THE POTASH SITUATION
(Continued from Page One)
The total amounts of solids In the
brines from the lakes usually run
from 2 to 12 per cent.
The first plant built and the largest
one now omperattng is that of the
Fotash Reduction company at Hof
fland. thirteen miles east of All i ; n
The men who contsructed this plant
have not lagged for an instant in
keeping the production at the maxi
mum of the potash industry in this
on tnem. it n
the "Brlggs" lake contains from one
to five million dollars' worth of pot
ash. Nebraska has no mineral laws.
Former legislatures, WW suspecting
that within the borders of the state
there would be found millions of dol
lars worth of minerals, gave no at
tention to the passing of laws pertain
ing to the minerals which might be
mineral le; ses, providing tiiey are
willing to pay as much as : nyone else
in the form cT ro;ilty and b mils. One
or more of the companies now orgxn
ized have been assigned the agricu!
turlal leases and If 1 his contention
was granted would secure the right
tO Operate 1 he I, kes covered In that
way
Second--the pi: nts now or; anlred
and deinu ereisled of the plants now
found, either on public or private
property. This is the reason for the , op. . . lint 'Hu so clan units argue
-mntry, deserve much credit for their , controversy which has arisen over the that they should be entitled to Hist
enterprise in going ahead at a time ' granting of mineral leases on state consideration in view of the f ct that
.hen they were laughed at for their school lands. they could pump the lakes without
ideas. Had they not had the cour
age over three years ago to go ahead
the valuable lakes might be still ly
ing idle while the country suffered
from lack of potash
About a year ago V S. Ridgell. of much delay, the main delay bolnii
Lincoln, who had been closely watch-of ninninc pine lin?s from the
ing the growth of the potash situation Plants of their ripe lines nearest
in western Nebraska, became convinc-1 80BM of the plants wou',1 be unable
ed thnt the llllceu on the cehool eee- i to give prompt oneinticn because of
There are four large reduction 1 tIon8 mgt rontBin potash. He and ,,H fi,r' thnl '"' ' Ud up under
Plants now operating. They are:
The Potash Reduction company at
Hoffland. largest of all plants with
a capacity of more than one hundred
tons of salts per day
The Nebraska Potash company at
Antioch. sixteen miles east of AIM- lmt and within a specified time r
ance. with a capacity of fifty tons of quire(, (nt.n) to m,t tne,r Tiflhg, for
salts per day at the present time. 4 1 development to one section for each
new unit, almost completed, will IB-; individual. This they did and a lease
crease its capacity to one hundred WM Lr i a n t ed on one section for Mb
tons per day. individual. This lease .ailed for a
The American Potash company a' ! one-eighth (12 M percent) gross foy
Antioch. Capacity of the piani one
four associates therefore applied to I contracts compelling them to operate
the board of educational lands and . x lusively on one c iubin. tlon of
funds for permits to BTOftepCl for pot-j 1 kes. as long as that combination
ash on a number of sections on which renders brine containing, p I sh M a
lakes were located. The board ruled v,iung basis. Others are not tied up
that they would be allowed the per-.;h,s W:'-v lin ln exclusive contracts
and could, if they des red. give their
efforts to the Working of state lakes.
Should the li : Iglr.tnrO decide that
these people h: ve the right to bid on
and secure leases on the lakes, care
should be taken that no one combin
ation or organization be fcltowod to
ally on all potash and other t linora's soouro Monopoly on all of the lakes,
rrodueed from said lamia and the Third -TU3 holder of tl.. miner
lakes thereon. The leas provided al" lenses granted by the b.): :V dur
certain conditions laid down by the ing the prst ye: r claim thai ,her,e
board. These conditions required a ' leases should he v: lidated by the bill
showint of eood faith on the nnrt of passed and in support of thoir claim
It should be remembered that a.(h(l individual, sucii as DtoStteetlnR. I argUC Out they have shown good
production of 100 tonB of salts per j development work, etc. 1 understand faith in accepting the lenses from the
day means the boiling down of 1,000 these leases are similar to those used .hoard, that .hey have gone ahead in
tons of more of water, so the size of , ,,y tller wettem states Wyoming . j good faith in prospecting and organ
these plants can be imagined. Colorado, Montana, etc. j izing for development: that they have
Plants in the course of erection Since thp prantinp of the leases to pld Into the state treasury money in
are: Mr. Ridgell and his associates, leases ;,ne f(,nn ,,f honuaeo. one of them be-
The Western l'otasn iu. at , h,(Ve been ,,,..,.,, t otDer individ-
tioch. This plant, altho construction! nm r iqM q hjU
was started at a comparatively recent I , ()nly mM portion ()f tnMM
date, is going up very iasv " " I are on ,;m(lti WBch have potash lakes.
hundred tons of salts per day.
The Hord Alkali Products company
at Lakeside, 23 miles east of Alliance,
with a capacity of about 100 hundred
tons of salts per day
ing as high as $ 1.000 and tiling fees
that they propose to organise R com
pany o- companies to operate exclu
sively on the state lands and tint this
plrnt or plint". would render the state
conn he ooerating. It will haVfl a ca- I . f th. i.: ,. i,ltl,i ,t,ivi
pacity of more than luu ions oi -"iarp in the distr;cta in wnk.h oil ,8 be.,a mucn larger income DecaUM of this
tier day and will include refining pro
cesses to some extent at least.
The National Potash company at
Antioch. The construction of their
ing prospected for. The terms are
the same in all the leases and call for
prospecting and development within
I certain length of time. The pros-
fact.
Representatives of all factions or
lidei concern d vi':l be preoenl and
be heard at the open hearing on the
buildings has been practically com-1 pecUng mugt hegun wUnjn Kjx hill Monday afternoon. My desire Is
pleted and the macninerj : months and the development work,
stalled. This plant will have a cm- wUWb ont, vear of tne daU of tbe
oacitv of 100 tons of salts per day. I Pnnti n. fho , .
mr " , 4 m i ,m auf v li' i' ...
The Allinace Potasn compau, t Njt ,onR Q onp of hol(ierB of tow trie returns oesin to come In n
that the legislature Pass a bill giving
the state a full and fa'r 3ho.ro cf th
potash and oiher minerals produced;
quickly u po-,ible and th: the max
imum production be nssnred. I have
friends on all ride-, of tho question
and I desire special favors shown
Tk ; ,,i,ni is utmost com-
Anuoiu. v. 7k nomtine at a i,n "agricultural" lease took the mat
nleted and should be operating ai a
pienu rfuu miu i ter to court for the purpose of ascer-
verv arlv date Its capacity will De .
very any uaie m i j : taming whether or not the mineral
j-. i n li e rif ntlV I
1 The StandadPo accompany St'tS to the land were held by the to none. Ostein bska is ,od
i ur fll"u"""u . . , and were lie d bv tho "acr culliirnl" . . . . '
lakeside Work on this piani uao - . " . J"R' neginning to experience a pe-
uVt started. Its capacity will be 100, the eases rlod of unpreoomlrnted development,
jusv bittiiru. io v i irranted bv the he aril The district . . .. . . .. . .
tons of salts per day. I court decided that the mineral-
Plants on which work has not yet
:i ises were valid and t .? ttie hold-
w.. m.Hili pa nlunnen are.
Biaiiew uui ... t- - . i.i-tii vj
v va , . . . i i i i i i ' n i . i J v I ni linu li yt
The United States Potash company i
at Anitoch. A plant is planned with
a capacity of 100 tons.
The Antioch company at Antiocn.
A plant is planned with a capacity of
100 tons.
Testing is now being done on the
immense Spade ranch. near Ells
worth. Good indications have been
found there of potash and if it is lo
cated in sufficient quantities a lar'-.-
plant Will be erected at Ellsworth to
use the brine f
right to the minerals. The matter
.was immediately appealed to the su
1 preme court -,f the state. The court
handed down s decision two weeks
i l-o. ts decision was to the effect
I that the holder cf the "agricultural"
lease had no right to touch the min
eral! ::nd tha Lhe S ate board had no
right, unc er the exist'ng laws, to
granl -mln ral" leases. In other
words, the minerals were o:Ued up ().lt eBj ()f tl)
not only In the potash production, but
in agriculture and other lines. I am
devoting my efforts towards the ad
vancement of that end of the state
and shall continue to devote my ef
forts towards that end. My esire In
connection with the "potash bill" Is
that justice be done to the state, to
the state be: rd and officers, to thr
CiilSenS who : re interested, to the
companies and individuals interested
n the potash business. ;.n(l !o the peo
ple of western brssks who are with
me in boasting for the development of
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Sold by
Hardware Co.
Alliance, Nebraska
e state. The questions
m this ranch, owned ' autUned .,hove are for the lesjisla-
'n. 'he ilevelonm.nl of the nnn.r'ili! .... ..... ...
by Richards Comstock. . ' r ; " , , o aecioe sna i oeueve tnat my
Testing is also going on on tbe Pe- ng to"Jate- , . fellow members, after giving full
terson lakes sou o" UUoch. Thel Neville, thereloro. In his consideration to tbe facts outlined
preliminary work has been dor.. U r '"' Peeial session, included above, and to the testimony given be-
the organization of a company which the following: "An act conferring fore the committer at its hearings,
will be formed if the tests show fa- UDOB ,"e ,tat6 hniir (lf educational will pass a law whicb Will be for the
... lands and funds authority to execute best interests of the rtate of Ne-
A1 the present time several small lal leee upon school lands and hraska and Its people,
.i.... tJLtmd nwav from tho rail- validate leases previously ex.- "LLOYD C. THOMAS."
I ""' " . . .. ,,ttA
bores, are tinc
road, on the laki
erected. These plants will have 0
capacity of from one to ten 'ons of
salts per day. The fuel will be haul
ed from the railroad to the plants alid
the potash from the plants to the rail
road by means of motor trucks.
From the above it can be seen tha'
the industry has not yet reached its
maximum in western Nebraska by
The Potash Hill
'. isuant to the call and message
of "h" governor s bill was drawn up
i lv ring the points on which legisla
tion needed and in accordance
With the governor's call. This was
introduced by Representatives Heal.
Stearns, Lamport, Naylcr, Norton.
Any oni who is able to subscribe to
the third Liberty Loan and does not
do so will no evade obligation to pay.
He invites an unpleasant method of
compulsion.
fr ..well Bates. Pulls. Craddock
any means. By the end of 191S the Wnjte im(1 myMf,
production for 1917 should be dou
bled I look for the erection of prob-
.,Wv . .toyon small olants Phis SUlll- :l ' "- "' r " I
,rer in the sand hills on small lakes "0 act to provide for the prospecting
...re w.n Uoh.ted to be oiofita- - d.velop.i.ent of minerals, pe-
as, puiiisn. aim inner v.uu-
Roland Austin, of Chadron, aged
17 years, died very suddenly last
wwk from an acute cold developing
into pneumonia.
Tbe title of 'lie bill which explains
if .n outline reads as follows: "For,
mtmA hv nine lines. l,u,cuu'1
Practically all of the potash lakes able substances, found in public lands
on private lands are now under either "") tert of the state of Nebraska,
option or lease and means for pro- "1 from lands heretofoe sold by the
du.ing potash from the-n are oeing " ' " " f I
prvided as rapidly as possible. I there-
nd substances herein enumerated; to
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fore consider it absolutelv essential
that some means be provided without WTsl permits and leases thereon;
further delay for the working of the I authorizing the adoption of rules for
aim n uie niiuiii ui eii ui . i .ma i ininih
valuable lakes which lie on state;
school lands.
jlke on the School I .io.I-
Thruout practically all of westen
Nebraska, two sections out of each
township 16 to 36, usually are
still the property of the state and
under the control of the state board
of educational lands and funds, di
rected by the state land commission
er. I consider it a very wise thing
for a western man to hold this po
sition and believe that tne people
of Nebraska, in selecting the present
incumbent, who came from western
Nebraska, chose a man who is thoroly
posted on the state school land prop
osition, and who understands the sit
uation fully.
These schools lands are held by-
ranchmen mostly, whose properties
are adjacent to the lands, by the
leases known as "agricultural or
grazing" leases.
A number of the school sections in
the potash district have on them
lakes which contain potash. Some of
these lakes are small and of compara
tively small value. Others, particu
larly the section known as the
"Briggs section." north of Antiocb,
bave lakes wbiob are of mucb value
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FOR A BAD COLD j
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md funds relative there to rnd 0008 S-
Sl ry for the execution of the purposes
of this act; confirming and validating
lcrses issued by the board of educa
tional lands and funds; approving co
ordination with the conservation and
soil survey; dee'.arinp meandered
lakes, ponds and streams, and the
beds thereof, to be public property;
providing minimum royalties, and di
recting the ('isposition of the moneys
derived from leases issued hereun
der: defining certain acts as misdemeanor.-,
and providing penalties; re
pealing section 5870, revised statues
of 1913, and to declnre an emer
gency." Adicai)ts f.r I nes
The Nebraska legislature, In con
sidering tho potash bill, will Ond that
the (juestion will finally sift d .wn to
the prepo?it tn of "who w.'l get the
le-ires?" They will find that three
different sets of claim: nts will ap
pear, divid as follows:
First the holders or the "agri
cultural" leases. The supreme court,
as noted above, ruled that these
leases gave nc rights to .he minerals
but many of these men ma their as
sign feel that tbey are entitled to
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