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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

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    S t. Thomas | Nevada Aug,. 3rd,1925 Mrs 1 Si-die ? B .G eorge: Los A n geles,G al, Lear Madam; your l e t t e r r e c e iv e d , Ho dainage at a l l done.by m ailing th e dffidaT O t to me here,Aeafehed me b e fo re I I e f t f o r Las T egas. Kote your statm ent w ith ,-referen ce 'to F etry ’ s-- c o n v e r s a tio n 'w it^ o u Do not lo o k f o r those chem ists any more, f o r L lea rn their, or at le a s t, one o f them,is*, in the Mast,' 1 th in k L o th .: I .suppose vrorld.hg , \Vwith t h e : ••j&rty-, to whbme .we , gave, th e r ig h t to s e l l the "property. T heir e f f o r t might; su cced, hut from what I hate s in c e lea rn ed , .th ere are those who say th e p rocess i s not s©unci, i f n o t, -they w ill-f a i l . i venture to s a y ,/ you have not ; had any.more word from Mrs Timmons , u nless' i t was fey way o f in tim a tin g , that thej/lw ere not; now in te ib s te d in th e p rop erty, our’ s i unean. and th at - they had found another that, suted/them, L e tte r. her I q u ite expect .you w i l l . This fo r reasons sta te d in my l e t t e r o f a week or so ago. ? th at i s , th at P etrey t o ld h is man Speincer, that 1 had sa id the p rop erty m ight.'fee;,-,free, in a Lout, 30 ''days,^penoer in .tu r n .woulcl-.' t e ll- Timmons, and th en they would’:; push th e d e a l; through th eyF eh cef, Petreyy fihe | /w ou ld ?regretty'.hetVeing made;, her . st atments t o you . th a t mornirg , add ' "would .try P la tte r to minimise i t by not say in-- anymore, or i f anything, .-intim ate.', they.w ere not lon g er in te r e s te d , so th at we would go on , w ith ,T?etrey. , No I clont b e lie v e i t id the Germans,behind him,I th ink / i t i s the T impious- Walker crowd. And Unless "Timmons talks, fS b ora b ley t o ; you a ga in , and makes arrangment^ tn II ; see mc>-s shs 'said she would, while- /takin g to you. I / sha.ll s t i l l f e e l sure they are the; on es-beh in d P etry . I have, during the past two^'weeks r e c e iv e d -several 1 le t t e r s and telegram s from d iffe r e n t p a rtie s ,in Los A n geles, ,H olieywood,aikl'"o.ter 'places; a i l guaddidley enqtiireing ; about; v eriou s phases o f the p rop erty and d iffe r e n t ways o f acq u irein g i t . They are a l l :in such form ,th a t I ,t h in k , I read ley d istin g u ish t h fin e e ta lia n hand o f Timmons H alter e t c . . I may be m istaken, '?'-butyl- th ink it/w o u ld he w ise f o r y o u ,in your con v ersa tion w ith P e tr y ,to intim ate p r it t y b roa d ley ,th a t, we are n o t'p a y in g much ,< vention fco , ppopositioim oommong our- o f Lbs A n g e le s ,e tc . Eut : th a t /wc - have some: very in teyestin gvan d ' clef i n i t ypropositiorB made us froia;. Las te rn p arties,. .1 s a y ./th is , fop tH eL reason,tiiat, (w h ila / i t .is ;!tru we have th ose, they are not V ery good) so. lo n g ag ­ue tak oth er p r o p o s it io n s w ithout q u a lify in g where '-they come f rom,they. w il l thinkffjfj§ irave re fe re n ce to th o s e ,o n ly coiimiihg out o f Los A ngeles,and v a c in ity ,a n d which -I b e lie v e they Mbs in s p ire d , '-anc w il l not be a fra icl o f . t h e d e a l because o f th ose, but i f we ,;get i f o v e r /t o them,tlirougii P e tre y ,th a t other p a r tie s from other 1 - o c a lit ie s , nofe in sp ire d by them,are. r e a lle y a ft e r the 'p rop erty ,! | 'b e lie v e ;t h e y ,th r o u g h P e t r y w i l l mote; q iiick ley comb to a deal and w il l ©band 'for, V- r a is e on th e ir form er p r ic e in ord er' to get th e'1 p ro p e rty , '/whenJ they other wise would n o t. Put would d a lle y alon g fo r a lon g/fop tion w ithout money 'down, e t c • - .Therefore I th in k -. i t b e tte r to -follow the above' p la n ,u n t ill i t Is ;.clear I am wrosg. I f i t .develops that I am, -th ere ’ can be no harm clone. Walker is a sharp b i r d , .s k ille d in a l l o f ik e / devious and. cin eu tiou s methods o f estbrn b ig fin a n ce e rin g . to much f o r th a t,ik e i t fo r what i t sorth . or oo Tier is have headed him o il*,c v in oorae* way - t i e d iiini: up. -^ su g g e st ? h at might,- he ^rell . p u to g e t i n com m unication xTith him, ? and ju s t e n q u i r e 'o i him i f : he i s i n t e r e s t e d in m a g n e tite , and i f o b , l e t him lniovf,that you a r e in t e r e s t e d i n the.;,prgper;ty; h ere,an d , had u n d erstood iron': me. th a t he had done sote c o rrisp o n d ih g .w iitly ; ee about i t , e t c . -In tim ate ? t© h im ,th a t e a s te r n nan n e s ; a r e hot ????I, |. I| preg should n ot lo o s e t i nod at on ce. F , and t h a t i f ' he ' e x p e c ts : 'to .;db! a n y thing, he. m e ..e t c . I f a n y th in ^ 1d e^ elp ig ir o n i t l e t me ? te le .o r a rest'erdad ir o n a ‘Hr :E a n n is te r ' ir o n n i l e y wood, along:; -same .lin e s , hut;'; it, here'' t h i; +fey'ons- . Jdllcer , a r k ,s u b tle y staniped through i t , tdyegnade Iini r 6 j l y j ^ i j . ;e would,;£urantee a ; 4 « - i b n b y n o n t p h y ; ' g i v i n g - nron&Ev h on tl,etc. P oosih ley he wilji'. come, hack, hut dono. oliink so.. ? About '‘the;„;land« ? a -1 p fi :you r'm oney,' i i ‘ n ot I . Im ve.it dev. t h e d e a l v.w ill iiiat,e;r i a l i s e , a h d you .-will' ’ s i t u a t i o n to w h ereyth ey w i l l he estop p ed ,.'iron h^bting-- me. •’Af. i- e y do su e . 3o 1 am a i b t g e a s i e r abou t is-idO siiu .& x io il• i i y c o m e s jgi i t ci 11 sLipposc you w i l l have g o tte n my l e t t e r . w r itte n iron-.'Las Vegas ;und u A ll t h e o a iiid a v it w ith the. .bank Ad per d ir e c t io n , nay . i t : cbm® ou.t< a rllrig h t. 7// f W m V* S i T'\ . 4% S t. -homas, Hevada,Aug • 6th, 1925 Mrs Sadie B•George Los A n geles,C al. Bear Madam Herwith I en d ose copy o f a l e t t e r I have th is day-w ritte n Ilillia m P etry,,sam e i s f o r your in form a tion . sayin g h is p a rtie s would riot move u n t ill sometime in September, » and d id not d e sire t o h old us up on the p r o p o s itio n . But would l i k e to proceed when they .race r e a d y ,if we s t i l l had the property# The C olorado p a r tie s o f whome I w rote you,as haveing made earnest enq.ijirey f o r the prop erty,an d who were n e g o tia tin g f o r i t two years ago. have a ls o inform ed me th ey are not now in te r e s te d ,s in c e they cou ld not proceed a t on ce. T herefore our presen t b est "bets are r e tr y and Timmons, Both o f whome, as I have h e re to fo r sta ted are in r e a lit y ,h a c k o f the seen s, ju st Timmons crowd. However, f o r f e a r I might be m istaken in th a t, we d ecid ed to tr y out P etry f i r s t , hence the above l e t t e r , or I should have sa id the en closed l e t t e r to him. Hope you w ill be a b le to make out the © py. I wish you would c a l l him up and finde'Tbf he lias r e ce iv e d my l e t t e r , and whether or ncjt they w il l send on \th §ir engineer a t once# Gather axp in form ation you can from him. I f they re fu se to a c t on account o f the p r ic e named, a s ce r ta in what they might be w illin g to do,arid l e t me know. in the event they are not in t e r e s t e d ,o r w ill not take a c tio n fo r te n or f i f t e e n days* Then I suggest th at you get in touch w it lw Mrs Timmons, you cou ld get her a dr 63s , i f you do not have it ,fr o r i James MCLaoklin, 435-43G T it le insurance B ld g ., in frim her the p rop erty i s open f o r d e a l, Tha^y^alker or any one e ls e doeh riot "have any hold upon i t , and t h a t /is open to purchase, by h<?rjB,br any p a r tie s whe may b rin g , b u t'th a t they must take a c t io n w ithin a week or ten d ays,oth erw ise we w il l proceed to deal w ith other p a r t ie s . I f they are one and the same,her crowd an^ Petr ys people I mean. would save 5f° by d e a lin g w ith her d ir e c t . I have t o ld P etry what the m a teria l i s , s o th at i f h is p a r tie s do w ant.such m a teria l wo should not waste time f o i l i n g w ith them. I a ls o fig u r e ,t h a t we must s t ic k them f o r a $1,000 or so at the ejri o f ten or f i f t e e n days, o th e r w is e ,if i t is the timmons crowd, they w i l l s tr in g out 30 days on u s,th en em it,and she w ill tra y and d e a lf thus h old in g us o f f in one way a rid another f or an in d e fin it time • My fr e ir il who held the b r e if o p tio n on the p rop erty retu rn ed same Let me know what Petr come a t once,have him A&j* m l S t, Ih a ia s ,fe ra e a, Aug.Oth, 92' iv i il ii a i a y e t r j ins HugeIe11 C a l. .it are hereby aflv;ir>e&, that. pur don’ia V alles .?.? ') i.? 3-2,,'V > ->» . vir.hsLoli. v'on ’were o n a n ir e in p , i s iitOW, f r e e , o f ., ..J-ft* f o r c le . 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