolit to grower*
throughout the beet regions.
“The factories having agreed to pay
the prices recommended and upon ■
basis much higher than was before re
celved by the growers, and In accord
with the demands of the majority ol
growers 1 do trust that the growers
will support the nation's sugar supply
bv enlarged planting.
The Keota Lumber Co.
SELLS "
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Lumber, Building Materials, Coal, Farm
Implements, and Salt
carry a complete stock of repairs for the International, John
Deere and E. B. lines of tillage and harvesting machinery.
Wp are headquarters for the powerful, durable, coal oil burning
Titan Tractors.
I | Tq help you to help yourselves and Uncle Sam by putting in
9 your coal for next winter. DO IT NOW.
On Not ForcJpf that it is a pleasure to estimate a lumber
® 1 bill for you, no matter how small, and that
you will always get the grades you buy.
A Word a b° u t your form ‘machinery. We of course like to sell
M it to you. But at the high prices, don’t you think it a
good investment to build a shed to shelter it from the rain and sun?
COME IN
Let’s Talk it Over
C. O. DODDER,
Proprietor
"Our shortage of shipping sad tbs
a*o—lUe* of th* all!** make large*
dime nil* «poa our dome*tic sugai
oust year thaa. over before aad tbs
maintenance of our own Industry It
primary not only to the well-being ol
the growers but tba nation as •
whole.*'
The fact that tbs land owaars Is
beet sections receive one- fourth of tbs
' gross proceed* of th# beet crop, wblct
on the basis of a sixteen-ton yield
would mesa 940 per acre. Is counted
on to Influence landlords to oontlnui
to rule lag beeta.
For Sal*: A good improved farm of
820 acres, one mil* east and on* mile
south of Keota. Colo. _ Good 6-room
house, bam 32x40, machine abed and
granary, good well of soft water. Join
ing this farm I have rented 800 acres of
land, of which 500 acres are fenced.
Good place for stock; also good farming
land. Price 930 per acre. Address J.
E. Pegg, Keota, Colo. p6O
Dr. B. L Fowler, dentist, will be
in Keota tbs first seven days of each
month. tf
Fortner, Photographer, Sterling. Colo.
Austin’s is
PUBLIC SALE
Dates
We will be able to take care of any
and all sales around Keota thia summer
from now on. Employ the men you
know get the money for your stuff.
Make dates with W. E. Burkholder
or telephone Eaton 120 at our expense.
AUSTIN BROS. Aucts.
THE KEOTA NEWS.
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While there’s no telling what conditions, may face th*
country before the war is over, one thing is certain and
that is that Ford cars will grow more and more into being
actual necessities, both in city and country. Prospective
buyers will do well to place orders NOW. when a reason
ably quick delivery is possible. Don't put it off until
spring for th* demand is continuous from all parts of the
country; Ford cars are wanted in th* North, South, East
and West, every day of the year. Let us have your order
today and we’ll hustle our best that you may not be kept
waiting. ,
THE PAWNEE AUTO COMPANY
J. H. Baxter. Prop.. Grover, Colo.
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Ai H. Currie
KEOTA
We believe that It pays to give our
customers service and satisfaction;
that is why we want to sell you a
T 01 LAVAL J
CREAM SEPARATOR
Here** why the De Laval is the chenpeat machine
to buy:
It will pay you in cream saved from $3 to $5 a cow every
year over an inferior or cream separator.
It will pay you in cream saved from $lO to $l5 a cow every
year over gravity slumming.
It will give you a heavier and better cream, the kind the creamery
man wants, die kind that gives you*more skim-milk for your stock.
It will last two to ten times as long as
| other cream separators. Figure it out for
yourself and you will see why the
| SSjsaMMmH De Laval is the most economical
And added to it all is the immeasurable
hVmMMH satisfaction of owning a machine that
IJT K||hM “ works like a charm ** 365 days in the
W * b«°w that «hn wa mD foa a
Pwbwl wm D>««« machlw y—*g
I ha proud to owa. Wa sail thaaa oa Kb
j arsl terms. Coma fat aad talk it ever.
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in Denver
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Denver, Colorado