La Junta tribune., 1912-04-13
JOHN eRiseEN WALKER.

and editor OF the Cosmopolitan Maya
zine and one Of the best known lit
crary men In this country. has been
appointed by President Moore to b.
director OF exploitation ct the Pan
ANA Pacific international Exposition.
Walkers selection to this important
position was approved by the board
OF directors at its meeting recent
Iy.
Director Walker was invited to San
Francisco 10 confer with the expo
sition officials upon matters pertain
ing to the coming exposition and he
WAS then rendered this position.
After carefully considering the matter
he accepted II and has entered upon
his work with enthusiasm and with
"A determination to help make the
1915 Universal Fair one OF the great
est ever held in the annals Of the
world
John Brisben Walker, has. all his
life. been a dreamer OF dreams but
they have been dreams that have
come true. His work shows that he
has combined intense activity that
does things with the power Of VI
sion tha, clearly forsees the future.
He was born on the Monongahela
River. Pennsylvania. and was e1uent
I'd nt Georgetown College and at
West Point lie is a doctor Of phil
osophy and q doctor Of laws. While
an under graduate at West Point he
was appointed by Ansou Burlingame
TO help rc-orEanize the Chinese Mill
tnry service He was only twenty
years Of age when this important
work vas assigned him and be un-
dcrtOok II with the energy for which
he IL noted He accompanied United
states Minister Ross Browne to PekinI
and took up his quarters at the
Treaty Temple near Tien Tsin.
Walkers career has been an eS-
trrmely interesting one He has to
his credit the introduction Of altal |
IA into Colorado upon commercial |
scale He still holds more than 800 /
acres Of the original Berkeley Farm. /
now a valuable part Of the city of
Denver.
When he purchased the Cosmopoli. |
tan Magazine IL had less than 5000 |
circulation. and by a series Of bold. /
rapid strokes he built II up to more !
than 800 600 He conducted this pub |
lication for more than twenty years |
along lines OF the progress OF human /
ity. He was the father OF the low /
priced magazine. cutting the twenty I
five cent price OF the Cosmopolitan /
in half He erected on the Hudson
at Tarrytown, what was at that time.
the greatest magazine plant IN the
world and which Was designed by
Stanford White.
At the lncipiency of the automobile
he gave II world impetus by offer
Ing a prize OF 81 900 and bringing to-
g"thcr as board OF Judges General
Miles. Frank Thomp on. president Of
tho Pennsylvania lines. chauncey De
pew. John Jacob Astor. General Craig
hill. chief Of engineers. 4. $. A.. and
other noted men. He subsequently
built AT Tarrytown. what Was AT
that time. the worlds greatest auto
mobile plant. when. after two years
of prosperity the steam car became
unpopular and was superseded by the
gas car, he sold the factory TO the
Maxwell Company End sent a check
OF his investment at six per cent for
every day and pocketed loss OF
about sl.7l5,oOO
In Denver MIR Walker perceived
the Platte river occupying uuneces-
sarily a large amount Of ground be-
tween Fifteenth aud Sihetccnth, the
central streets OF the city He sur
yeyed the river. calculated accurate,
B the requirements. bought the
ground engineered the reclamation
and at an cNpcnae OF abou, Si000o
prepared one u the largest and mos,
central terminal properties on the
continent, most OF which he has sold
TO the Atchison Moffat. and other
railways, already having realized
about $500. .O0O-so there Is nothing
that is No very impractical In MIR
Walkers dreams
-Four years ago he began buying at
Mount Morrison In Colorado and has
now some six thou and acres In the
Park Of the Red Rocks. ten miles
from tn. city limits OF Denver He
personally engineered. superint.nded
III. building of. and owns the railway
TO the SUNNI, OF Mount Morrison.
on. of the remarkable bits OF noun.
tain engineering To peak which
rom mi nds Views of mnr. than f~a