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Show Copper King Stockholders Discuss Advisability of a Compromise. Thirty or forty stock holders of the Copper King Mining company met at tho Commercial Club rooms Saturday afternoon to decide on their future attitude toward the proposed sale of the Copper King mine. A letter from Minneapolis capitalists backing the $5,000,000 company which desires to purchase and develop the Coper King made ft clear that they disliked the idea of litigation and suggested that a compromise could be effected If the stockholders here were so inclined. It was also made clear that Instead of bargaining for the sale of the stock held by Utah-Idaho people, the directors direc-tors of the Copper King had given a three-year option on the property Itself. It-self. This they had done by virtue of holding two-thlrdsof the stock issued. The advice ot lawyers here was to the effect that the property could be sold under certain conditions, but that the proper conditions did not obtain In this Instance. They advised a compromise, com-promise, however, if It were possible on fair terms, as litigation necessarily places even good properties at a disadvantage. dis-advantage. After a great deal of discussion dis-cussion and a decision of all the stockholders stock-holders to remain In the pool and tight for their interests, it was provided that the executive committee named at the previous meeting should confer with attornoys and make .such overtures over-tures to the Cooke City people as would bring about a compromise, if it could be made on an equitable basis. |