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Show WILL BECK TUNNEL CARVE USUAL MELON? The local talent again Is looking at Beck Tunnel, the Sphinx of the local board, to find If any trace can be. discovered discov-ered as to the declaration of the usual monthly dividend on the tenth of the month. And. as usual, the Beck Tunnel gives no Indication. For three or four months the stock has taken a headlong tumble a few days before the dividend posting day, only to Jump np a dollar or so wltjen tho dividend was declared. It looks as If the same programme was to bo carried out this time. No one knows if the company will pay this month, nor did they know last August or July. Tho.'se who try to keep In touch with the organization state that they have heard nothingf to the contrary, when asked if the regular dividend will be posted. And they a- that the present shipments from the mine certainly would Just'lfv dividends. Another Is of the opln-that opln-that If the company can receive the settlement set-tlement upon tho cars of ore awaiting treatment, there would be ample funds on hand to allow such a thing being done. And that, again Illustrates the difficulty dif-ficulty being met' with by shippers of ore to the local smelters. U would be very poor policy to bet thnt the Beck will pass the dividend this month, yet on Friday th stock kept on the lower range of the ladder. |