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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-02-19
5. F. Street CAR
SERVICE SETTLED
BY Pae. and lntq news Service.

BY Pac. and IntI News Service.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19.-The
harbor commissioners granted per-
NIT to the municipal c. d. cars to use
the ferry loop Jointly with the United
railroads, dividing the cost of main.
tenance. The city officials are pre-,
pairing to string wires and install d
special track to work the lower end OF
Market street In order that business
to the ferry may be resumed. The Of
ficials are threatening to bring suit
for forfeiture of the United railroads
franchises as reprisal for previous
obstructions.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-02-19
TENNESSEE MUNITIONS
PLANT DESTROYED
BY Pac. and Intl News Service.

KINGSHORT. Tenn. Feb. 19.--Thc
Federal DyesIuff & Chemical COM
pany's plant, subsidiary OF Dupont
Works. was destroyed by fire this
morning. The plant had been manu-
featuring munitions for the allies, aud
the fire is believed to be of incendiary
origin. The loss is estimated at
100000.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-02-19
U. 5. PROTESTS AGAINST
TURKISH ATROCITIES
IN ARMENIA
Bv Pac. and lntI News Ss

Bv Pac. and lntl news So.
WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Feb. l9.-The
state department this morning dis
patched formal protest 10 Turkey
over a continuance Of Armenian afro
cities. The protest demands that the
authors OF the outrages be punished
and that Il repetition of these crimes
will bring action of drastic char
acter.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-02-19
GERMANS sink
568 VESSELS
BY Pac. and ~tnt'I News Service.

BERLIN, Feb. 19.-Thc TageOlatt
this morning announces that the Ger
man submarines had sunk jGS vessels.
aggregating 1,O79,iO2 tons register, up
10 the first of N1vember, 1915.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-02-19
S.P.CO. ORDERS
NEW ROLLING STOCK
BY Pac. and InrI News Service.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 1s.-The
Esper Co. has placed an order for new
rolling stock which will cost one mil
lion dollars. The order includes sol
automobile freight cars, 1S steel
coaches, Fl steel combination post
office and baggage cars, and 20 steel
baggage cars. These are 20 he used
on the Atlantic and Pacific systems.
The order was made in anticipation of
increased business.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-02-19
NEW DREDGING
RECORD ESTABLISHED

BY Pac. and Int'I News Service.
PANAMA, Feb. ia new dredging
record was established in the Panama
Zone yesterday when $500 yards of
earth was removed in "a hours from
the Galliard cut.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-02-19
BRITISH STEAMER
THEODORE WRECKED
nd lnt'I News Service.

BY Pac. and lntI News Service.
TIE HAGUE, Feb. 19.-ThC British
storm that swept the North Sea yes
tertlay. The crew was saved.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-02-19
GERMANS TAKEN FROM
AMERICAN LINER
, Pac. and IntI News Service.

BY Pac. and lnt'l News Service.
SHANGHAI, Feb. 19.--Thc Ameri-
can Liner China was stopped on the
high seas this morning by a British
cruiser and 38 Germans removed. The
China left Shanghai yesterday bound
for San Francisco.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-02-19
CHARGES
AGAINST AERO CORPS
ey Pae. and Intr News Service.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 10
The war department has ordered an
investigation Of Senator Robinson's
charges that the aero corps are rankly
inefficient.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-02-19
FORECAST SAYS
CLOUDY WEATHER

BY Pac. and Int'l News Service.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19.--The
state forecast says cloudy or foggy
weather tonight and Sunday morning.
1t will be fair during Sunday with
light northeast winds.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-02-19
1000 NARROWED
IN MISS. FLOOD
Inundated District Now Twenty BY
Fifteen Miles and Flood Waters
Still Spreading.
BY Pac. and IntI News Service.

BY Pac. and Int'l News Service.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 19.-Two
thousand people are marooned near
Newellton. Mirsas County. by the flood
water and are in precarious position.
A district fifteen miles wide by twenty
miles long is nov completely inun-
dated and the waters are still spread,
ing. rrsr- .-... ....,
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-02-19

with the ship uninjured. Tho super
structure of the Cold was badly
smashed.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-02-19
DANIELS ASKS FOR
NAVY APPROPRIATION

BY Pac. and Int'I News Service.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Feb. l9.-
Secretary Daniels has asked for an
immediate appropriation of 1896, 900
for use in navy equipment.
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AUTO INDUSTRY is
INDEED REMARKABLE
One Million Cars Year Is the Outlook at Twentieth
Milestone of Industry.

tratlon figures in excess OF 100000 in
use on the 2.273.OO0 miles of road OF
which this country boasts. although only
10 per cent OF that mileage Is improved.
This. as against II production OF $1,000
cars in 1899 and 1000 cars in 1909,
when the automobile industry was in It's
swaddling clothes.
Such n demand and such almost uni
versal use is Il response to the won
derful convenience and health giving
value of the automobile and the great
appreciation of low cost and low main.
tcnance cars which $50 manufacturers
and 10000 dealers are offering to the
American public and the countries of the
world for Of last years production moro
than 100000. 900, including $50. 900, 900
worth Of trucks, were exported. Most
OF these trucks were for war purposes
Yet it is practically certain the demand
will continue in the upbuilding OF the
foreign nations after the war.
Among the things that contributed to
this record breaking business. which has
been conducted In the most strenuous
fashion and involved losses of many
millions as well rs profits Of many mill
ions. might he mentioned the fact that
horses are growing more expensive. are
hard to Keep and are slow TO move that
cars have been made 60 simple that any
one can drive them: that the mainte-
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u. S. PRODUCES HALF OF
WORLDS COPPER OUTPUT
States Mined 646,212 Tons of the 1,O612S3 World
Production During 1915, an Increase of More
Than 266, ,OOO,O 900 Pounds

Gahl. and the Cole machine represent
pneumatic types
Quoting from the Engineering and
Mining journal we find that: From 10
to IL per cent. of the total copper in our
so-called chalcocite ores is In the form OF
oxidized copper minerals or the cop
per existing as sulphide. from 90 to %
per cent. may he recovered by notation.
with proper grinding. and only about 30
per cent OF the oxdized copper minerals
Is saved. Experiments Indicate that GER
tain compounds will permit of high re-
covery by fotation of copper carbonates.
It is doubtful IL siicates will respond
readily because such mineral IL often dis
seminated through the pores OF The rock
like ink I'm n blotter. There has been
decided increase in smelling costs. but
this decrease has not been as radical as
the decrease in power mining a nd mill
ing costs. nor as important. as II applies
only to concentrated product and not 10
the total tonnage. Larger units In cal
Ciners and furnaces. the electrostaiic pre-
cipitation of dust and capital expenditure
TO assure accurate samp,ing and cheaper
handling charges are all factors"
The Inspiration mill is the frs large
capacity mill built on this continent in
which oil pneumatic fotaiion has been
used as n primary method of recovering
mineral v,,u.s Altar , xo,r or more
OF experimentation on a large scale cal
low separatory cells have been adopted in
ii,,.,.,,s ~, 't,.., a., 'm
i,,',.t ~, ".''e'' @ "a
,t - ~ '''.'uv i'sS," ',,, "''' -
- W %''l -. va ~. it','',"'''.' ''''' .,
80 oiIv.'n'.u 'l'' VI '"e sum ~ "
VIZ .",.Ve'''a'io.. ,'' pl'',,s' Us re-
| Hu' VI '''S 'oi"p'V'',eHS' Tue e''ii'i''''oi'
OF some stage cfushlhg ana e.aoorate
cl'SS'"cn''o.i' the costs o' 'oho'ned OH
pheuh'atlc no'a'Ion ana water cohcehtra-
''on Will nov exceed ." cents ION
The original estimates were that In
sp!ra'lon would produce COPPER FOR from
cents TO s'2 cents n pound. There is
| now little doubt that the costs of pro-
| ducing copper VIII he 'ess than cents
pound on production Of from l2o,-
| Ooo.OoO to 13O.eOO.OOO pounds OF copper
year
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ny ALFRED REEVES.

Every day presents now services that
the automobile can render. not alone
In health giving properties to the man
and his family but to tho statesman. to
the contractor and to every other llnc
OF business where rapid and economical
transportation Of the individual is a me-
cessity
The low priced cars the low cos, of
maintenance and the ease of opera ion
which permits them to he handled rs
readily by women as by mon are all
contributing to the increased and We
may say almost universal use Of the
automobile.
1t is peculiarly fitt,nG that the twen-
tieth anniversary Of the automobile IN
dustry. as celebrated by the prcsen, au-
tomobile SHOW. should see the goal of a
million cars within sight and when one
figures that there We're 10. 600 0O0 horse
drawn vehicles in use IN the United
States in 1910 there still seems a " de
markct for power driven veh. Nles.
The production Of 1915. lust ended.
exceeded $4,000 cars. with total regis.
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producers made no efrprt to solicit addi- I

producers made no ef3ort to solicit addi-
tional business, but dealers began to
quote the market down, seeking the level
at which copper could be turned over
This caused n decline to 1A.15, followed
by a rally to 1896 and 14.5b at the close
of the month and a rather confused mar
ket throughout the greater part of Feb
ruary
In March there was an earfy improve
ment with n rising tendency right
through. closing al 1850 and 1850. This
is the month the warning WAS sounded.
with respect TO sales for export there
are all kinds of uncertainties as to eS-
change. insurance and freight. and even
Of freight room Mt all. and n shipper can
seldom figure what he is going TO realize
until the business IN completed" This Is
also the month. as heretofore mentioned.
when the demand was attributable to
military requirements.
In April there was talk OF improve
ment in domestic consumption. especially
among sheet rollers and wire drawers.
hut the market WAS characterized as
"spotty." In the second week the mar
ket rose sharply upon fairly large trans
actions and fancy prices upon special
brands of copper. The month closed at
1870 and 1850.
May showed - iuli again and a shad-
ing of prices in some quarters. Tho
market declined to 1890. hut rallied at
the end of the month to 1850 and 1850.
June saw an active demand begin TO
develop with sharp advance in price.
BY the middle Of the month 20 cents. net.
was realized upon u tremendous volume
~ business. There was "a report that
Anaconda had sold 10 per cent. Of its
expected output for 1916 at prices in the
neighborhood Of 20 cents. The market
relapsed a. the close Of the month to
1916 and 1915.
July found dull market but no great
change in prices. II declined under
pressure in the second half of the month
to 1885 and 1855.
AuSust was another thill month at the
opening and weak in the middle. business
/ being done AZ 1875 and 1855 The rela
i lively low prices. however. attracted buy.
ers who really needed copper. and the
market rose to 1876 and 1855 but sell.
ers had advanced prices too rapidly and
buyers were frightened away. Stocks al
| refineries were reported as not incrcas.
! ing to any great extent owing TO large
| deliveries still being made on old orders
but production was proceeding at a higl
rate. one estimate being 100 900. 00r
pounds a month. which caused some con.
cern and gossip OF producers taking
! steps to curtail the output.
/ September showed an improved een,i
ment among principal sellers. The bear.
ish became optimistic. hut the market
was dull and disappointing. the consum
ers. as II by agreement. pursuing the
policy of staying out. The rate Of cx-
port was 30 TO 40 cents a hundred
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is all hoisted through twin shafts
having a capacity Of 1000 tons
per hour. The surface equip
ment is the most modern in ex-
istence.
The concentrator, which was
designed by H. Kenyon Burch,
consists Of eighteen sections, each
one of which has rated capacity
of 800 tons per day. making a
total Of l4,400 tons per day,
which can be supplemented by
the test mill which is installed
in separate building and is
capable of treating 600 tons per
day. The concentration of ores
is effected by combination of
the so-called Flotation Process
and the old method of table con-
centration.
The Company owns its own
railroad about four and one half
miles long Of standard gauge,
connecting the mine with the mill
and the mill with the smelter of
the international Smelling Com
pany's Miami Plant, where the
concentrates are smelted. The
mine and mill are connected with
both the United States Reclama-
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CLOTHING OUTLOOK BRIGHT.
Retailers RecOgni,c and prc,,r.
for InusuRi business.

on the present business ou'l.ut Ma,
Hart Of Hart. Sthaffner & Marx. c'o,,.
ing manufacturers Of Chicago. hal ~,
to say:
There was hand to mouth hu, us M
so long time that now there n
scramble for merchandis" " ilI dcs.r.,.
tions In the woollcn end pt..,s LNe "a.
van ed considerably on account ~ ..
rising cost Of raw materials. sy,1 ,,
wool and dyestuffs. ON the o'... .I,
the situation that exists hero j, J..r.
Gated. with perhaps even r.a,,.-
severity, especially in regard To- d,e,
do not look for an, sot,u'rg 20. .s
prices asked for woo'lcus. even i.u.,,
they are Mt very high level, row.
"rhc prosperity Of the count. .. Al.
in large measure TO "ur t- ,NY...
The bumper crops in th" We. .ri
middle West have also had q sr,,' d Al
to do with bringing better tHu.. g.,
demand arose so suddenly tnt' r.r,
retailers were caught unprepateI Tn,
result of this IL that they are ul.te
now to stock up their cmrt, .u,es
Even though good things wcr, u..,i
for the last Christmas sct~l. f.. uy.I.
ness that was don" passed 't.' S,.. =.
the most optimistir pred rf."u~ T.
outlook is bright indeed. aud 'tr r..
,ailors seem to recognize 'h.s "a '., r
preparations for the future"
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THE GREENE CANANEA COPPER COMPANY

The Greene Cananea Cop
per Company was incorpo-
rated in Minnesota in 1906.
Through control of the
Greene Consolidated Copper
Company it owns the mines
and works of The Cananea
Consolidated Copper Com
pany located at Cananea. So
nora. Mexico. and it also owns
direct the San Pedro Copper
Company's mines located at
the same place. The mines are
capable of an annual produc-
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HAIR the copper produccd ny tne eh1ire
world comes from the United States or
,osios tons world production for 1916
a.. ,,,,,o, c.o,o, nrod,,cod SAG 90 ,ona
''e o''''" "'''' ~
The smeIters production summary Oh
copper. made up of reports OF all pro-
ducers. shows l.424.640.J65 pounds or
copper produced in the United States In
1915, as against I.15S.5S1,S16 pounds In
1914. or an increase of over :66 million
pounds or the copper producing States
Arizona stands first with record OF
443.094.33l pounds for 1915. and next
comes Montana with 365.119,643 pounds.
Among the largest OF the other copper
producing States are Alaska. California.
Colorado Idaho. Michigan. Nevada, New
Mexico. Utah and Washington.
Preliminary estimates, 1t is said. put
Alaska's production at S3,S0o,OoO
pounds. valued at Sl4.ono.ooo, as against
2l,i3O.62S IN 1914. valued at s2.S52.93t,
or. nearly four times the quantity pro-
duced in 1914 at over Ave times the
price. Alaska's gold output has also in
creased over n million dollars and THIS
Joined with her copper output gives her
a more prosperous year than even in the
days of 1905 when Nome and Fairbanks
became famous. The smelters report,
however. puts Alaskas copper output at
h3,'V",""V pouiluN i'T 1910 nv I"I S''
estimate is from figures compiled by
Alfred II Brooks from an advance state
ment by the United States Geological
Survey.
The average price of copper for the
past year has been 22.03 cents n pound.
rs against 1924 in 1914. In May and
June il reached the high water mark OF
% cents for 1907. when the average price
for the year was 20 cents. and the in
creased production 1850 tons. Dur
Ing the past fifteen years the price has
averaged little over Is cents, with an
increase in the worlds production of
from over 400 600 to over |. 900 600 tons.
Just before Christmas. it was reported.
the British Government signed a con-
tract for I3J .O0o. 900 pounds Of copper In
New York at 81 cents to be filled during
the next twelve months, and further
back in March. we find rising tendency
when according to the Engineering aud
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Toward the end Of the month there was

Toward the end Of the month there was
some Improvement in demand and Sep
tember closed 1880 and is.
In October the lake producers. who
had realized % cents in May and June,
and had remained out for several months
hoping to sell once more at premium,
returned to the market only to And elec-
trolyte had taken advantage OF their abb
sence to gain n foothold where prev-
ously electrolyte had not been used
among lake customers. BY the middle
Of the month there was decline to
1870 and 1880 and chaotic conditions.
Producers fortunate enough to have
large stocks of copper abroad made ex-
cellent sales from warehouses;. and sat
ished with that made no effort to do
anything here. Other producers selling
for export found II difficult to arrange
for freight rates and exchange. and found
their net return a matter OF guesswork.
Some producers were disposed to take
business whenever and however they
could get H. The competition OF lake
producers grew sharp.
The strike at the Nicholas Refinery
early in November started somcthin Of
u scare among buyers. On November Ii
the market advanced rather violently
and continued to advance without inter
rlption to the end Of the month, when
il closed at 1850 and 1875. The volume
Of business was only a little less than in
June.
December opened quiet, the price
settling to n basis OF about 1914 cents
net cash New York The matter Of
| freigh, rates 10 Europe became even
moro troublesome than before Con-
tracts wcrc made AT 81 per hundred early
! in the month and si.5o toward the end.
| News Of the British order on December
| 90 and the realization that but little
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William D. Thornton, Albert H.
Wiggin.
The authorized capital stock
of the Company is S30,O00,O00,
divided into 100000 shares of
the par value of $40. The Com
pany also issued for the purpose
of building and equipping the
necessary plant and railway and
for mine development $40, 100000
60 Convertible Bonds. About
S4.000,000 of these bonds have
already been converted into stock
at SIS per share and par for the
bonds, so that there is now out
standing e23,95l shares Of the
stock and S6.470.lOO bonds.
A STORY OF PROGRESS.
The mining property of the
two original constituent COM
panies, the Inspiration and the
Live Oak, had a total area Of
972 acres, but the new company
has secured a number of other
claims and fractions Of an acreage
greater than that Of the original
property, the chief Of which were
the group of claims known as
the Warrior Group, which were
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AN IMPORTANT COPPER INTEREST

ton of 5O.000.0OO pounds of
copper. The plant and mines
are in excellent shape, no
damage having been done by
any of the revolutionary par
ties in Mexico. and the Com
pany's financial condition is
exceptionally strong. More
and ric her ore is in sight at the
present time than in a number
of years. The Company en-
ploys about $500 men.
Dividends were paid up to
June, 1914, and were disc on
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nance cost has been reduced to a point
where II costs little more than car fare
to ride in the average motor car.
Makers have given attention to eff
cient carbureters that furnish more
miles per gallon to better and cheaper
tires and to the general construction OF
the car itself. made now 80 that its life
ls prolonged for a period OF years in
stead OF being old at three or four years.
All this is the result OF scientific en-
gineering and manufacturing and enter
prisng selling of the big producing
motor car builders.
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tinued when the mines were
forced to close on account of
political disturbances in Mex
leo. Production was resumed
during the latter part of 1915,
and at present the mines are
producing at capacity. A div
idend was paid January II,
1916. and another is payable
February 2S. 1916. This is the
largest copper property in
Mexico.
The officers of the Greene Cana
nea are: Thomas +. Cole. president; ;
John D. Ryan. vice president; Joseph
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CONSOLIDATED COPPER co
A Remarkable Copper Company

solidation the total Of this work
had almost been doubled.
At the time Of organization
the following officers Of Inspira-
ton Consolidated Copper were
elected: William B. Thompson,
President; William D. Thornton.
Vice President; Joseph w. Allen,
Secretary and Treasurer; Evan
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solidated Copper Company,
which then took over the prop
critics owned by the Inspiration
Copper Company and the Live
Oak Development Company.
The Inspiration and the Live
Oak, located in Gila County,
Arizona, were united by this
consolidation Of properties and
were operated simply as divisions
of one mine. Considerable work
had already been done on them,
but it is interesting to note as
an example Of the vigor of the
new organization that at the
close of the first year Of the con-
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The consolidation Of two i'm
portant copper properties about
four years ago marked an epoch
in the history Of copper mining
in this country. for the result
gave America one of her greatest
mines. This was brought about
by the incorporation December
l8, 1911, of the Inspiration Con-
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purchased to secure a proper
location for the building of a
concentrating plant and the stor-
age of tailings. The Company
owns considerable acreage of
ranch lands from which its water
supply is derived.
In 1915 the property of the
New Keystone Copper Company,
lying between the Inspiration and
Live Oak groups, was acquired.
This acquisition makes the prop
erty continuous. The total acre
age of the Company is now 3,528.
At the end of 1915 the Company
had developed by underground
openings and churn- drill borings
a total of 97,l43.000 tons of ore
assaying 1886 copper. The ore
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W. Allen, treasurer: Walter s. lTsr.
per. assistant treasurer; Frederic r,
Kennedy, secretary: Joseph W.
Allen. assistant secretary; Henry B.
PAUL. auditor.
Following are the directors, Chcs.
ter A. Congdon. jane Mclean,
William f.. Corey. John II. Ryan.
Thomas +. Cole. Joseph Il. Cotton,
Myron VI. Parker, Philip l., Foster.
Joseph W. Hartman.
The offices of the company are a.
Duluth. Mimi. and New lork c,y.
There is authorize. GOu.uUO share,
of capital stock of par value -
500. of which iSS,3dS share have
been issued.
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ton hydro.electric plant and the
Companys own steam plant,
consisting of three 5000 K. w.
turbo generator units.
Commercial production was
started about July l, 1915. and
it is expected that the property
will be working at full capacity
within a few weeks. 1t is esti-
mated, when producing at capac-
ity, that the production will be
from l20.000,000 to l30.OOO,OOO
pounds Of copper per annum.
This mine is now the largest
single underground copper mine
i'll the world, and the Company
is one Of the largest copper pro-
ducers not only in the United
States but in the world.
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J. Dudley, Assistant Secretary;
Walter S. Harper, Assistant
Treasurer; Charles E. Mills.
General Manager. There has
been no change up to the present
time.
The Board Of Directors Of In,
spiration is composed as follows !:
Joseph w. Allen, John F. Award.
Thomas F. Cole, Edmund c.
Converse, William E. Corey.
Charles A. Corliss, Philip L.
Foster, Eugene Meyer, Jr., Louis
D. Ricketts,, William G. Rookie
feller, John D. Ryan, Charles H.
Sabin, William B. Thompson.