Show POST DIVIDENDS Iron Blossom Passes and Public Pub Pub- lie lic lc Left Lef to Guess the Reason Directors of or Colorado Mining and of ot Sioux Consolidated at their regular meetings held hel In Provo 0 yesterday declared de do- t- t dared the re regular ular month monthly 1 dividends of ot eight cents and seven on e cents a share respectively while Iron Blossom which In April paid Its first dividend at at tho tue rate late of ot eight cents a share declared de de- de- de dared clard no dividend for tor May Colorado's Colorados dividend o of OOOO will win be bo distributed on May fu 20 to shareholders of record May fa 1 15 It I wll wl make the total af at 1 paid I by the company company com com- pany puny In dividends Sioux Consolidated's dividend and transfer closing dates are tho the same as asare asare asare are those of ot Colorado Its IR total dl distribution dis dis- for tor the month will be something something some sonic thing ov over r It I will wi mako 01 51 1 cents a share sharo that the thc company has paid in profits In the last eight months and the thc treasury surplus Is so 80 lal large c that man many had anticipated an increased d dividend this month No Xo official explanation ton D of o oh h why Iron Blossom passed Its Is dividend was vouchsafed yesterday An attempt to raise raile the Pr Provo Pro o office by hy telephone failed While It was generally known leon that that the company's surplus lat last month dl did not warrant the paying o of an eight cent cent dividend shipments from the mine mine In the tho meantime had been so hea heavy that It I was believed tho tile apparent apparent I ent emit deficiency wan Id be made mao good gOOI That the tho ore shipped from rom the mine is not of so O hl high h grade as It has been represented to bo be Is one ono of oC the conclusions conclusions forced upon the p public while another explanation volunteered h by outsiders Is that the smelter may may be behind In Its Is settlements That there has been heen gross ross manipulation manipulation lation laton of ot Iron Blossom stock upon the market marlet Is now so 90 apparent that that no ono one attempts to Icily deny it and it is unnecessary ear sary to explain how It was don done It I will wil take a n long time to get the Issue back into tho good graces races of ot the tho In Int eating public public public-if It If It I I Is ever done lone and and there isn't much doubt that tho the fiasco will wil affect ct tv tu i some extent all nn of ot the Knight stocks |