Show TWO NORTHWEST DIVIDENDS special correspondence spokane wash sept 20 regardless of the unsettled lin settled conditions of the metal market two inland empire mining companies the bunker hill and sullivan operating kellogg and wardner mines and mills at idaho and the standard silver lead which the standard mine near owns and operates silverton B C have just declared monthly dividends amounting to the bunker hill and sullivan will pay at the regular rate of 25 cents the share or which will make the disbursements for the current year and will increase the grand total to decided to cut but the standard directors the monthly melon in half and its stockholders will receive cents the share or instead of the payment was made september 10 to stockholders of record august 31 making the disbursements for 1914 of and will increase the total to the reduced dividend of the standard is due to the suspension ision of shipments at the mine and while the officials state there is a considerable amount in the treasury it is probable that no further dividends will be declared until shipping is resumed unless there is a marked advance in the price of lead and silver as the directors have decided that it is advisable to keep the surplus funds to finance development on august 4 the standard was noti notified fled by the consolidated mining and smelting smelling Sm elting company that no more custom ores could be treated at its trail smelter owing to the demoralization of the general metal situation this resulted in suspension of shipments by the standard until conditions improve and all but ninety men who were retained to continue development were laid off small shipments of zinc are being forwarded to the smelters shelters sm elters at okla and the lead silver ore extracted in development is being stored at the mill |