Show CHECKMATE DIVIDEND ilanagonfenfc Says Everything Denotes De-notes a Beginning In January While a dividend has not been ppsted Manager Joe Young of the Checkmate of Willow Springs Idiu said yesterday yester-day that he felt quite secure In predicting pre-dicting one OH IL New Years present for the Hock which has been so patient The reason baa been u very profitable one the company having found a ready market at the furnaces of tho American Amer-ican Smelting and Refining company for a steady tonnage of concentrates running well up In Iron ao well as a fine quality of crud ore The earnings earn-ings have been quite gratifying and while equipment and development have drawn quite heavily upon them a nice surplus Is now In the treasury The properties which are not distant from Boise Ida have supplied the means I with which to opento t frbm their discovery dis-covery and have constantly Improved In strength as depth has been attained |