The Elbert County tribune., 1919-02-21
COLORADO NEWS NOTES.


nercinl basis about Aiay ], at the new
100000 plant OF the international
Potash Company. This company IL
composed of Omaha capitalists, and
s just completing its plant, Mt which
t;ixty men will be ieInploycd. 1t has
uder lease the old Standard mill
lump. formerly the property Of the
limited States Reduction and Refining
company. The new company owns a
process worked ont after long expert
nenfs, by which potash may he OBJ
aimed Mt commercial profit from the
I'D gold failings. s-4
Further assurance that the Rocky
Mountain National park in Colorado
At last is 10 be developed in a man
ier worthy of its Unsurpassed scenic
l,ttractions was given IN Washington
when Senator John II. Shafroth OBJ
aimed a unanimous agreement from
lie public lands Committee of the. Sen
ste to support the removal Of the limit
)f $4,000 upon annual appropriations
.or the upkeep OF the great federal
playground, = N44. a ''s
The Mesa Verde and the Rocky
Mountain national parks of Colorado
are among Il dozen scenic wonders OF
the West which the railroad admins
ration has elected to advertise in time
table folders. In addition to this eff
| fort to stimulate tourist travel, 1t Is
| said the homesceker 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. ..'A -,
Important development for the west
cLd of the Cripple Creek district was
commenced recently ut the Index mine
Of the El Paso Extension Gold Mines
Corporation, on the southwestern
slope OF Gold Hill, by II. NJ. Gilbert,
| the well-known operator, who. with
Chicago capitalists as associates. has
secured n three, ears lease on the
territory lying north of the shaft and
extending to the Anchoria Leland
boundary line. t
La Sale, Mead, Fort Lupton and
Milliken are prospective locations for
| the sugnr factory which ii Is said the.
Industrial Sugar Company will locate
some place in Weld county. The In
dustrial company was recently orgnIl'
ized at Fort Morgan and has filed irr-
ticles of incorporation with a capital
stock of S4,000,000 for The purpose OF
building and operating factories In
Morgan, Logan, Weld and Larlmer
| counties.
| Another immense body of ore of re
ported fabulous worth, probably equaI
TO the famous yug which was discov-.
cred several years ngo, has been I'M
covered in the tenth level of the Cres~
son mine, Colorado S premier gold pro
tlucer. While the extent of the find
has not been definitely ascertained ii
is known to be very large while grab
samples taken across the face OF the
vain indicate values Of $500 ton.
John Caprn, Italian. who quit the
business OF tilling truck garden on
the outskirts of Denver last April IL
20 "Over There" MS a member of Tn
Gle Sans .expeditionary forces, is
coming back a hero. Al present he Is
in debarkntion hospital New York
City, recuperating from wounds in
flicted by particles Of d, high explosive
shell, which tore away section of his
left shin bone.
1 In preparation for what is believed
| will he one of the best tourist seasons
In years in Colorado Springs, hotel
| and amusement owners have arranged
to keep publicity representative of the
Pixies Peak region in Salt Lake City
and Los Angeles during the tourist
/
lists there on their return trip To the
| East
Declaring .that Senate Bill No. lo4
now before the Legislature, is an at
tempt to place the public schools un.
der an educational bureaucracy, the
Colorado Equal Suffrage Association
has launched fight against its pas
sage. i, a
Plans for paving the Denver road
north from Colorado Springs through
Palmer Lake were outlined In Colorado
Springs by Il. J. Ehrhart, state high
way commissioner, and ]. +, Maloney,
engineer for the commission. Federal
and state aid Will he combined with
county funds and work is to start as
soon as the weather viii permit Trnf.
lie records show this rond receives the
heaviest travel of any in the Pixies
Peak region.
Death few days ago claimed one
of the earliest pioneers in j. $. Silva
n member of the tF'irst New Mexico
company of volunteers .lnring the
| Civil war. A short time before death
Mr.. and Mrs. Silva celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary MT their
home near Allison. Their nineteen
sons and daughters with. their seven
ty-four children and grandchildren
were present.