The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1916-06-29
NOVELlZED FROM THE NOV
INC PICTURE PLAY OF THE
SAME NAME. PRODUCED
THE SIGNAL Film CORPORA
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at any price to anybody"
III the vein could be recovered,
what difference would that make"
asked one OF the disaffected share
! holders.
1T would make the difference that
| you would be holding the sack instead
of tho other fellow" retorted Seagrue.
( bluntly.
The chairman. one of the larger mi
nority stockholders. proved enc of the
least tractabe Of the dissatisfied He
rose to reply to Scagrue's address.
You are telling u.s." he said coldly
that you disposed OF one of the best
quartz properties in the Superstition
| mountains for II song because your
! foreman told you the vein had pincheG
CEt. And you say your expert ccrrob
! GRATED his statement. by what right
| did you go ahead in this fashion with
out calling us together to decide
whether we did not want further ex-
pert advice on the possibility Of To-
eating the vein?"
That part of the matter has been
threshcd out already" said Seagrue
angrily.
NO it hasn't" retorted the chair.
man. Not to our satisfaction. Where
the investment is SO large. our inter
csts should have been given the most
careful consideration before you dis.
posed OF them
You wouldn't have got ten cents
out OF your interests" exclaimed Sea
grue. III you had tried what you now
propose"
Even that wouldn't have been Sc
rious matter" persisted the chairman.
AS compared to what you have done.
None of us here are dependent on
dividends from the Superstition mines
| for our bread and butter. We feel, as
business men, that We are entitled to
consideration. You haven't given us
that. Ey your own confession. you
have disposed OF this property under
/ false pretcnses. You have. by your
conduct toward your competitors, Jus.
titled the suspicion that has arisen
among your own associates, Mr. Sea.
gruc.'
Il don't wish to make any unfair In
situations or to assert what | cannot
prove. but" intcrposed a second share.
holder from the foot of the table. 81
want to call forth your attention and
the attention OF every rac in this
meeting tG the fact that the moment
It Is discovered by the Tidcwater peo-
pie that this nina was sailed. we shall
be called on to refund every dollar
OF the money paid to us
III that il the case" srcered Sea.
gruc, Il should say you fellows had bet.
ter stop talking Your greatest safe.
ty," he added. without iruch display
OF sympathy for the uneasy ones. lies
IN keeping your Uouths shut"
1T Is "A matter OF no moment what
ever" declared the stubborn chair
man. how much the thing Is dis
clsscd. You know the men In this
room. Mr. Scagruc. well enough to
know that We should all take the same
position concerning what you confess
YOU, yourself. have done In this plat.
ter. No matter what happened. We
should never approve such proceed.
ings"
As things stand, don't know what
els" YOU can do sal. Scarru.. sui.
lruly You talk here az II YOU owned
this mine. want you To u:,dcrstnr 4
that | hold the ccatrol OF 1t. and you
viii do rs say"
No" declared one vt ckholicr.
Jumping up, I wont dc any such
thing"
Then You may d. as you wish" re.
piled Sr0rru", loftIly. "'tu, an
through with the Superstition mine"
Tho heated discussion continued.
Almost everyone In the room took
sides against Scagruc Finally at bay
himself aud realizing the trouble the
minority stockholders could tut hIr
TO, he made a further Corciliatury pro.
posal AS wc cannot agree. he SAID.
I am willing TO huy your shares In
N" mine Al their rar value"
This seemed - icur "A little "A upoa
the troubled waters After some fur.
Their wraugllug, Details were actually
arranged then and there for the trans.
fer OF the minority shares. an: tho
meeting closed IN u better feeling than
IL had opened
At the mine. Helen and George
Storm were talking together vixen the
| foreman joined them. Hol-n asked
him about the work
II you'll come this way. he Eug.
gcstcd, I'm show you exactly where
we're going TO irill to-day"
A messenger handed Helen dis.
pa'ch II was from Rhinolnndcr an.
nounclng tho completion OF tho trans.
fer aud advising her hc would arrive
on No. =,
First. Wen 10 down and NEE, Mr..
i,hinclander. said Storm to the fore.
man. when We come back wc'll SCI.
whore you're working"
Rhtnclandcr returned well pleased