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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

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Creator: Syphus, Levi

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1925-01

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    man000338. Sadie and Hampton George Papers, 1874-1944. MS-00434. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d19z90q23

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    Mrs Sadie B.George Los A ngeles, C al. St.Thomas iNevada Jan.12th,1925 Dear Madami~ Yours 7th. and the Blue paper has Been Burned, Cannot say as to whether or not th ere are an y"sn akes". But do not q u ite see the purpose o f the statment a t th is la te day. Have no fu rth e r in form ation as to the attem pted water a p p rop ria tion . I f you canp By the testim oney o f a competent surveyor e s ta b lis h th at mesquite sprin gs are on your J-and, and you took a c tio n Before they had developed water and d iv e rte d i t from your land, or p o s s i- B ley Before they had a p p lie d the water to te n i f i c i a l use, you cou ld estop them and p ro sicu te them f o r tre sp a s. The S tate,u nder the p ro v isio n s o f its water la w ,or any other law, does not have the righ t to au th orize the a p p rop ria tion o f water h eld in p riv a te ownership, or to grant the r ig h t to develop water upon lands so h eld . But when a p p lic a tio n is made to the S tate fo r perm itt to appropriate w ater, i t a d v e rtise s such a p p lic a tio n in the p a p e r ,th e n ,if a fte r the s tip u ­la t e d time no one makes p ro te s t aga in st the a p p lic a t io n ,it assumes i t to Be p u b lic water and p u b lic land and grants the p erm itt. But such perm itt cannot invade the r ig h t p riv a te ownership.But the s ta te through the advertisem nt is l e f t B lam less, and the d isp u te must then Be s e t t l e d , ^ Between the p a r tie s in c o n f l i c t . I f the s itu a tio n is,w h at i t seems, in the Indian Springs l o c a l i t y you might p o s s ib le y run up aga in st a sute f o r damages i f you should Bring a sute fo r tressp a ss B efore you had a .survey o f your land made and was in p o s it io n to prove By a competent Purveyor that the springs were w ith in the Boundaries o f your lan d. I f By such testim oney you can prove such to Be the f a c t . You cou ld p ro sicu te them f o r trespa&s i f they d id development work on you? land or d iv e rte d the water As I understand the s itu a t io n they would havfc to do some s o r t 1f d evelopment work in orrd er to d iv e r t such w ater. I have made the above statm ent,Becuase o f the f a c t , th at I over heard p art o f a con versation ,w h ich leads me to B elieve the fo llo w in g very probabley is the s itu a tio n out th e re . There lias Been a re-su ryey,B y the Government, o f the Three tow nships,w hich p a rtle y surround the tow n ship in which Mesquite sprin gs i s situ ated,O ne o f these re-su rveyed tow nships Being fefefe one/n which Indian Springs Ranch is s itu a te d , and that under the new survey o f the la t t e r tow nship,the Indian Springs Ranch, i s found to Be on the le g a l suB -divisionyfrhilbLatim er claim ed the ranch under h is Homstead e n try , and i s not under the le g a l sub­d iv is io n d escrib ed under Townerfe deed fo r the place,life the deed,as I understand it,u n d e r which you fo lk s claim ed your in t e r e s t in the ranch, T h erefore,you s e e , i f such i s r e a l t y the case,an d i f , a l s o , the le g a l subdxvxsion corn ers o f the township in which you lan d i s situ a ted ,h a s Been changed By anyone, i t might Be d i f f i c u l t f o r the surveyor to e s ta b lis h th at your land does cover the sp rin g s; Unless the dorners Of and in , that township are very c le a r le y and d e fin it le y d escrib ed in the fx e ld notes o f the survey on f i l e in the Federal Land o f f i c e a t Reno Might L e tte r -P a id Hew xork c i t y ,:: J a n .2 8 th ,1325 Mr L evi S t. Lyphus T noma s,i# evada Intended to s ta r t f o r lievada to*»day, but abscence s im possible* W ill you p lea se send f o r us Ten Days ex ecu tion o f tin e from Feb. 1st* Important you do th is as w ell as f o r o u r s e lv e s ,a s I am endeavoring to make o f men here make o r Two Weeks both f o r you you t o t company i f n ecessar payment on p roperty in order to tr a s fe r r I la s t saw you ,you sa id you would ek Send ex ten tion agreement to Stevens & When t i t l e to our new tend th is qd u rtscy Vegas, B cle iv e good f o r both o f us H , Hindiey rush answer David S. Walker. enaerson,Lac by 4 - W - i m **-***- w r i . Mrs Sadie B.Seorge Los A n geles,C al. ||iThomas,Nevada Jan.14th,1925 Dear Madam fou rs 7th r e c e iv e d . The S a lt Lake crowd never answered my le t t e r ,t h e r e fo r e i t seems my su cp lcion s were c o r r e c t ,t h a t i t was on ly some one fe e lin g fo r our p o s it io n . I have "been fo r s e v e r a ll f or s e tt in g the s a lt moving, days a gon,and now fin d e II I can have enough o f the I can present i t to you. days w orkin In fa c t OS t at a d e fin it plan o f ac t io n d a l e t t e r to you s e v e r a ll i t may he two or three days more "before d e t a ils d e fin it le y worked out so that But I d e sire you to tr e a t the matter c o n fid e n tia l,e x c e p tin g such o f i t as you may d&sblose to W illa rd u n t i l l we come to an understanding. I have taken step s to a s ce r ta in the w h ole-sale p r ic e o f high grade r o c k -s a lt d e liv e re d upon the w h a r ^ New York C ity , hut o o s s ib le y may f a i l in g e ttin g the in form a tion in tim e ,1h e re -fo re I wish 30 u would w rite W illa rd th ere at once and have him fin d e out that f a c t f o r you ,as soon as p o s s ib le , f o r I am o f the op in ion that there is a prosp ect o f landing some o f our product there at a low p r o fit,w h ic h would help out immensley in the general plan i f i t can he done. Havent time to go in to thedetails,but^;vo u can say to W illa rd ,th e re cou ld , i t now seems, a sm all p r o fiM fa d e from s a lt l a i d down on the N.Y Wharfe at $11 per ton . Note4rhat 30 u say about W ilard handling the p r o p o s itio n , | think probabley he miglt , but u n t ill I have a l l oi the fa c t o r s o f the th ing worked out I cannot say, I am convinced o f th is ,however, th at we have simple-ygot to come to some / -vl 11 a under which he or some one e ls e can place^the product or we are goin g to fin d e our selv es dying o f f without r e a lis in g anything out qf i t oth er than they may see f i t to giv e us under condemnation p rocee­d in g s. I d e sire you not tfife d ivu lge any o f tl^ M ^ to our fr e in d the Judge u n t ill I have presented the developed pletan to you. Very h a stley -x o ‘to"i chQHic oigfi *b -aeiqoo b esolon e ovt eriJ ongla ©aaelcf .8 . AT' aexqo-o owl 'isrilo B sli'i ©vnfl ^siafl ©is oi n*iui©n bus ©mil 'io n o lln sl notxfi cfu moti5 oii&i IIIJtl ^An-sd o.li dJjfcw bn a ^oxnoIlB aus:Il<6» rfoivj * Ci,u »0@8ii J IG uCfJtSOS*! St.Tbomas,Nem da Jan. 2912i ,1925 Mrs Sadie 3 , George Los A n geles,C a l. Dear Madam:.- t3|t J _ Herewith I en close you copy o f telegram r e ce iv e d vesterdav reaue2 t 4da lFQr‘ i f et S !v e d ecid ed U H ad v isa ble to grant requested. For i f they mean business they w ill come across thaen ywexatye, ntion and i f tt]hey dont they would not have paid on th e f i r s t . Two weeks^ more w ill not "be very lon g the end o f th at tim e, May to w aite. So we w ill see i t be the r ig h t th in g. what turns up at Nothing on S a lt from any one. And have had no word from Judge Toland, I think we cou ld get a s a lt sate on the r a ilr o a d , I B Set in to +h* market at about f i f t y cents per ton r o y a lty , p rov id in g we were wilTir»*r I B B i B i N I t}»P «-operty tlr s p a c in g . i K H W t # # S * TJnaer^Sch an 1 cou ld m the p eriod o f about Ten Years get somethin^ lik e qoo non tons moved which would net the companv or I shnnid + L > ° ° J. stock h old ers $250,000 hy the tine the 500,000 t o L S c t e i ta : a i lll-o S w I h ilk ^ l P a? on® B 8 ®/4ths | th e ’ comranjB I fudge u n t ill I get your op in ion , T J ? ? there i s an item connected w ith th e ir a ttitu d e that I have not a£auaintSd date, and I am w a itin g to see what h is re p ly i s \ o i n g to that l iaay he su re. I had expected to Imve worked out the d e t a ils f o r p u ttin gover the above p ro p o sitio n ,a n d to have subm itted the same to y o u ,fo r your op in ion begore th is tim e, but have not been b le to do so . I t was th at I had re fe re n ce to when I in tim ated there ou ld be a p ro p o s itio n under which your Son cou ld take the m atter up. As m atters stand,how ever, I would now p r e fe r r to w aite f o r ano+hor* dJyf or | £ f weeks,and see what ?/alfeers bunch does, I f they should l i t t l e monel i s poss:U)J-e we might then oDnclude to put a I f § 1 I M and see what could be done w ithout givei,ng uupp aannyj oo ff ii tt .. II fig u r e i t w ill take a t le a s t $10,000 to put matters i n shape so that we can mine and d e liv e r i t cheep!ey enough to 111 i nto the market. And th at does not &&&&&& mean doing i t under the p re s en t r a te . That w ill have to come down b e fo re we cn do any good. Let me know what you think as to the above and o b liv e Yours very trujrey f t H M . 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