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Show POPULAR SALT LAKE WOMAN WILL RANK ABOVE QUEENS Few Salt Takers trn aware that Mrn Beatrice Deltrlck, ne Sells, a former Rait Lako girl, who Is at present inltlng h.r mother In this city, Mrs. E. Sells of 1MB East First South street. Is tho wife of one of the most famous promoters of these modem times. Yet such Is the case. He is James Deltrlck of Pittsburg, who la at the, head of a company which has secured concessions from the Government of Nlca-raugua, Nlca-raugua, Central America, by which an empire in extent and richness of territory Is being opened to civilization. Forty millions of acres of land, or a stretch of 170 miles by thirty miles, is whut is covered cov-ered by this concession. It extends from the head of the Pateoa rlv?r to tho Coco river nnd on tho north bank of tho Coco to Its mouth. It is rich In rubier, mineral min-eral and agricultural possibilities, and Mr. Deltrlck and hie associates are preparing pre-paring to develop the immense resourees by the building of steamboats to ply the navigable 'rivers, by the construction of railroads to the Interior, by njv nlng mines and building mills, by operating In tho rubber- forests and planting banana groves. Vpon Ills return re-rently from nearly a -pent In getting his great enterprise under wav. Mr. Deitriek brought with him the son and daughter of a native king, Andrew, tin hi . I of the M.-.pilt people to be educated In Pittsburg Two other native children were also sent for the pa nil panose. He has an Interesting picture pic-ture by a native artist. It represent) Mr, 1 ' It i li k as t in sun ; '-ping i . er tl.' 1- '.r:-dary '.r:-dary hills and looking down on a prosperous pros-perous country where n steamship Is pushing her way up tho Coco river, a railroad rail-road train speeding along, and down In a gule.h placer mining is being carried on. The people have enthusiastically" welcomed wel-comed the development which the northern north-ern continent Is extending to them. Story Read Like Century Ago. Such enterprises as this one fie-cm more llko a story of at least a century ago than the present day. Tho great dev l-opment l-opment cosppanles like the Hudson Bav company, the enterprises of John Jacob Astor, tho conquest of new lands In America as yet unopened though teeming with riches, hardly seem a twentieth century -xTfonnanee. Yet this is precisely precise-ly whut Is rolnK forward now with the aid of Pittsburg capital, which was made, in thn comparatively prosy occupations of railroad operation, steel and other manufactures, manu-factures, banking, oil development, construction con-struction work. etc. The contract with Nlcarajrua provided for the payment of th sum of jioo.uio. This was paid and all the d' tails of tho deal closed a year ajro. When Mr Deltrlck Delt-rlck went back he took with him twenty-two twenty-two Americans, all experts In some lino of the work he had before him Som were railroad civil engineers of wide ex-perleno ex-perleno Some We mining engineers, some worn builders, but all wem trained men. Labor of the commoner kind may be had In abundance. Skilled direction was needed and It ws secured largely In this country'- Big Work Started Well. The nine months have,. shown results Port Deitriek, at the point of Cape Gra-clas Gra-clas a DoIm. at the mouth of tho Coco river Is a fact, not a prospect. It has warehouses, docks, two hotels, eta It Is tho company's headquarters and Is named after the promoter. From It will be operated a line of steamers to Ni Orleans and New York. It Is a well organized or-ganized municipality, with a city Council Coun-cil and other officials'. Its sea beach and climate make it an all-year-round health resort This town Is destined to bo the most Important shipping point on tho Atlantic At-lantic coast of Central America. It Is bell''- r-d. Feeding It alone will be a great extent of rich fruit, grazing and mineral-bearing mineral-bearing territory. The Government officials of-ficials who now live II f teen miles away, at Gracla.s a Dlo. r small town In the Interior, In-terior, win move shortly to Port Deltrlck Delt-rlck This mean-that the wholo town will move. Port Deitriek Is three days hy steamer from New Orleans and less' than a week, from New York The concessions which Mr. Deltrlck obtained ob-tained Include the exclusive right to navigate navi-gate the Coco river and Its tributaries, lh" right to charge wharfage, f, ir all) freight 'ute-rlng the State of 'ape trraclas a Dios and the exclusive right to build and operate railroads, telegraph, telephone tele-phone and cable systems and to drvelon mineral lands throughout Northern Nicaragua. |