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Show DIVIDEND OF MAY DAY IS DECLARED As expected by shareholders the directors of the May Day Mining company, al their meetinc Thuredav afternoon, declared a quarterlj dlvi-dend dlvi-dend of .: cents a share which will be paid on February 10 the books ' losing on Februarv 1 This calls for ,,,H l,n "'"'" of JIM...,,,, tli.f,- b.-lni; s,m- shares f stock outstanding While no statement was Issued show ing the average earnings of the company com-pany It was made clear bv those acquainted with conditions thai rh Ma v Day easil, a earning well above dividend requirements and with anything any-thing like adequate railroad car serv Ice these earnings will be far more generous. To date, the May Da com pan v has 'nald Ji.is.Oiin in dividends making !,l,,,tolasi,,,i8b,rsemenl ln aeptember, 908 This profit rnonev was wrune the bodies of silver and lead ore during the pnst years of opera-tlons opera-tlons i rom the surface to th.. tenth leve m was in developing these sii-ver-Iead nr bodies thai the manage mom throughout former vears Tan across the sine ore, and' zinc ore heretofore B hateful ami hated product pro-duct has now been converted into a ' l,'sng that Is measure,) bv dlvi dend material I The May Day was about the first Tlnfle-company in 112 to appreciate tnai its sine ore tonnage migi)r be brought into available rrn. BUll Of the wide Bpread in the price of spelter When the possibilities of I this zinc ore were set forth h, The Tribune during the early summei there were verv few .en among j shareholders who gave this new , Phase of the property an. serious, credence. But when .be management began --shipping us zinc tonnage to Ihe middle sresl imelters, and when Other companies began t0 follow Buit and earnings began pouring in where there had been deficits and assessments assess-ments the world began to sit UD ii n d iak- notice. 1 Shareholders therefore have a combtuation of circumstances t0 thank for this happy consummation of Ma Dai affairs The world-wide scarcity or zinc picked spelter up irom an average of 5 60S ents ner I pound in 191 ami lifted it to .; Titfi cents for nr. average of 1912 St Louis prices thereby oienimi the doors for the sale or a larg,. rt:,h zinc ore tonnage The May Dav j manaeiii'iit deserves credit for Its courage In going aTier the zinc ores which theretofore had been a wbolh unknown f etor while everyone connected con-nected with the rompam has reason to congratulate themselves thai thej ! hold a piece of Tinlle property so I capable or adanting itseir m th changing conditions oi tb metal i market. Attention has been called in these I columns before to the fact thit the, 1 I May Day hevcofore In it-- or shipments b.. - had ,, r, penalt, "M all I he i DC con la ,ne, mi I be op dead line Vow tn I oinpanv ha- m my a penally upas I the lead con. aincd in the inC orij " above a pegged point Rm (here l" 'profit in shipments either wav " SURPRISE PARTY Mis- Marcella Dmsdnlo as plea fe antly surprised last evening by ni.mlier o: her o ng friends who call I I unanno'iin d at .he Hinsdale homfl on Grant a .-r.ue . o . t. , "Jp The hours following the snrprisS 'ere -i-nt In plavme children I eames. which Interested the younBj I eople verj much The onnc hoptT ilso played a n imber of piancW selections which were enjoyed. a tastv luncheon was served aC i p m . shortly after which thH guests departed for their homes. jB Thos- present were Mis-.s 'al l n Knowlton Cwvn Williams. BuenH ner Vui Ilia Fa II ner Amellsaa Spanfa, Ethel Williams. Lisle i o.ideil7 Myrtle lames. Edna N'lelson, VictolL ria Siangf- F.dna Rlchai d-mi. Marl f.iciit Dlnsdale and Marcella Dins,, dale Masters Ix-ster Faulkner. Hilt' k-r Williams. Rees Williams. OrB Wil iams. Edward Richardson. HarrH Wesl Daniel Shupe and Wane Vnf ierson |