Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

% 3t.Thomas, Nevada July 1st,1924 Mrs Sadie B,George Los Angej.es, Cal. Dear Madam. I received your la s t le tt e r sometime ago, but fa ile d to answer becaus/ of haveing met with a somewhat serious axident at the magnesite claim s,dislocating my shoulder and otherwise bruising me. Am completing the assessment work to-morrow and w ill f i l e proof*of labor forthwith. I Herewith inclosed you w ill finde two copies of agreement"optioning the claims to fa lk e r and Mrs Timmons, forthe sum of *210,000 with a payment of $10,000 down, most of the money is now I n " ’ the Las Vegas Bank and balance w ill be in within a few days, I am enclosing the papers fo r your signature,which signature you w ill have to acknowledge before a notary public. But I do not want you to signs and acknowledge them u n till you receive a wire from me saying "$igne$" therefore hold the papers u n t ill further notice from me, I f you receive the said wire then in that event immediatley signe and return them to me,but dont do i t u n till I so wire you. My reason fo r this is , that I do not want the papers signed and acknowledged, thereby^ establishing a notorail record ,u n till a l l of the money is in the bank and I know we are .going to get i t , and am now sending the papers to you by way of dhhdihgh saving time when the balance of the money is in. I think i t w ill come and that the parties are acting in good £ f a i t h . 1 So just hold the papers u n til! you hear from me one way or another lou w ill note the papers are drawn so that a ll &&&&£&<?:&&£! money would not be paid u n till 1930'i f the contract ws stric tle y >ralker has been here, he adhered to. Bu! assems a llr igh t and a real liv e wire with good fin an cial backing, that is lots of property, and he says the f i r s t thing w ill be the construction of the plant and i f that is successful, they w ill immediatley thereupon want to bond the entire property and to do so they w ill pay o u t in ^u ll so that they can have t i t le and go ahead I think liklejr to pay up in f u l l within a year or year and a h a lf. But i f not we w ill get the $10,000 before the clreil goes and i f we have to waits u n till 1930 before we have the last payment it cant be helped. The facts are I am getting worn out and used up and am not going to monkey with this fo r much longer i f do f a i l in getting a l l we think we should Save. P As soon as §&$&&& balance of $10,000 is wired to the bank w ill wire you to signe,thereupn/rush signature and acknowledgment and return papers as quickley as possible,so the deal can be felosec i f they do not deposit bo and in that efeent hold ti| -Jkuom me. This . has# i ven know what"'it Td"'/ .ance you w ill receive no such wire papers u n till you’, J^ear' filH her a pain in the slt^Ji&er, so 2? dont "~^o read i t . Very ^ yours Mm R E C E IP T F O R R E G IS T E R E D M ATT,. Post 0mte»4_:fe?-___ S- _____ Date../__j_.J.______ , 19 2... 'i (N a n te jd be written, stamped, or postmarked.) ARTICLE { K° - - . S ' ; : . " : } RECEIVED AND REGISTERED AT THE ABOVE-NAMED OFFICE. Complete record o f registered mail is kept at the post office, but the sender should write the name o fth e addressee on back hereof^ as an identification. Preserve and submit this receipt in^case o f inquiry. P O S T M A S T E R , Per___ &L _L P , 05—6851 ( Carrier, and number or letter.) V Money Received for Postage and Registry Fee in !Lieu o f Stamps. * J *3-----cents aj i i S t . T homas,Hevada July 25th, 1924 Mrs Sadie B,George Los A n geles,C al. Dear Madam:— Herewith please fin d e check your fa v o r in the sum o f $20,which I am rem ittin g to you a t the request o f Mr Edward H Syphus,manager f o r the V ir g in R iver S a lt Company,to he by you r e c e ip te d f o r to him as so much paid in to the company treasurey account o f s a lt sold . I th ink i t is perhaps s u ffic ie n t to pay balance due on the . Me Guie notes,and I w i l l appreciate i t i f you w i l l at a very e a r le y day take the m atter up w ith them and g et th e account c 1 eared in he h a lf o f the Company* To date I have not re c e iv e d the copies o f agreement./which X f orwarded to you some few weeks ago,and f o r the retu rn o f which | I have tw ice b efo re xr i t t e n 30 u. I d e sire these co p ies o f agreement p ar iic u la rle y ,b e c a u s e th ey c o n stitu te my record as between us, and th e Stewart Timmons crowd, and p a r tic u la r le y should I have one o f s a id copies wi th in the coaming th ree or fo u r days, as a matter o f referen ce in a l i t t l e m atter th at may come up f o r spttlemeh between me and the Timmonserowd. They how have $10,000 d eposited in the Las Vegas bank to apply on the magnesite purchase,in the event we g et to geth er on terms, I have served n o tice on them th at they must c lo s e the deal on or b efo re Aug. 4th, th at is have th e ir H.Y.Man there by that date a t any r a te , an ddeai under terms I have in d ic a te d to them. I f they come to i t the deal xo.ll te' closed ,b u t i f they f a i l up to that tim,we are through w ith th at bunch .of la d ie s and geniienen f o r good and a l l . So please send those papers ha ok • iiam ediatley,. without f a i l , and please r e c e ip t Ed f o r the $20, When you fin d e the exact amount due the Me Guire e s ta te send them the. money, 1 e t me know what i t is and I w i l l have, fr e in d 1 o n e lli px.ep.are- *?., a xrarrent and we w i l l signe i t and send i t down as your authoi i j f o r making the payment. Hasthey youns Mrs Sadie B George Los Angeles,G al S11T homas, Neva da * l 1 _ V 3 L L k.'j Dear Madam:— Copies o f agreement a r r iv e d day a f t e r you, la s t wroB Do not think the deal w i l l materalise,"because a ft e r seeding you these papers , I,upon examination o f the copy l e f t x?ith th e ir a ttorn ey in Las Yagas found they changed our o ra l agreement ISf w r itin g in to the agreement soiie things I would not stand f o r , a lso d eposited the money in such w a y ,th a t we could not ory Pw u n t ill a fte r we had mveil them posession o f the property, then th ere was a loop hole through^ and hy which they could l have h eld i t up. Looks as i f they fig u r e d By th is s o rt and then up, f igu red .tins o f tr ic k e r y to corns i n t o possession o f the p rop erty in a way.. «t we could not get them o f f without a suite , and under which they could ilso succed in holding the money from us. lext t ims I have an agreement w ith p a rtie s as t o what an agreement ;h a ll Be and lea ve i t to them to copy and retu rn to me w ill !y Beflore I sand i t out to any one to s ig n . Of signed thsse ard sent them r ig h t Back | would stu died them c a r e fu lly and found th eir-.n igger »efore sign in g and d e liv e r y ,I n other words^not- .s to hastey in sanding them to you ,in the i never would la vs signed them upon c a re fu l the terras upon which they^an deal,and given ?th o f Agust in which to deal,B ut I dont think i a d e a l. However,they r ead i t c a r e f ui: COlii’s e XX you has 1 n any ev e hi; 1ay* i n th e wood p i l e X5Ti t h s 4 - 1-4 >md in g X 1 i XIt e r e Su o f Iiar; 4* , & U< r e a d i iiBk I In v e t o ld t hei Xu hem unt i l l t he hey 1w il 1 comc - i U th e Ba nix, an l them s t i l l la || the money urn i t over.,B u t cdonlrlook fo r ;o ao so. Hastl