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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
COPPER SALES HELP
THE SHARE MARKET

James A Pollock & Co. bankers and
brokers furnish the following, received
over their private wire yesterday after
noon:
Paine, Webber & Co.. Boston-Marlet
was strong all day today The buying
was caused BY the report Of heavy sales
OF copper at 1f9c. II was rumored that
The two big consumers had taken as
much as 20.00o,o00 pounds. Amalgamated
was strong all day and the local coppers
followed in small way. The short IN
tcrsEt Is large and the small amount of
stock offered Is very noticeable IT docs
not seem probable that any speculative
advance Will bc possible until after the
first OF the year. but as soon as money
becomes easier We shall see good rally
through the list.
Logan & Bryan, New York-Thc mar
let displayed a firm tone in spite Of the
continuance OF intense du,lness. There
was very little news of Importance aside
from the reports from the other side,
which were indicative or more OF less
concern relative 10 the slow progress at
;he peace conference. II was quite re-
liaby reported that a substantial block
OF copper metal changed hands around
prevailing levels, which was reflected by
some short covering In Amalgamated, 1t
is not not unlikely that the session to-
morrow viii not differ much from those
recently witnessed, but seemingly finan-
cial ipstitutiops have in great part made
their reparations Tor January ! dis
bursements. While moderate upturn
witnessed, still we believe that the in
ccntlvo to take hold on the buying side
oil a byoad scale continues TO be lack
ing though or the drives moderate pur-
cflascs, II property safeguarded, should
prove advisable for quick turns.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
COPPER ON MONDAY
BRINGS GOOD PRICE
Sales Reported for Domestic
and Foreign Delivery in
Near Future.

The Pollock wires brought the informa-
ton Monday morning that there were
soiuo rather substa ntial sales or copper
being reported at Ia cents per pound,
and that ii the demand continued
throughout the dag as 1t began it meant
the transfer Of a cpnslderab bic amount or
red metal from the hands of the pro-
duccr to tho consumer Tho sales re-
ported were for January aIId February
q deiivcry, and for foreign consumption as
welt as domestic buyers. The steel cor
poratIou WAS the reputc6 purchaser OF
50 900 900 pounds OF copper Yesterday tor
future delivery, the delivery dates not be-
inS stated. , r
There has been very little buying OF
copper during the past two months tne
rrsult OF foreign complications ano tne
consumer evidently believing that ne
would secure the metal he needed ~
better ranges than those adhered 10 by
the larger selling agencies. In assunl- :
ING this attitude tho consumer asalu re-
stored the situation to what u vas PHO,
10 the beginning of the last upWaIu y
movement OF copper narket"ise, tnat u.
letting the producer carry the poroen o.,
the surplus metal With the antic,pateo
n,lrchsses OF copper ut the turn OF the
Toar ALI doubt Of the market action OF
lhe metal should be pat at rest Ior
there can be no question or the coIn .
ns srativeIy limited amount Oh copper
available for quick delivery.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
Drives Off a Terror.

The chief executioner Of death IN the
winier auG spring months is pneumo-
MIA. Its advance agents are colds and
grip In any attack by one OF these
maladies no time should bo lost in tax
ing the best medicine obtaipable TO
drive it off, Countless thousands have
found this TO bo DR.. Kings New Dig
coyerv. "My husband believes it has
kept him from having pneumonia three
or fou- times,h writez Mrs. George ".
Place Rawsouville, VT. "aud for
coughs, colds aud Group we have never
found it's eGJsl.' Guara oieeJ fer all
bronchial affections. Price so cents
aud 81 90. Trial bottle free at Schramm
johnson, tdfugs, (Advertisement),
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
MICHIGAN IS
SELLING GOOD ORE
Two Lots Are Upon the Lo-
cal Market at the Pres
ent Time.

Two ears o. orc containing approx
mately 100 dry tons are on the local ore
market, belonging to the Michigan Utah
Consolidated company, assays on one
half OF which were received yesterday.
The ore - worth from $40 to $@5 per
Ton smeltcr-net, carrying an average of
O,0$ ounces gold, 20 ounces silver, 3.s pev
cent lead, J.i@ per cent copper and Il
per cent IRON The assays on tho re-
manning half should be available at any
hour. and doubtless Will average the
eHme as above given. Other shipments
are on their way 20 the local smelters
down the Little Cottonwood canyon.
II was stated a tho local Offices of the
company on Monday morning that the
company's trauway is operating aatis-
factorily and gives every promise OF
keeping up the present gait throughout
the remaining winter months. There is
report current that the completion of
tho surveys up Little Cottonwood can
yon last fall for an extension OF the
Denver & BIO Grande railroad spur to
Tanners Flats is soon TO be followed by
actual construction or she line. The
work is expected 10 be started as soon
as the weather conditions will permit.
and. once Installed such branch line
VIII solve much OF Atlas difficulties.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
Profit Margin Narrow.

LAS 20 the general question OF any lead
tariff with reference to Utah mines. |
have rnade some hasty calcula tons based
upon the figures published in the New
Years Tribune If gold and silver be
classcd as by-products. then the divi-
dends OF iesd-silver mines represent a
profit of some 9-10 Of cent per pound
on IJtah's lead outnut This with silver
at better than GO cents per ounce.
"About threo-fourths OF Utahs silver
production comes from lead silver ores.
and a drop OF 12 cents per ounce In the
price OF silver would have wiped out the
entire profit II from the aggregate
dividends of these dividend paying lead
silver mines we were TO deduct the losses
OF non-dividend paying mines, it is a
question whether the margin OF profit
for the state is not already wiped out
I'm any event. 81 is clear tlat the av-
craee profit on lead mined In Utah is only
a fraction OF q cent on each pound. and
that the profit could easily be wiped out
bv n ill-considered tariff law
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
BETTER THAN BLUE
SKY LAWS WANTED

Al A recent meeting OF an association
or investment bankers IN New York. there
was considerable discussion Of the So
called "blue sky" legislation for the pro-
lection OF investors against wildcat pro-
nIoters, and the opinion was Expressed
that laws initiating that OF Kansas VIII
probably be passed, sooner or later, in
most OF the states. While IL is recoS-
nlzed that the intention OF such Icgtsia-
ton is beneflcent, there is A feeling that
the plan that is now being commonly
pursued Is not only Inadequate, but also
may become az great an evil as that
which IL Is sought TO correct. says tho
Engineering and Mining Journal
TIE matter of preventing swindiins
stock selling schemes is extraordinarily
difficult as the government has found
out in its actions against tho gentry en-
gagged in that business who have been ar
rested and put on trial The derense
Is always, OF course that their promoters
Thought" their schemes were good and
would turn out TO be bonanSas and
would pay Tho big. dividends promised.
In other words, they were not pick
pockets, but simply members OF the Col.
Sellers family
The prosecution has to prove a wiIful
attempt 10 dofraud. In tine cases OF the
gold brick man who eilds a bar OF lead
and sells II to the hsyscod. or of
Jcrnegan who dons a divers cult and
salts HE submarine gold collecting plates.
tlleFe rs, OF course, a DriTna facie intcn-
ton OF fraud, But In the ninety and
nine cases Of wildcat company promoters
the guilty knowledge ls buried In their
own bralne, many Of tholr heureh heade
arc dupes, and legal proof is often diff
cuit TO obtain The suckers and gudEcons
bite, and the lawyers for tho defense try
to make out with straight faces that
they had a run for their money. while
everybody oc expert knowledge knows
that the schemes were fraudulentIv con-
| re
chance. Tn this connection, let us suc-
Sost TO Judges and lawyers that they
exercise n little common sense; SO far
the 3uries have displayed that quality
in an admirable way. The Jurors arc
not responsible for the long -drawn-ou
trials
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
Matter of Form.

Since this schedule deals With eeosF-
thing from steel rails TO carpet tacks'
with lead and zinc In minor roles. the
absurdtty or trying to cover the Suo1ect
in two days is evident. take IL tnat
the committee has already looked for-
ward to reporting a bill that VIII be sur,
StantiaIiy the ssme is the ndeT"oon
metal schedule of last year, and that the
contemplated hearing is little more than
a mntcr OF form.
II think the most vicious feature OF
the former Underwood schedule. insofar
as it related to lead. was the pToposal
10 do away with the specific duty OF so
1uuch per pound on lead IN ores. etc. IN
favor of the substitute provision or -
per cent ad valorem. Such duty would
not mean Is per cent of the market price &c
ON the value Of the lead at the port OF
entry--not on the value OF the metal IT.
self, all ready for transportation TO an
other market, but on natures mixture oil
a little lead with a lot OF earthly waste
nd Gross. Does not the determination ot
the value OF lead in that form open the
door for fraud2
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
Details of Merger.

Three separate properties. in addition
to that of the Tramp Consolidated will
be taken over by one corpora don. All
arrangements necessary 20 this end have
been consummated and II now rests with
the stockholders themselves whether they
lose their investment or whether they
upon it. The new corporation. known as
the Sunset Mining 6; Development COM
pany. has capital stock OF so.0oo,oO0. d.
vided into 100000 shares of the par
able The entirc capital is treasury
stock The Sunset Mining e Develop
nlent company already owns the Orc
Flno mine, in Humboldt county, Nevada.
and is now operating the same. This
property has already produced a large
quantity OF ore and more is being devel-
opcd In the present work. \ water right
is now being secured and a mill will be
installed as soon as conditions warrant It.
The other properties to be taken over are
the Bullfrog Sunset. adjoining the Mont
gonlery Shoshone. and the Denver Bull
frog Annex. which owns several pieces
of ground covering a part OF one OF the
most important veins OF the Tramp sys-
TEN.
The issued and outstanding stock Of
the participating corporations is as fol-
Shares.
Tramp Consolidated Mining COM
Buiifrog Sunset Mining com
Denver Bulfroe Annex Mining
COIlDdHN s.'sss...- 5So.VVV
Stock o! the Sunset Mining & Develop
ment company is allotted as follows;
To Tramp Consolidated stockhold-
ers 49,. Observation-Disclosures. 100. .0G5
TO Bulfrog sunset stockholders. $4,000
To Denver Bullfrog Annex stock
holders -. ....o............... 461, 800
Total .... ............,......s.73s 73s. 525
This leaves 1..s3,475 shares, which viii
be used for treasury purposes.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
Two-Cent Assessment.

AS indicated above, stock OF the Sunset
Mining e. Development company will be
exchanged for stock OF the Tramp Con-
solidated on the basis OF share for share,
tons Oh the basis OF one share Of Sunset
Mining g. Development company stock
for two shares OF BullfIog Sunset or
Denver Bullfrog Annex stock. In addi-
Will be required TO pay the sum OF cents
per shade upon each share OF Sunset
Mining & Development company stock
Issued TO him. Since the new company
tained will be devoted to the development
and equipment of the properties. For
some time to come work will be confined
10 the Gro Fino and Tramp mines. Ore
mer and production from the latter can
begin within a few months after work
has been resumed.
This plan OF reorganization has been
Thoroughly investigated by your directors
and has been adopted as the only feast
BILE one which Will insure the continuous
operation Of the company's properties and
prevent recurrence OF conditions such
as now exist. Many OF you have paid
nearly SO per share for your Tramp Con-
solidated stock. and the investment OF an
additional cents per share for the pur-
pose OF not only saving YOUR present in
terest, but OF Increasing Its value several
times, cannot be upwise You are ad-
yised. therefore. 10 make the exchange
without delay. Send your Tramp Con-
soljdated certificates. together with the
SUM of cents per share. payable TO the
Sunset Mining & Development company.
10 your secretary. Charles D. Olney. 965
Fuss building. San Francisco. Cal. and lie
will attend to the exchange. You will
then receive a. certificate for like num-
bcr OF shares OF the Sunset Mining &
DEVELOPMENT company stock. All stock
must be presented for exchange by
Mach I, 1919.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
LEAD TARIFF IS
A LIVE QUESTION
February Tenth IS the Day
Congress Will Settle the
Metal Schedules.
THEN UP TO SENATE
George w, Ritter Docs Not
Agree With Theory of
Underwood Bill.
THEN UP TO SENATE

aeorss W. Ritter, the well known Utah
mine operator who has been IN Cahfor-
MIA for several months, mas felu'peu "
his local headquarters and, as was an
tlc;pated, plunged head over heels INTO
tho metal tariff questions tliat nave
created no end OF disturbance among
the lead and zinc producers MT Ellef
stated TO The Tribune that he hao noteo
that the house OF representatives mao
appcfnted FRIDAY. February 10, 1918 AS
The date for considering the schedule OF
tho new tariff bill which deals with mel
ais and manufactures Of metals Accord
ing TO the announcement, an addttionai
day may be devoted to the hearing
NJ RltRr said:
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
DESTROYS SLEEP
Many Salt Lake City People Testify to
This,

Many Salt Lake City People Testify to
This,
You can't sleep at night
With aches and palns of bad back
When you have to get up from uri,
nary troubles.
II the kidneys are at fault
Set them working Alright with Doan 5
Kidney Pills.
Here is proof of their efficiency:
Mrs. p. Booth, 634 South Twelfth
West ST., Salt Lake City, Utah, says:
''The public statement I gave in 1906,
recommending Doan s Kidney Pills still
holds good. / still take this remedy &C.
casionally and find that IL keeps ME
from serious kidney trouble There
was soreness across the small of my
back and I did not rest well. l could
not lie down without changing my po-
sition every few minutes and when I
did move. sharp twinges darted through
me. Doau's Kidney Pills, procured at
Schramm- j obnsou g Drug Store, went
to the root Of my trouble at once, and
it was not long before I was able to
rest with comfort. Continued use en-
tirely corrected my trouble. improving
my condition In every way
For sale at Scbramm Johnson 8 Drug
Store, Salt Lake City, Utah, and by all
dealers. Price, soc, Foster-Milburn
Co.. Buffalo, New York, Sole Agents Ior
the United States.
Remember the uame-Doan Sand
take no other. (Advertisement.)
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
Camp Not Developed.

Tho statement OF Mr.. Van Dycl, who
Is now president o. the company, sets
forth that enormous sums have been cx-
pended upon the attempt TO develop
bodies OF shipping grade ore in the Bull
frog district. but with the exception OF
the Montgomery -Shoshone no cndeavor
was made In al earnest fashion TO open
tonnaSes OF milling grade gold ores to
depth. Leasers OF late have found some
apparently good and promising resources
In the Tramp property. while some ore
from the dumps has been saved TO a.
profit
After giving it as his opinion that the
BullfroS district has Yet tho maliings OF
a first-class milling cainp, and that the
tramp territory is one of the most valu-
able there, Mr.. Van Dycll details an ar
ranSement looking toward a consolidation
there of several properties, plan that
bids fair TO open way for stockholder ers
OF all concerned To regain some of their
lost funds. The statement then proceeds
in the following manner:
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
v rIrN FIF-rH JUpICIAL DISTRICT

IN THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
court, county OF Juab. state OF Utah
Elinor Dalton, plaintiff, -. Simon Dalton,
observation-disclosures.
The state Of Utah to the said defendant;
You are hereby summoned TO appear
Within twenty days after service of this
county IN which this action Is brought;
otherwise within thirty days after sery-
ice. and defend the above entitled ac-
do. judgment will be rendered against
you according to the demand of the COM
plalut, which has been filed with the
clerk OF said court. This action ~
brought TO recover judgment dlssolviug
the bonds OF matr!mony heretofore eXct.
ing between you and tho plaintiff.
HENRY ADAMS
Plaintiffs Attorney.
T, o. address. Ncphl. Juao county Utah
m.g99
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
ROCHESTER CAMP IS
TO HAVE LITIGATION

As usually Is the case In boom mining
camps iiling os lawsuits follows closely
upon tho discovery Of ore. and Rochester.
New, seems destined TO have at least
one interesting case in court within the
near future IL Goldfield reports are true.
The property involved Is said to be the
Indian Consolidated, over which there are
conflicting interests already,
Rochester would do well TO remember
that it was litigation that kept capital
out OF the National camp. that helped
retard the development OF Manhattan
and which will come closer TO dra wing
the curtain wherever applied than any
other method known TO mankind,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
QUIET TRADING ON
THE LOCAL EXCHANGE

Trading was very dull and uunterest-
ing Monday on the local exchange and
the situation is being allowed TO drift
along until after the turn OF the year.
The exchange VIII adjourn at noon today
until Thursday morning.
Sales yesterday totaled $500 shares OF
stock. the market value of which was
s2106.5o Alta Consolidated at 81 and
SO cents and Thompson Quincy ut 30
cents were the only unlisted stock selling
during the day. The following were the
closing traDsa CtiOns.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
Bid. Asked,
Mining Notes.

Arrangements are being made TO have
the Prince Consolidated stock listed on
the New York curb.
The annual stockholders meeting Of
the Cedar -Ialisman company win be held
al the local offices OH January -.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
Ore and Bullion ,

TIE ore and bullion report for Mon
day, given b. Mccormick & Co, was as
follows: Ore received, $4,000; bullion
shipped SEQ 900; tota,. $50. 600.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
Ore Shipments.

The Utah Ore Sarnping COMPANY on
Monday released & cars Of ore from Utah
8 cars from Nevada and ! car from Colo
rado camps.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
Metal Market

The metal quotations tor AIou6ay.
posted bv Mccormick & Co. were as
follows, Silver. s2lc; lead. fi,39 copper,
f175c,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
San Francisco Oil Stocks

Jsmes a. Pollock & Co. bankers and
brokers. furnish the following. received
over their private wire yesterday after
noon:
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31

Boston Mining Stocks.
James A. Pollock & Co., bankers and
brokers', furnish the following, received
over their private wire yesterday after
noon.
BOSTON COPPER RANGE
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31

FORENOON SALES.
Columbus, 100 at 12sc.
May Day. 500 at 233c.
Opohongo, 600 at &c.
Prince Con. 200 at $50
Tintic Central. 1000 at 1c.
Shares sold. 1900.
Selling value. 34SJ.
OPEN BOARD.
Uncle Sam. 200 at lie.
Shares sold. 700,
Selling value, 1914.
AFTERNOON SALES,
Colorado. 500 at 20c.
Lower Mammoth. 2000 al SIC.
May Day. 500 at 23tc.
Shares sold. 5000.
Selling value. S22230.
OPEN BOARD.
Prince Consolidated, 1000 at sl.i73.
Shares sold, 1900.
Selling value. $685..
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
Ncyadas in San Francisco,

James A. Pollock & Co, bankers and
brokers. furnish the following, received
over their private wire yesterday after
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
BETTER PERMITTING

Than We do can't be done. Century
Printing Co., 5557 Postoffice place,
(AdTertiEemenJ
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
Nav York Mining Stocks.

James A. Pollock &, Co, bankers ane
brokers furnish the following. receiVeo
over their private wire yesterday aiter-
noon:
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-31
Sales, II. J.. lClse

NEW YORK LISTED STOCKS.
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UNLISTED STOCKS,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-13

allowed by any chance to forget. through
incessant repetition in fun tiie-is COINS
to be put up squarely to the question OF
whether it is right for woman to 90
what a man does Having been cast
upon deserted island through the purn-
ing of his vessel in the southern Paclhc
deserted islands for story book pur-
poses must always be located in the
southern Pacific, in order to supply food
and obviate the necessity OF clothing-
and supposing his wife to have been
drowned at sea, while he was supposed
to have been burned on the ship. he
meets a very beautiful young woman
who has lived for ten years alone OH the
island, where she was cast as child,
the sole survivor of a French man-o
war. There being no marriage license
ally dispensed with, and consequently
when Julia Cleveland. who. Of course,
was not dead, and did not believe her
husband dead. having become immensely
rich meanwhile. reaches the island on
rescue voyage, she finds an embarrassing
situation. in which one or the other or
the two women Is evidently superduous
The island girl promptly solves the prob
lem by leaping from a cliff with her
little one and leaves Stephen-Capt.
stephen Cleveland-to face the music,
which he finds to be a harsh discord.
When he learns that another man has
been making love to his wife during the
years when he was supposed to be dead
he seems to see things from a different
point of view, and grows SO very much
annoyed that the plot thickens at once.
Things are not fully straightened
out until long afterward, Capt. Stephen
over many miles of territory and even
Into the thick of the fight during the civil
war. The rival dead upon the field OF
| battle, a meeting between husband and
wife Is contrived through the offices of
| Gen. Grant, and the long separated
couple begin what in novels Is supposed
| to be a long career of happiness. But
| the chances are ten to one that Capt.