Show V VALLEY Y F FARMERS ARM RS RSM M TODAY This Afternoons Afternoon's S Session Is Preliminary to the Conference Conference Conference Con Con- ference With Mine Owners Owners Owners Own Own- ers Saturday Morning Through th the tho efforts of Harry S. S Jo- Jo I fI ph who Is 15 a member of the Mine Owners Owners' association the valley farmers are meeting this afternoon to discuss discus a proposition looking forward to tho the continuing continuing continuing con con- I In operation of ot the smelters Tho The sm smelter smaller lter companies have ha no representatives representatives tives at this meeting aa UI they believe that thc they will assuredly have ave to abide by the tho decision of ot tho the courts court Smelter representatives n- n SI say vory very plainly plaint that they have fought their legal fight and having been beaten they Intend to retire from the Held flied The object of nt this afternoons afternoon's mt meeting Is 18 to prepare for tor tho the conference of ot farmer farmers farm- farm er ers era with the mine owners at tho the Commercial club rooms Saturday morn- morn inK Ing When Whon the Joint meeting ml Is held Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- tho the mine owners will try to con- con vinco Inco the farmers that It would not b be to the advantage of ot either elUH r the mine owners or the farmers for tho the smelters to move out of or th the valley valloy It Is thought that an amicable arrangement ment can be made but It Is apparent that tho the proposition will have to como come from tho farmers themselves them them- f selves elvea Harry Ham S. S Jos Joseph ph secretary of the Mine Owners Owners' association said Raid thIs morning that he lie Is not acting for tor the tho smelter r owners owners own own- ers era and that he simply desires the farmers to get et to together ether to see what a hardship the they will force on th the tho mine owners if It they oust tho the smelters from the valley W We do not hold that the farmers are not entitled to consideration said laid Mr Ir Joseph but several Jle thousands of laboring laborIng laborIns labor- labor Ing Ins men In the th Imel r may bo be deprived of ot employment In midwinter and the same sam number of miners will probably be affected d b by the closing down of th the thA VAley valley valley VA- VA val val- ley plants plante lame We e fuel fe-el f l that wo WI can devise deviso ways was by which both the farmers and the smelters smallen will get Jet proper prot protection and th the th operations will b be continued |