Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

Mrs Sadie 5 George Lob Angeles*Calif* St.Thomas,Nevada May Jth ,1929 Dear Madam:- , , * ? „ « Saturday laBt I wrote and mailed a le tte r to Dr Neel, intended fo r both he and you rself, with reference to representations made me "by Mr Sucker for Independent Salt Company, and also re citin g conclusions reached by the d irectors here concerning said representation s. Dr w ill no doubt c a ll you in connection le tte r with same,and ale° a t enclosed therewith adressed to Lewis Andrews,congernlng p rlp l?a liS S o f a Supplemental agreement covering p rop oeed ^ reliefto said jompany in the event you a ll agreed to the piovoBition. *°£nmaL | ind® i t a ll very confusing because o f the manner in which it is wniti;en, for uI nhuaevuea lhleayd dquumibte a serious seige o f flue and on account thereo am I am not surprised at there being a cut in p rice o f sa lt,n eith er shall I be su rp rised ,if there is a further cut ,or surprised at almost anything that may happen ,by way of preventing olefs stehee mfraonmn egr oiinng wohni chw itsha ltth efr olmea osuer, fdoerp oIsfit. 1®cu,,£t9s t i4nS5toiy +thfLe ^sMaxf$t i<b?juiissiinnees8sB generaly, but back o f that is the fact* that i f the salt is sa tisfa cto­r ily gotten on to the market ^ w ill give our other deposits in the reservoir bacin substantial values under oonedmnation£a8nd which values could not be established i f the lease fa ile d ,fo r I do not believe we could again lease in time to do any goodj|, &&&M& which values would eventualley have to be paid by the southwest, and therefore we need not be surprised i f other sa lt dealers,by way o f heading o f f our lessees, represent to the trade that it is adding burdens to the southwest by taking this sa lt eto. Rucker reported to me,as per le tte r I sent Dr Neel,that the fir e insurance companys did not care b teke the risk o f insureing our m ill, That is companys situate within th is state with headquarters ,or agents at Las Vega^f. When one thinks o f what happened to the Rio Virgin River Bridge, we need not be Surprised i f insurance companies should fe e l there I s s i n i s t e r ^dienvteelroepsmtse nstosm aenwdh eirme pwrohvo mwenitlsl "wOift.h in ba0i* T*ag,e~ ~ Therefore everything considered, 1 think we should carefu lley estimate a ll o f the conditions before we ignore any seemingley r ®a® ® ^ l® nt representations made be lessees, t do not mean tkat we K r t h i n k we everything' requested, but such thereof as seems resonable, I think we should allow , up u n t ill such time as they get the w a s h i n g s J ’111tal e andhave a reaoenable time in which to get the products thereform w ell into the markets. I want to get out o f here and in to the doctors &ands for a month or ao iuBt as soon as I can,otherwise my habitation w ill be lim ited to an’ i o f e 6; by 6 feet deep, before very long. I»unt, however,to eee the magnesite work for the year done ** J j therefor w ill be starting same immediatley, that is overseeing * remember oor.eotleyTyou have already paid §90 towards this TWTS work, an d eaid Z* duly emended, I would like to employ a man,or have done for you, the remaining *73*50 due from Soth!*4 ‘lolr t n ^ s l r f r o f i t h M Y e t W e ? ^ , . Some parties seemingley interested.but no money in sight jaia**** I do not now think there w ill he before &long in the f a l l , i f then. Let me know what you think,and t e l l me any news o f importance you oaxe to do. ' I shall not request you,this time, to extend my love to^m iee^ but isent it d if fic u lt tho,to hang anything on an innocent person (? ) Very truly yours OFFICERS and DIRKOTORS T. O. TO LAND, Ph ust. HA RR Y G EN TR Y , Viok-P kkst. B. F>. BONKLLI, S ec t. L E V I SY PH U S, Tr icaSi VIRGIN RIVER SALT CO. CRYSTAL AND ROCK . SALT INC. GEN. OFFICE: ST. THOMAS. LINCOLN COUNTY, NEV. WORKS: SALVATION SALT PLACER MINE ®/?\S St. Thomas, Nev.r i _ 190_ Mrs Sadie B George Los A ngeles,C alif, Dear Madam Yours received, Thanks for the information and advise therein contained, Cant say about the •/arba'* ,but I am some fiendfrf fo r the beans, High blood pressure,however, is not my trouble,Myn'e being that o f a normal man o f 20 years, It is ju st an excess o f bone in my cranium,some o f which is missplaced The salt royalty fo r the month o f May was paid on or about the 5th inst,And Mr Sucker wrote me that he had renewed the indu strial insurance,and was moving to secure the fir e insurance, and further that i t is there intention to fu lle y comply with the terms o f the lease, It would therefore seem the l i t t l e controversey may have resulted in some good. But I am c°nvinoed i t is advisable to keep matters up to scratch with them, At least I have not yet come to place fu lle s t confidence in thdir concern. I am o f the opinion,however, that they are sincere in wanting to make some money out o f the lease,and to do it ,that is anything in a large way,they have to keep going u n till you know; I may say to,that we are lik le y up against i t i f ever this lease f a ils , therefore,! there may come a time when we w ill have to help them over some rough places , but i t should not be done u n till i t can be shown oon olu eiv ley ,it is a necessity in order to keep the lease frwom fa ilin g . The B/F/fBonellis estate has now been closed to the point o f the court isueing it s order o f distribu tion o f the property, a c e r t ifie d copy o f whic$ order wag presented yesterday,together with Franks c e r tific a t e fo r the 250 shares o f h is stock,and three new c e r t ific a t e s ,o f 83,1/3 shares each was issued to t h e //^ ] three h eirs,resp eotiv ley . Mr George Bonelli was here with Mr Perkins, and made demand to become one o f the directors o f the dompany, I advised him,that the stockholders meeting would occure in October fo r the election o f o ffice rs,a n d a ll he would have to do would "be to appear at that time with the neces-sary number o f votes for his ele ctio n . He enquired among other things, i f the City o f Los Angeles,or the southwest had ever made an o ffe r for the property, I rep lied no, and suggested to him,that the thing for the southwest to do would be to help leasees to get out a l l o f the ealt p ossible before inundation came,and that i f and when, the question came up as between him self and sou, candidate for Mayor o f your c it y , it might be advisable to mention such to him. I dont know what he was fish in g fo r , but there ie something back o f his question. In any eventIhe is very desirous o f becomming a member o f +v v i of * • •**» sugg_ d tha, Mr Perkins be retained aa such, I informed him that such was a matter en tirley at the d isposition o f the stockholders o f the company and could a ll be taken care o f at the reglar stockholders meeting. 4 oar o f material and equipment cam in a few days ago, and has now been moved down to the sa lt d ep osit,I suppose its in sta llation w ill soon be under way,and the washing plant set in operation. I have not been down for quite' sometime now,but probabley w ill be going before long. Have our part of. the magnesite work nearley completed, and expect the whole o f the required work to be completed in ample time. Very tru ly yours P.S. Please give Dr Heel the news,such as there is .a s 1 havent time to write him this morning. L.W.8. W ill just say a few words,on th is seperate sheet,with reference to Miss Neels stock c e r t ific a t e s , And that is,th a t earn were deposited with you as company treasurer,subject to the"further order o f the hoard o f d irectors" The Dr wrote me sometime ago, saying,the matter was k eft en tirley to me,in so far as he and his siste r were concerned,and to say ju st what she should do to have the ce r tific a te s delivered to her^.In reply to which I wrote suggesting that upon her making a duly acknowledged ce rtifica te ,a n d delivering same to the company , ce rtify in g the stock was hers e tc, the board would no doubt turn over the stock. I am not at a ll sure such proceedure is necessary, But I wanted to see what r e a c t io n would be had from i t . There does not seem to be a d isposition to folow my suggestions altho I was adgised i t would be done. The thiig the company is up against is th is, The stock was not delivered to the company by Miss Neel h e rse lf, i t is endorsed in blank, in what is seemingley her signature,and before giving i t up the company,should be sure i t is going back to her, that is reach her and go into her posession,unless the company has a proper order from her to deliver i t elsewhere. It w ill be better for the company i f she does make demand for# the stock, aijs&o i t is not necessary for her to do i t , in the s tr ic te s t sense. The board w ill no doubt give i t up at the next meeting at which a ll,o r nearley a ll o f the directors are present, but ehe company does not have her adress,Up to date the Dr has not seen f i t to deliver it,a n I do not lik e to ask him for i t . I am ^ot saying at a l l that Dr is not s trio tle y straight in the matter. But he did give me to understand that h is siste r had suffered a serious break down some ye&rs a go,and w^u some what nervous. I think every thing is a l l rig h t, but the stock cannot be turned over without an# order from the board to that e f fe c t ,without making you personalley lia b le fo r i t . There is a regular meeting o f the baord the f ir s t monday in July,and quite possibley i t can be taken care o f at that time. But in the mean time we w ill see what turns up, I am sa tisfie d thihe stock belongs to Miss Neel. But i t is in the oompanys posession,and i t has no legal right to d e liv er,or turn i t over,to any one but h er,or upon her demand. We dont know her adress, it has not ben forth comming. I am sa tisfie d the Dr is straight in the matter, but i t seems the matter w ill have to rest where i t iB u n till the July meeting. By the way, Bonelli and Perkins were very anxcious that the dividend be declared o f what l i t t l e money is on hand. I rep lie d,that i t was n t worth while to go to the expence o f a meeting before July,and i f at that time the directors saw f i t to declare one i t could b be then done. I have not yet written Andrews for his b i l l but w ill do so soon. L.W.S. VIRGIN RIVER SALT CO. in c . e^S OFFICERS and DIRECTORS T. O. TO LAND, P rbst. CRYSTAL AND ROCK SALT HARRY GENTRY , V iok- P kkst. B. F. BONULLI, S ect. GEN. OFFICE: ST. THOMAS. LINCOLN COUNTY, NEV. WORKS: SALVATION SALT PLACER MINE St. Thomas, Nev.,______ ,_______ 190