Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

gig 'v to 1 e 1. „ „ St^homas,Mrs Sadie B,George Nevada,June 1 1 th ,1920 Los A n geles,C al. Dear Madam: - i ecei.v eu, ,thanYkosu r f oxra vsoarm oef. the 9th in s t ,w ith enclosed check f o r • $.100 Herewith I en close you my deed f o r the fo r t y a cres o f la n d .u u it- ©laiming t i t l e to same to you as g ra n te e ,I a ls o en close w ith s a id eeu my co n tra ct w ith the s ta te f o r the purchase o f the fo r t y acres ? H § * • “ e r e r it h e n clo se d and f o r the fo r ty . W e e 1 1 ® B the deed sent you sometime ago,and a tta tch ed to s a id co n tra ct you w iil fm d e a l e t t e r from me to the State Land R e g iste r, tra n s- B p I 01 Hl hty Four D olla rs .and E ig h ty ' ca n ts, inpayment ox in t e r e s t due a t end o f year=Octohei^,lGth, 1920,and o f the nat£n+ If ofirl jHche e igh ty acres d e scrib ed in the. contract,-which i s the same « owo f o r t i e s covered by. your deeds,you w i 'l note that the 1 ieJ ° Cr i f ,nec dated, th e re fo re when you d ecid e .to take J 5 uhe cteect from the s ta te ju s t w rite: in the, date and send i t on w ith the money to the State W Heg ister,C a rb on C ity ,^ e v a la ." P * w J L b? i l e Yf^ 5 esP lain ed to '^ o u -that when the s ta te issu es the' P S ^ my name,but w il l go t o ' you., You w ill ...no te' ? ijF c? y ° u on^3r q u it claim the- -land to you, which " w ill hold" 8 ® S t H m / o u ^ a g a i n s t m efbut w ill not he I warrentee deed, have |ei-.tIle S a tent from, the s t a t e , i f you. care t i f f ;?( I B B B B i H P % **-£ K m v lzr g ra n t,b a rg a in and sa les w arrentee d e e d ,p r o v id in g ,o f c o u r s e ,th a t i n the li!ean * * ^ & & * ? n° t redeemed the land Under; the o p tio n s . ... ' Y f? w ill fin d e en closed herew ith an o p tion “to m e-to^etheh f .® r y our r ig h t ;t o purchase from }^ nd cover®d hy- the deed en closed , at" any time up to Dec. 6n.ts prear f o r th e'su n o f i'2C6.00,wiien I wrote the' on tion i^-ca-d not uninlr o f i e #4.80 in t e r e s t , that' w ilT be'du e' -on' '.Qct.hS+h‘ ° k r ^ ^ ysor t h L Si10UlC\ s a7 e fceen'"aad:6d t0 tHe the ’ 7 S fc llffl opJtio nWO. Ir -fh: ahvea Vi?n ctSlu. dHed ythoue pi fr ic1e LooTf'?'t#hTee- piaan tedn ht aacnkd from uhe m.i s months in t e r e s t , under the thought that you w ill take nn the-^patent b e fo r e .D e c . 16th,and th e re fo re I s I iS u L lV J tir n I h I t ^ n e y ' £0 you in c^se - purchased the lan d a ft e r you had g otten t Tie natent H H n?a l R l S B With a l l o f your m o W - r l L m e d ^ l ’ w ith the s i s montns in t e r e s t on the same.To save writing*'1 the n-^f-inn over ag a in .L et i t he understood th at i f I redeen ” e T a ld ! aSto " pay you the * * * * .-,$ 2 9 8 6 0 in p la ce o f the |28S; s ta te d in' ..Please signe the- o p tion and retu rn sapie .to me, ? • BI i n^oth «ii»l<g> nre wf iab out the Colorado ^ re je ct,T ^ e fe&hev is nb+-WnWvv ' r e je c t d ecid ed u p o n /it |||| gffllS" t h a t " t l f 1 °' s e r v lc e o_f the Government and the South west League whos# meetings, you attended - thinks - i t ought t o ' he..done,and w il l I f -they ca n ,a n d ,I b e lie v e they w iil succeed Li® ; 7 an ljXrae lh f in ^er3-or department has withdrawn from entry un en tered lan d that might come under the p r o je c t in oraer that i t nay not be en tered and the Government IiavePto V e-p u rch a se it.G o o d p o lic y ,b u t i t has put me o n : the b lin k . ' *'* *•' t +S ® , ° f r o f “ a|$e® ite was. b i l l e d out to Reeves la s t Monday and I think he probabley has i t by th is tim e,bu t,:I have not y e t heard from the bank as to whether o r n o t he has r e c e iv e d i t frSm the - r a ilr o a d and p a id the money in to the bank f o r it.E x p e c t to bears’ H h B N I B f e B j J 1® 0? ' B l i t t l e l e t t e r from 'T.K .SLoan, c h ie f F r2 ."b t f i l l ' ' 7 f 1JaT,aFSa7° a t e , a f ew, daYs a g o,sa y in g he had enquirers | I| | ? nra' ? f e i l B d e sire s L a olin e,a sk in g i f we S t i l l i g S L e f^ o .L .c a r s at n earest s ta tio n e t c . _£0ver)° Ii'a o lln e >l3Ut tlm t we Lad a m agnesite th at could ' : ^ i d'-'be u5§d I f su<5h?wfcen mixed w ith o th e r-m a te ria ls, t o ld M uk 9 g beeves _liaYeing: ordered a ca r, th at he, had t o m u la s f o r u s e i S *' and e je c t e d ;- t o s u p p ly p o tte rs w ith h is com position ' hoth l o c a ll j'’ ana as xar east as Ohio, 'suggested' that he hottpr* p i see Reeves and get f i r s t hand in fo m k x c m .a n r M t v e * V ™ 1 y Peeves co u ld supply 'h is man t o Sat ^ W i s c o ulmt* he t f J | . j S g i ^ H | Pra.tty Safe h et, that Sloan,has no enquirey from San Francium 51 'Iie"h5s ;win^e H something, to "the e f f e c t 'th a t there doinS- in , raagnesite,w ith Reeves or o t Tiers Jnd ju so wanted to see i f he cou ld g e t a p r ic e on it,b a s e d on San * +F5nC5 f CO ra ta ???-9S{?iM.e co n tra ct ,i f he cou ld on that bases andifthen t ;lFn+f " : ° I er f t ^ o s A ngeles, not mewling' i t to °ah ^ ra n scisco '|1 v P lacein g in -th eir poclrects. .the money ire ought to have, e ith e r ohat or they want to fin d e out dome way "to k i l l ^ i t "a ii ?/' , o g cth e r. Thought I b et ten send him to B eeves'and l e t "them have i t 3 out, now, so Reeves w ill-faiow Where :he i s a t w ith th e m ,if h e ’i s on the square,and i f he i s in with, \th'efct,tftey w il l "not ' have made a f e p " % Z m? n^ f0V W±CJ i n ^ h is ; round.about^w ay,for I d2I l i t « u o S S p r ic e to ^>1 own, want -o see a l i t t l e fu rth e r .“as to where he i s a t. f • . . ^ lie ^oapa dyp man told-m e the oth er day th ey would re o u ire tonnage b e fo re very lon g ^ for use w ith h h e ir ^product p tis2 ? t S / h ' fM s h anf , ia ea I a ‘ A 1 OY-Qr to thege ..gyp; -people, not "hawlinv i t a t al i and * ? e ^ -^ e r e n e e i n ' ih e ir -;poc-ko.t,.£t. an y-ra te S i w ii l "hav-eFto " come back and show s in c e r it y and re a l bu siness b eforl~ h d Jf-^s anv s a t i s f a c t i o n ,f o r I hare no con fid en ce in h im ,in fa c t have one o** 7 h is le t t e r s on f i l e stateln g- the m a terial i s no good and cannot | H H | | *?'H H ® £ % }£ ? 5 f l h'eep .him from x /x^ h .it.I am uheref ore waiting "to see; what w ill be-,t-ldieo innevx 1 ta nS-ratvfeei n^^- .and^-whether- they mean bu sin ess ' or whether 'they,'are out fo r ob stru ct 1 m p u i-iioses.P ossib ley the -nei0 move w i l l 'be th at Reeves' 'w il l re^u«e to ° I f ? ^ e . b a c h ht me w ith the fr e ig h t b i l l l ? i ^ M ^ e d c L t r ^ 'l T r n M ? i a? f Sent ? M H . o f . la d in g to the bank, and’ “ PfJJ 1 5 m 11 they ,Pa7 tne fr e ig h t,n o s S ib le y we may fin d e i e i a7 f ...5, ? af Gi MaS n esite ;in- Los A n g e l e s , s a l e . C a n you b eet d t / dont think- me .crazy,bu t -I .sometimes think th at S.L.MV Bunch would ao most anything to shinn us, p a r t i c u l a r l y m e,It a l l depends where Reeves g g a t , i f lie is e n t w ith them ; Cheer up °fch©' w orst i s ;yet- to comei Very' tr u ly your <*\