The Holly chieftain., 1919-02-20
CENTENNIAL STATE 1rEaaA

100000 plant OF the International
Potash Company. This company u
composed Of Omaha capitalists. and
10 just completing its plant, at which
sixty men will be employed. 1t has
under lease the old Standard mill
dump, formerly the property Of the
United States Reduction and Refining
Company. The new company owns Q
process worked out after long expert
ments, by which potash may be OBJ
tanned at q commercial profit from the
old gold tailings.
The Mesa Verde and the Rocky
Mountain national parks Of Colorado
are among a dozen scenic wonders of
the West which the railroad adminis-
tration has elected to advertise in time
table folders. In addition to this ef
fort to stimulate tourist travel, II 10
said the homeseeker will be encour-
aged and helped. Two special bureaus
have been organized for the purpose
Of extending free service in this post
war opening up of the West.
Greeley farmers aud promoters OF
the bean industry are not happy over
the prospects of the 1919 season for
Weld county. Although plans have
been made and equipment and capital
gathered to handle 10000 acres of
seed beans annually. the prospects in
dicate that not more, than 5000 acres
will be contracted, and at present
only 1000 are contracted. Prospects
for the pinto bean industry are darker
than those for the seed bean.
Important development for the west
cid of the Cripple Creek district was
commenced recently at the Index mine
of the El Paso Extension Gold Mines
Corporation, on the southwestern
slope of Gold Hill, by H. NJ. Gilbert.
the well-known operator, who. with
Chicago capitalists as associates, has
secured a three! ears lease on the
territory lying north Of the shaft and
extending to the Anchoria Leland
boundary line.
Another immense body of ore Of re-
ported fabulous worth, probably equal
to the famous vug which was discov-
cred several years agO, has been un-
|
son mine, Colorados premier gold pro-
ducer. While the extent of the find
has not been definitely ascertained 1t
Is known to be very large while grab
samples taken across the face of the
vain indicate values Of 5000 ton.
The United States Railroad Admin
istratiOn abandoned all hope of saving
the Colorado Midland railroad from
junk when John Barton Payne, legal
adviser to Director General Hines, re-
| jected final proposition presented
on behalf Of the company that the
| government should take over the road,
pay $4,000 year rental and assume
NIL costs Of betterments and replace
| ments.
Confronted by the prospect of Colo
RADIO losing the governments horse
breeding station Mt Fort Collins, horse
fanciers and others Interested in
maintaining the standard of draft and
carriage horses have appealed to Gov
ernor Oliver H. Shoup and to the
board Of agriculture for the reconsid-
Grafton of the action whereby the sta
ton Is to be abandoned next June.
Representatives Of coal mining
companies operating in Colorado at q
hearing given by the labor committee
of the Senate upon certain bills asked
| for by miners organizations also rep
resented at the meeting, expressed
strong objection to the proposed meas
ures, particularly to the Dunlap bill,
providing for the examination and IL
| censing of coal miners.
Being at the crest of the continent,
| Colorado contains the headwaters OF
some of the principal rivers Of the
United States, including the Colorado,
Rio Grande, Platte, Arkansas and Re-
| publican.
DR.. Richard Ernest Kunze, inter-
nationally famous as a naturalist, IL
dead at Phoenix.
Further assurance that the Rocky
Mountain National park in Colorado
at last is to be developed In man
ner worthy of Its unsurpassed scenic
attractOns was given in Washington
when Senator John f. Shafroth OBJ
tanned unanimous agreement from
the public lunds committee of the Sen-
ate to support the removal of the limit
OF $4,000 upon annual appropriations
for the upkeep Of the great federal
playground.
The residents of Lake county are