| Show II A DAY OF DIVIDENDS Daly West Moves Its Peg to 108000 i ONTARIO SCATTERS 45000 1 A Second Purimco Goes Into Commission i Com-mission nt t Murray Smelter A j Thousand Tons of Ore That Nutted Nearly S 100000 Weeks Settlements Settle-ments on Oro and Bullion Collcrja 1 Students Headed for the Smelter File Bccord at the Annie Laurie The Orients Gold Ores Notes The directors of the great Daly West of Park City elevated the regular monthly dividend to heights that perhaps I per-haps exceeded the expectation or all I without the family circle yesterday and fixed it nt CO cents or 105000 this to be passed around on July 15 the transfer books to close on Thursday next To the average shareholder the announcement came ns u most agreeable agreea-ble surprise although the activity with which the shares were sought on the curbstone about the break o day afforded S af-forded the slightest premonition that something extraordinary was about to take place The early birds found a I bunch with which the hucksters who Iy had been forced t the street In the I absence of a regular call on change Il t were willing to part nt 50 This was wiped up and one lot after another added to it at a steadily advancing I market until 5250 was reached By this time the walk along U rakers row was crowded lo a blockade and with the announcement that the board at which there were present J D Wood Krra Thompson W S McCornlck and W l Dlckson was in session the I shares shot frantically up to 531 I or an f advance of 1 during the scrap over them Eel on this figure however the Increased dividend affords better I than n per cent and that It will go to SCO Is not at all unlikely as the f woods arc full of Investors eager for I 12 per cent securities At all events It was eagerly sought up to the highest high-est figures that were reached In yes I terdas ypurt and to handle that I which changed hands it I wn estimated last night that no less than 100000 was I required With the payment of the Increased In-creased dividend tho company will have dealt out no less than 1710000 and with the Increase attains first place among the States breadwinners although al-though the extra which Is passed around each Christmas by the Silver King swells Its annual disbursement lo 51300000 and yet this te I accomplished without apparent effort I was said during the afternoon that the Duly Went Is now packing in Its stocking a surplus that will crowd SMOftOO If It docs not exceed that amount hut of this no official information was released re-leased The advance of 20 cents a share affords the best evidence perhaps of the strength of tin Slates bonanzas and cannot hut stimulate Interest In opportunities that are yet spread before be-fore the Inventor at Park City Another surprise to which the talent was treated during the day was the announcement that John A Klrby the official superintendent of the Daly West had tendered his resignation offering of-fering as an explanation that his personal per-sonal interests were such as to require his attention lie was present at the 1 meeting of the board however and at the request oC It consented to the hang I ng up of the resignation until such lime as Manager J E Pamberger returns re-turns from Now York where be is I at this lima The hope Is expressed that Mr Kirby will be Induced to withdraw the document in which he necks to be released and Manager Bambcrger Is relied re-lied on to accomplish It |
