| Show SHAFER WELL closed shtil ICE LEAVES RIVER colonel loose prominent in mining business and political life in utah tor nearly half a century died at his home in provo monday evening as the result of a heart attack col loose died in the arms of his daughter mrs preston G peterson he was 75 years old and had not been well since the death of his wife five months ago colonel loose was well known in southeastern utah he was the principal owner of the big indian copper property forty miles southeast of moab and made numerous attempts to make the mine a paying enterprise through the operation of a mill there he was a friend and associate of the late J ar who spent many years at big indian colonel loose was a leader in the republican party tor many years and served for a time as state chairman in 1912 he left the party to join the progressive movement being a zealous follower of roosevelt for the past ten years he had not been considered a regular and last fall he issued a valedictory statement denouncing noun cing abe present republican leadership in he state the 11 was an intimate friend and b associate of senator and they were interested 7 in numerous mining projects loose came into prominence in when he discovered the grand central mine in gintic tintic one of famous producers and in the last vears of ahls we his activities were largely centered on an attempt to convert the iron king mine into a producer colonel looses son tn law preston 0 peterson ails a member of the state road commission and Is well known n southeastern utah |
