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Show I. BAMBERGER ON DALY WEST Has No Knowledges of Any Intention to Reduce the Company's Month-I Month-I ly Distribution. Tlio time tables upset and connections j delayed, Jacob E. Bamberger, president and general manager of the Daly "West of Pack City, over whose future there Is ' auch widespread uneasiness In the markets mar-kets of the East, as well as locally, came down from Ogden last night, his Journey to the bedside of his son, Joe,' who Is 111 In Now York, to be resumed aboard "the flyer" at noon today. For some word that would shed light upon the damaging declines of tho last half-month half-month In tho market value of Daly "West, President Bamberger was besieged be-sieged through every channel. By The Tribune his attention was drawn to multifarious rumors that have weighed upon It, Including the offers In Boston to discount tho April dividend.' To this President Bamberger replied, that If a reduction of the dividend had been contemplated, con-templated, Individually or collectively, by the members of the board of directors, direc-tors, he had not been advised oflt. Personally, Per-sonally, he had not considered it nor had ho reason to entertain that tho board would take it up. President Bamberger Bamber-ger said that while Judge Dickson's ar-rlval ar-rlval In California had been announced, he had not communicated with him either In person or by letter, nor had reference been made by him or by Mr. "Wood, the vice-president of tho company com-pany at any of their engagements In Los Angeles, where matters pertaining to oil developed by them were being looked after. "What tho board of directors collectively collec-tively has In view, President Bamberger Bamber-ger declined to anticipate. That there Is any infirmity at tho mines in Park City ho had not been advised during his absence. Certainly tho starting up of the new "slimes plant" would indicate indi-cate no impoverishment of tho company's com-pany's earnings. With the Interests of the oil company at Los Angeles with which ho and a wealthy crowd of Salt Lakers are iden- 1 tilled, Mr. Bamberger Is much pleased, ! and, with Mrs. Bamberger, will leave for the East at noon. At Ogden they ; were met by Messrs. Simon and Ernest Bamberger and others during the after- : noon. ( ( |