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Show POTASH MEM 15 TO BE BROKEN Utah and Idaho Men Pioneers Pio-neers in Establishing Big War Industry. CONTROL VAST STOCK Great Cement Plant at Devil's Slide to Be Transformed Trans-formed for Work. One of the greatest scientific accomplishments accom-plishments in the history of the century is to see its initial commercial application applica-tion in the state of Utah in the near : future. When peace is restored the competitive com-petitive strength of the nations in alt industries will have been profoundly altered. To date. Germany, having an inherent geological and geographical advantage, ad-vantage, has had a virtual monopoly of the potash business of the world. This eountry alone imported previous lo the war something more than a half million tons of potasli salts a year, all of which supply was cut off in 1914. Since that time the government has spent large sums of money in an endeavor to develop de-velop a- potash industry in our own country. coun-try. The output for 1915 was only nominal; nomi-nal; in 1916 some S000 tons were produced pro-duced ; in 1917 about 20,000 tons were produced, and it is estimated that in 191S the United States will yield somewhere some-where between 50.000 and 60,01)0 tons. The shortage is therefore BfDl very great. But relief if. in sight at last. Utah Men Back Project. On October 22 the National Potash corporation cor-poration was incorporated at Carbon City, Nev., with a capitalization of $100,000. The company will at once apply to the capital issues committee in Washington to increase the capitalization to $500,000. The National Potash corporation has purchased and controls the two processes commercially practical and so far available avail-able for manufacturing potash on a commercial com-mercial basis direct from silicate rucks. 1 In 191C the United States imported ap- j proximately $16,000,000 worth of potassium potas-sium salts, including $7.075, 7?5 worth of j potassium chloride and $1,677,429 worth of potassium sulphate. The man who by applying his chemical knowledge and well-known organizing ability has made it possible for Utah to secure this industry- of such magnificent proportions is Aman Moore, one of the best informed cement chemists and builders build-ers of cement plants In the United States, i Associated with Mr. Moore are some of) Utah's leading business men O. C. i Beebe. Charles E. Murphy. J. C. Weeter. Moroni Heiner. W. J. Burton. F. C. Richmond Rich-mond and E. W. Matson. all of Salt Lake; M. G. Scoville Sons company, Mrs. Patrick Pat-rick Healy. Robert A. Mo yes and John Pingree, ail of Ogden. Many prominent Idaho men are Identified Iden-tified with the enterprise, including R. M. Davidson. A. J. Wiley. Herbert F. Lemp, Gus Carlson, C. R. Shaw, William T. Wallace. F. C. Horn. I,. C. Merrill. X A. Fennel, G. Clyde Baldwin. Robert V X. Bell, Guv Flenner, E. B. Sherman, J. G. Doerr. C. C. Fisher. H. G. Wells, T. P. McCalla. Carlos Gossi. Edward G. Heddin. McKeen F. Morrocr. A. rombs, Allen B. Eaton, Donald Whitehead. Guy L.. McGee and Robert Van Gilse, all of Boise; Edward H. Dewey and Georfte H. Everett of Nam pa; T. C. Eggleston. W. R. Sebree and George W. Froman, all of Caldwell: C. B. Channel!. E. J. Os-trander Os-trander and Charles H. Mull of Twin Falls; Barry Dibble of Burly. W. M. Baugh of Shoshone. A. V. Scott of Idaho Falls. J. F. O'Keefe. D. R. Pincree. W. F. Kasiska and P. C O'Malley of Poa-t Poa-t ello ; F. C. Plat t of Pa rma and F. T. Mlttauer of Baker, Ore. Strong Directorate. The following officers and directors have been chosen to guide the affairs of the new corporation: President and pen-oral pen-oral manager, Aman Moore; first vice president, C. B. Channel J; second vice president, Charles E. Murphy: third vice president, R. M. Davidson; treasurer, o. C. Beebe of Salt Lake; secretary, E. B. Sherman of Boise. Directors Aman Moore. Charles E. Murphv. Moroni Heiner, O. C. Beebe, W. F. Burton. L,. C. Merrill. C. B. Channel!, Chan-nel!, C. R. Shaw. A- J. Wiley. Merliert F. Iemp, li. M- Da vidon. E. .1. strander, J. A. Fennell. Two morn directors representing rep-resenting the Ozden and Pocateilo interests inter-ests are yet to be chosen. Chief Is Qualified. Mr. Moore, though still a young man. is j well fitted to manage the affairs of this new industry. He has done more, ft Is stated, to develop the fe merit Industry than any other man In the west. He f began hi is career at t he Buckeye Port- I land Cement plant at rirllefontaine, Ohio. ' as a labora tory boy in 1 887, and I s Jf . skilled in all branches of the cement in-dustrt in-dustrt 4oth a.s chemist and as constructing, construct-ing, mc-hani'-al and opera ting engineer. He located and bull! the following wHl known re men t factories; Colorado Portland Port-land Cement plant at Portland, CoiO.j Devil's slide plant. Southwestern Portland Port-land plant at El Paso. Texas; Oregon Portland plant at Oswego. Ore. He as also instrumental in l he location and establishment of the Three ForMn Portland Cement plant at Trident, Mont., and the International Portland plant at S-pokan'-, Wash. For seven years he was general manager of the Colorado plant, manager for two rears of i the Union for Ma nd a nd president n rid general manager for two vpars of the Oregon Por I land. Will Use $2,500,000 Plant, The National PoNikIi ' orpomtiori nan purchased from Robert H. Edwards of Boston. Mas., ' lir basic patents for recovering re-covering potash from si J hate rocks. The company has I'-ns.- i the f :..vnv." inion Portland Cem'-n I t ompany'n plan I tw:t fed . ;tt Devil's Slide, I'tah. and will al once propped to make su- h ne essary changes j k required lo fit ir for producing potash on a large wale according In the Edwards Ed-wards proce. The factory at Devil's Slide was closed down a short time aao. having on hand a year's 'supply of cemni, amp: to take care of Its customers. cus-tomers. The processes to be used are shn- pllcltv Itself. The procedure I similar to that for manufacturing cemenl and practically the same eoulpmenl and rna-chlnery rna-chlnery arc used, with the addition of such necessary par in as ; j- required to recover (he pofai ilutn -:i!t crystals after the same have been made solu i'm ., f.-i put, In'o solution or recovered from !'. gases after being volat Misted. This i nol the way the Gerninn pota-h Hilts ;ue ,'.- i;iiiM'1 ;i' HtHwwfiirt, Onrmnny, Mi trrral-ci trrral-ci ,r,,n", , f,r Kiipply lo fliit'. 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