Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

St. Thomas | jpg ©vada A u g.10th,1921 Mrs Sadie B.George Los Angeles, Cal ?Pear Madam; I wrote you a f m lin e s from Las ^ ega s,exp la in in g or attem pting to explain the s itu a tio n as I found it,a n d hope I made i t el£ar to you> herew ith am en closin g the papers forwarded me by y o u r s e lf andi^r Poland,and w ith them a check on the Pioche ^ank in the sum o f $I I . 2 5 ,the balnce l e f t out o f your $25.00 of m agnesite m on ey,after | have deducted therefrom the sum of my expences in makeing the t r ip to Las Vegas seeing a fte r th is land m atter f o r you. As the tr a in s e rv ice runs i t consumed two days o f my tim e, and not haveing anything to go over f o r , ! am taxeing you fo e the expence o f the trip,W h ich was as f o ilo w s ;- T'rain fare over and baek^-------------------------$975 Pour meals at $ .5 0 -------------------------------------- 200 Bed one night in Las Vegas a|----------------- 200 T o t a l ----------f i 3 ;7 5 You w il l perhaps be su rp rise d ,a fte r my sending you the paper to sign© in stru ctin g the Pioehe -^ank to d ivid e the magnesite money and pay to the c re d it o f each th e ir re sp e ctiv e amount o f i t . But I have not yet been able to make the t r ip to Panaca and have my B is te r Clara understand the s itu a tio n and signe up the papers,w hich cannot very w e ll through the mail I am takeing th is method o f g e ttin g to each one th e ir part of the mo m y,th at is ofth e $#400 at present in the bank,And sin ce I afi rig h t up to the la s t a o lla r in meeting in te r e s t payments v e tc , I ju st have to tax you w ith the expence o f my t r ip to Bas Vegas . l o r your inform ation ; w i l l say ^r Stewart camgtf in to-d a y a ft e r a ear o f A g n e s it e ,t o go out in skirt ^/,4£#rorder,w ith more to fo llo w in th® very near fu tu re ,p ro v id in g r e s u lts from th is car are s a t is fa c t o r y , Looks as i f m atters were lookin g up some-what fo r them,Bet us hope so at least.M ust c lo s e ,a s j§ have t o help him get teams etc fo r the work, Very tr u ly yours jglero (Dwerlcmi* gjotel W . P. BRESSINGHAM, Prop. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, ^ NEW OVERLAND HOTEL W. P. Bressingham, Prop. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA