Tintic, C. E. Loose

Colonel Loose Drops Dead At Home In Provo

Mining, Business, Political Leader Ends Career.

Provo. Jan 29. -- Colonel C. E. Loose, well known mining man and capitalist of Provo, died suddenly Monday night, at his residence, 383 East Second South street. The end came shortly before 10 o'clock in the evening while his daughter, Mrs. Preston G. Peterson, was visiting him. He had apparently been in good health when he-was stricken without warning.

Colonel Loose had performed his routine duties Monday, and had visited the Elk's club later in the evening. About 9 p.m. he walked over to visit his daughter, Mrs. Peterson, who lives a few blocks away, and met her on the way. Together they walked back to the Loose residence. As he entered the house, Colonel Loose complained of feeling ill, saying to his daughter, "Girlie, I don't know what's the matter with me, but 1 can't breathe."

Col. Loose seated himself in a rocking chair, and Mrs. Peterson went into the kitchen to bring him a glass of water. When she returned, Col. Loose was dead, passing away without a sound or without any sign of a struggle.

Born in Illlnos. -- Colonel Loose played a prominent part in the industrial and political activities of Utah during the last 40 years. He was born in Quincy, Ill. Sept. 19, 1853, a son of Robert and Jane Tenney Loose. His father as at one time a teacher and later entered the drug business. After the death of his father, C. E. Loose removed to Utah with his mother and two other children, settling in Payson, where the children attended school.

At thirteen years of age [1866] he started out to earn his own living. His first job was on a California ranch at $20 per month. He soon drifted into the mining fields, however, and from then on became active in prospecting and mining in California and Nevada. In 1885 [age 32], he returned to Utah and has since been one of the prominent mine owners and operators of this state.

As the years passed by his investments became more extensive, being one of the heavy stockholders and manager of the Grand Central Mining company, as well as owning large interests in a dozen other companies. He has likewise extended his efforts into banking circles, having been vice president of the Provo Commercial and Savings Bank, of which Senator Reed Smoot is the president.

Through his tenacity and almost wholly through hie individual effort, he developed the Sioux, Utah Consolidated, the Iron King and the old Ajax mining company until it was purchased by the Tlntic Standard, in which he was a large shareholder at the time of his death [1929]. He also had interests in the Big Indian, an oil claim in San Juan county; and in the Spanish Fork Canyon Oil company.

Active In Politics. -- He had also turned to farming and stock raising as a diversion from other business cares, and had always been prominent in political activities. He was one of the leaders in the Republican party in Utah, having been national committeeman for several years. He served as a delegate to the national Republican convention at Chicago in 1912, and was an elector on the ticket when Theodore Roosevelt was chosen president. He was always an ardent admirer of Roosevelt and went with him into the Progressive party in 1912. In 1887, Mr. Loose was united in marriage to Miss Jane Patten of Payson, who died a few months ago. The children who survive him are: Mrs. Erma Peterson, the wife of Preston G. Peterson, state road commissioner, Provo; Mrs. Fay Gordon, Salt Lake; Warren Dean Loose, Salt Lake, and Clarence Loose. Salt Lake.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Utah stake tabernacle under the direction of Bishop W. P. Whitehead of the Provo First ward.