Skip to main content

Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

File

Information

Creator

Creator: Syphus, Levi

Date

1924-07

Description

This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

Digital ID

man000333
    Details

    Citation

    man000333. 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/d1zp3wb95

    Rights

    This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. It may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity rights, or other interests not owned by UNLV. Users are responsible for determining whether permissions are necessary from rights owners for any intended use and for obtaining all required permissions. Acknowledgement of the UNLV University Libraries is requested. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproduction and use (https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/research_and_services/reproductions) or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu.

    Standardized Rights Statement

    Digital Provenance

    Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

    Language

    English

    Format

    application/pdf

    % 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