The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-09
a ALICE
The Report Now In the Hands Of
tho Printer, but the "Inter
Mountain Still Keeps
up It's Howl.

The Butte Inter Mountain, when
ever 1t gets hard pushed for local
items, and 1t seems to get In that
condition quite frequently, always
hops on the Alice company, and Its
cry for ''rerort!" "report!" is very
much like Oliver Twists cry for
more" with the exception that it
Is totally nwarrantable. Its last eff.
fort appears in the issue Of Monday
last, wherein the editor sets forth
certain rights which he claims the
stockholders haye,i in regard to know
ing what the earnings and expenses
are, the amount paid for salaries, the
exact condition Of the mine, the cash
surplus on hand, etc.
Now, for the ediAcation and en-
lightenment Of the Inter Mountain,
we will st ste that the report Of the
Alice m.ne, prepared by the officers
of the CON pany. was handel
the printer in this city over
two weeks ago, and would
have been ready for the binder
last Saturday, had it not been for the
incompetency Of q foreman, who
has since been ev 'cted from his posi-
ton. The report was presented to
the officers of the company with 80
many typographical errors that it
was deemed best to have certain
parts Of it entirely reprinted. rather
than make the numerous corrections
which q careful prOof-reading would
have necessitated. Mr.. John Walker,
the President of the company, has
nothing to conceal, and the report,
when presented to the stockholders,
will be as full and complete as even
the carDing and criticising Inter
Mountain could desire. Stockholders
will then knew what the expenses
and earnings of the company really
are; they will then learn what the
Indebtedness or surplus may he and
all knowledge that a stOckholder Is
justly and fairly entitled to will be
given them.
The insinuations and innuendOs
concerning Mr.. J. r. Walkers being
a reputable business man, and of his
being instrumental In selling 4 great
deal of stock of the Alice Company,
are totally uncalled for, aud come
with very bad grace from a journal
interested In the welfare of the
country in which it circulates.
When the editor talks of preparing 4
report Of his own OF the mine, thus
rejecting on Mr.. Walkers ability to
make one, or Mr.. Walkers desire to
suppress the true state Of affairs, he
does himself a greater injury than
he could ever possibly do Mr..
Walker. whose reputation In this
city and in Butte, Is too we'll known to
need any comment. The report will
now I've ready In a few days and a.
has been before said, the delay was
entirely due to the careless and
blacksmithing work Of an incompe-
tent foreman. MI. Walker ia as
blameless in this matter as the Inter
Mountain article is unjust, uncalled
for and impolitic.
1t may be as well, In conclusion, to
ask the Inter Mountain how manv
'lvidend paying mines there are in
Butte aud now many have rendered
reports and financial statements 1t
has not been OUT pleasure to see one
of them outside of the Alice. We
presume that the Inter Mountain
might produce q very readable ar
ticle if 1t would examine the Asses
sor and Collec ,Or's tax roll for Silver
Bow county to see just exactly how
much taxes have been paid On divi-
dends, on mines outside of the Alice
CompanY.-SaN L0ke II ibune, FEB.
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