The Parker post., 1918-06-22
METROPOLIS Of
THE. COLORADO
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which they may be passing than is to
be obtained from road maps, little
! information about Parker and the
really wonderful country of which
it is the hub will not be amiss.
The questions, What, where and
why is Parker?' are easily and
quickly answered, the great difficulty
being in confining oneself to a rea-
sonable space in speaking of this
section of the state.
Parker is town of about 500 pop
ulation, lying at the head of the great
Parker valley, on the east bank of the
Colorado river
It's accommodations for the travel
ing public are better than most towns
of it's size, there being two very good
| Notes.-The Manitaba and the Parker
-Off-good restaurants and two
first class garages.
Another hotel, which will prove a
| 1tLu1 ~ TIC tEdRGItI-
the Grand View-will be thrown
open to the public about July /. 1t
contains thirty rooms, and will be a
finely appointed first class house.
The Grand View occupies the en-
tire portion Of the new concrete and
plaster Grand View hotel block and
is modern throughout Shower baths
are provided in the rooms and its
/ sanitary features are excellent. Doors
! lead from each room to a broad piaz-
"a, which is entirely screened
The lobby is on the ground floor, a
notable feature of the room being the
large fire place, constructed entirely
Of ores from the surrounding mines.
Two large general merchandise
| stores, bank and a we'll equipped
drug store also occupy the ground
floor of the Grand View hotel block,
wh:@a other business houses of vari-
Gus kinds go to make up a thriving
| business center.
mile from the town is Bush s
Ferry, by means of which autos and
teams are transported over the Colo
RADIO This provides one of the
unique features of the trip over the
Parker highway, the trip across the
river being made by means of motor
driven boats, strongly built and large
enough to carry several machines at
a time
Three power boats and a barge
compose Mr.. Bush's Trans-Colorado
| fleet Of steamers. Besides their
service as ferries. the boats are util-
! lied for the transporting of ore from
! up the river, making frequent trips
for that purpose.
Parker is division point of the
Santa Fe Railway. The Standard Oil
company has large plant here, while
the pumping plant Of the Reserva-
tion's irrigating system is situated
short distance from town,
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| Parker, the center of a great mining
and agricultural section, with posi-
| bilities that few other towns in the
state enjoy, that holds the attention
of the visitor With this fine, fer
tile valley of over 10000 acres of
irrigable land Parker has an asset
that cannot be over estimated, while
the mines in the immediate vicinity
give promise of Wonderful outpour-
ing of wealth. They are working
earnestly, without blare of trumpets,
and are shipping valuable carloads of
ore. 1t is also apparent that this
will be a deep district. One of the
mines has reached the 800-foot level
with steady increase in values and
size of the ore body
There's more solid mining now
being done in this section than ever
before in it's history. Up to short
time ago only the high grade copper
gold ores were shipped to the smelter,
most of them coming from near the
surface. Now, however, numerous
properties have determined upon
deeper mining and the success with
which they are meeting in uncover
ing numerous bodies of lower grade
ore insures an immense production
at depth,
Manganese deposits Of great rich
ness have recently been opened up
and new deposits are heing uncover
ed Some of these mines over forty
miles up the Colorado, freight their
product by motor boat and barge to
Parker for shipment to Chicago for
treatment. One company has con-
tracted for the freighting of 500 tons
during the next year,
For all this great wealth producing
section OF the state Parker is the