Show CLOSING DOWN OLD GERMANIA 4 Last of Old Valley Plants About Ready to Cease Making Bullion COL coil ON WABASH WAS SH SHI SHw p I w P F SNYDER Nn R ARRIVES FROM CHICAGO but surely the old GRADUALLY G jf smelter at Murray the thelast thelast last of the old valley vaIley plants pants to be operated by the American Smelting company since their absorption by the combine Is going out of commission Within the past few weeks two of ot the three furnaces that have been In use sincere since Jie relegation of the old Mingo to the scrap heap have had h d their tires fires drawn and the last one is now being fed with all the old accumulated scraps about the works With the metallic m contents drawn from them a cleanup will be made and thereafter all the smelting by the company will be done at the neY esy plant The closing down of the wi will release a large number of men but all of ot them it Is said will find new positions at either the new plant of the American company or at the United Unit d States smelter In fact it is understood that no little trouble is being experienced in keeping competent men enough at the three big smelters to keep things moving at capacity while the blowing in of the United States plant lant will more than take care of ot the surplus that the closing of the Germania will provide Discussing the fight which the man management management management of the American Smelting company is making against the pro proposed proposed proposed posed Incorporation of the town of Murray a visiting resident of or the smelter metropolis said yesterday after afternoon afternoon afternoon noon The smelter management is unnecessarily unnecessarily unnecessarily alarmed over the result of the election The matter has been gone cone one into very carefully by the property owners and voters down there and the conclusion has been reached that incorporation In Incorporation or will not mean an increase of ot taxation At the present time the sa fla loons running down there contribute as lS much in licenses as It will take to main maintain maIntain tain tam the incorporation and more too Business is constantly growing and there is no doubt that the town will collect in business licenses all aU of per year from the start About three fourths of that amount is now paid Into the county while less than 1000 per year Is spent by the commis commissioners commissioners In the town By Incorporating we can make the place look like some something something thing and that without levying taxes |