Show r I THEY llFJ1J H NO METING I i Territorial Ore Producers Fail toG to-G t Together I I THAT SMELTER PROJECT IT 3IAY NOW BE VERY GEXERV1IY A AX DOSED New Murcur Mill Is Operating Very Siuoothlj AnsYcr in the Second Suit Against the 3Inrio3 Jiy the Geyser Peoylo Again Is the Claim of Apex Set Uy Unrstiiigr oC Water Ilpect at the Ibex Smelter Will Cause Some Delnys Good Progress Itcmsc Made on the OntarioDaly Electric Light Plant tUning Autos That proposed meeting of the ore producers of the territory called for the purpose of considering the advisability I advisa-bility of erecting a producers indc I pendent smelter did not get nation on I i i itself yesterday afternoon for the simple I sim-ple reason that it was not held nor is I j it probable that one will ever be held 1 Those people who are desirous of breaking break-ing the power of the valley smelters will of necessity have to work on another an-other tack and there seems to be but I one way in which they can attain the I end so much desired by them and that I is by the adoption of an independent 1 course and the erection of ther own I plant At any rate the outside producers pro-ducers were not heard from yesterday I yester-day and us a matter of fact but one member of the board of directors of j the BullionBeck and Champion Mining Min-ing company the prime movers in the j project put in an appearance at the i designated time that being President I Farnsworth Manager Beck showed up I I just after 5 oclock an hour late but I the office of the BullionBeck the place 1 of meeting was deserted by all except I Secretary Beattie the solitary Bingham operator who explained that he had simply dropped < in to see where they j were at and The Herald reporter had I just left and as these two were all of I the outsiders who responded to the call no meeting was held an adjournment I adjourn-ment being taken without day Manager Beck announced last night that the BullionBeck company had practically decided to take up the smelter smel-ter proposition alone and would more than likely put up a plant without any outside aid Not a pound of ore is being I be-ing sold by the company the Output being stored at the mines and when I the bins are filled to their capacity It is highly probable that the properties will be closed down I As a result of this curtailment of I ore shipments which is general among I i the mine owners the surpluses of the j smelters in the valley are being cut i down to bedrock and unless there is an immediate change in the situation some pretty general close downs will be the certain result The producers will then either be forced to cease the production pro-duction of ores or seek markets for their output elsewhere Some two f I weeks ago the Germnnla blew out one I stack leaving two in operation but I the announcement was made yesterday I afternoon that another will be killed 011 I Saturday and this will leave but four furnaces aglow at the smelters two at the Hanauer one each at the Germania and Pennsylvania Just how much longer even these four can stand up under the strain is a question which I will be answered within the next two weeks The smelters must have ores I or cease operations and the owners have announced that they are perfectly willing to close down if that is the I ukase of the producers I |