The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-16
World War Brings Riches,
Fame and Bride to Colo
RADIO Ex.Convict.
NOW POTASH KING
Westerner Proves That Ro.
nance as PIT Human Ex-
perjssfe Not Dead.

Denver. COlO.--From prison cell in
the Colorado penitentiary at Canon
Ssty to the potash king of America
and possessor Of q fortune estimated at
close TO $2.O0O.0OO. Is the roma ntic
story or Frank L. Hulcn. owner Of
thousands of acres Of highly produc-
tive potash swamps in Nebrask
Hulen was in Denver recently and
met his former iailer. Tom lyman.
warden Of the state penal institution.
Huien has never forgotten the war
'ieh's friendship. displayed when q
pa role was secured through Tynan's
cfforts. and at a dinner given lyman
here the man who once laid stones IN
prison garb recounted his experiences
Arrested as sioami.t
Hnlen left Oklahoma in 1910. treking
np through Colorado and then on into
Wyoming While prospecting for oil
In the latter state he was arrested on
a charge of bigamy. brought in Colo.
RADIO by Bertha Fennell Hulen and
Charlotte. Richards Huien. both claim
ing him as their husband
Hulen was sentenced from jefferson
county. Colorado. to two years in the
renitentiary. His faithfuIness to duty
and the thoroughness with which he
performed the arduous tasks around
the 'stone pile" attra cted warden Ty-
nan. who assigned him to clerical
work in the prison office. Later Ty-
nan secured his parole.
Courts sheriffs Daughter.
While waiting for trial in the county
Jail ut Golden on the bigamy charge
Hulen had become infatuated With the
sheriff's daughter there. who fire.
anentiy alleviated the pining Of those
IN the custody Of her father By fur
nishing sweets and performing small
kindnesses for the unfortunate in
mates.
Following his release from the Canon
city institution Hulen went to Golden.
While attending lectures at the Colo
RADIO School Of Mines he was dcplv i'm
pressed with the declarati ton Of a pro-
lessor In chemistry. who. in describ-
ing sample OF water sent from a lake
in Nebraska for analysis" said that
the esAABtc lHrt6w Adi tractl1obfs p6yash
that indica tod the possibility Of i'm
mense wealth II the territory that pro-
duced it was developed
Honeymoon in 4 Hut.
Hulen quickly won the hand OF Miss
Dennis. the sheriffs daughter and
tho couple started for Nebraska He
built a. hut on the edge Of vast
swamp and for six months the newly
wcds underwent many privations. To
the bride It was scene OF desola ton.
but .H,llen saw visions Of untold
wealth in the dreary surroundings He
acquired az much Of the territory as
possible. including large lake ada
cent to the swamp land. and evolved
his plans for the manufacture Of pot
ash.
When the British shipping blockade
cut off the supply of German potash.
Hulen was prepared to furnish Uncle
Sam with sufficient potash to offset
the loss of the Teuton supply. He had
the potash, but was Handicapped by a
limited capital for putting it into mar
ketablc 'cghdition.
Controls Potash Output.
F'olloWed many legal entanglemcnts
with Nebraska bankers and many
months OF litigation. but Hulen won
his fight with the capitalists and now
controls approximately 80 per cent Of
the potash output of the United States.
lie has an immense plant at Antioch.
Mob. and is rapidly accommodating -
fortune that may rival the wealth of
a Carnegie or Rockefeller
Hulen in his affluence still keeps
in t{,nch with Warden Tynau aud 20
plenishes the excheQuer of many of his
former prison mates as they are re-
leased from custody.