Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

Mrs Sadie B.george Los A ngeles,C al St Thomas,Nevada A p ril 1 5 th ,1925 Dear Madam m a tter,a n d do 16th we w il l f i l e n o tie e course +?>'««+ Have had ne word from Wood or Walnfeer in the m agnesite not now expect them to do a n y th in g ,th erefore on j^jg assum ing, ox sSHHSS BSsilw —' 1HS —- - , = ~ . 1 • th ereby c a n c e llin g a l l th e ir r ig h ts under the c o n tr a c t, whereupon or c a n c illa t io n w ith the Countey R ecorder, H l l they do not pay in the money on the 15th, we w il l again have a m agnesite p r o p e r ty ,fr e e and unincumbered, f o r s a le and I presume w ill have the assessment work to perform b e fo re t h e * f ir s t o f J u ly; $500.00 o f which w ill be accounted fo r as perform ed w ith money p aid in by them on the deal and reserv ed and spent by us in s a id work, And, i f I remember c o r r e c t le y , you have a ls o advanced $50.00 towards perform ance o f the balance o f your work. So you w ill have to your c r e d it on the work your One E ight p ro p o rtio n o f the work a llre a d y done and the «p50 adctioioual which vou advenced,the balance w il l be req u ired i n du6 time* While I w ill"h a v e the balance o f mine to do and w ill 1e out $104.00 owing me on work and expenses done in con n ection w ith the Walker d e a l, but cant be h elped. Have had no word from the Japs in the s a lt m atter and they have n ot been here t o examine i t , a s they sa id they would do. Have now b e e n w aitin g and m issing my work f o r about a week w aitin g fo r them ,and am w ritin g th is m ail to see i f they in ten d to vome on,But th a t,a g a in cant be h elped, not so bad when you are used to i t f o r twenty years or s o . Now about your 80 a cres o f lan d,deed f o r which you p la ced in escrow, a t 736 H ill S tr e e t, I had the county T reasu rer, and Board o f Com missioners, make and order f o r s a le o f the same on' the 5th of 1 to y n e x t> ,th e n o tic e o f the sa le has been p osted on the land a t the p o s t o ffic e here and at the Court House in Las Vegas. The r e f oi on the 5th o f May I expect to b id in the p rop erty in your name, whereupon the Countey Treasurer w ill issu eu || new County deed in your name f o r the p rop erty and I w il l have i t im m ediatley re co rd e d and sent on to you. Whereupon your t i t l e w ill be com plete, and the a b stra ctin g company a g ree,a s soon as the deed i s record ed , to issu e c e r t i f i c a t e o f t i t l e th erefor,sh ow in g the t i t l e to be in you. And sin ce the Smiths ,o r th e ir agent have agreed to a a ite u n t i l l the 10th o f May to proceed w ith the d e a l. I see no reason as F why,by th at date you should not r e c e iv e your m oney-ie-6o00 er your escrow in s tr u c tio n s to the bank. But s in c e / the deed you Leposited in the escrow w ith the bank w ill be o f an e a r lie r date than the Counties new deed to you i t w ill be necessary f o r you t o withdraw that deed a ft e r the" 5th o f May,and d e liv e r a new one, which 2 herew ith e n close g g g g g l e o f o f s a id w ire 1 I d e s ir e you t o ,o n the 6th, date and acknowledge the en closed b la n k ,or undated,deed and take-a/l to the bank and d e p o sit i t in the escrw o,ex p la in in g to Mr Ford,your purpose f o r so doin g! To whome I w il l have w ritte n in advance. page z — 2 e x p la in in g the s itu a tio n to him and a u th orizin g him to the o ld deed to you upon your d e liv e re y o f the new one f orm. re le a se in proper I f you have any o b je c tio n to the fo r e g o ig g programm p lea se w rite such o b je c tio n s to me im m ediatley. I a p p reciate you may be more or le s s uneasy over the matter u n i i l l you r e c e iv e my telegram saying the m atter i s c lo s e d as per the above programm. There i s , o f co u rse ,a p o s s i b i li t y o f some one e ls e bid d in g f o r the land when i t i s s o ld by the tre a su re r. But to date n o person has been so b id a ga in st or lo s t h is p rop erty under th is P roceed u re,w h ich should have been the proceedure a t the time you p a id the $47; I have the assurance o f the County Treasurer that i f any one does p e r s is t in bid d in g he w il l withdraw the land fBom , the sa le,w h ich he w ill have the r ig h t to do . And in f a c t " i f he d id not do i t ,and perm itted the land to go to anyone e ls e ,y o u would have a s u ite aga in st him on h is o f f i c i a l bond,for"dam ages etc.M hich h e r e a liz e s and cannot a ffo r d to perm it to happen, Then to I have he balance th§ assurance o f the .cxais, anci o f tHhUe Countv o f f i c i a l s th at they w i l l do a l l p o s s ib le th at can be done to prevent any one from continuing,w ho might p e r s it in try in g to b id , by assu rein g them they would have a p rop erty w ith 1 clou ded t i t l e on th e ir hands i f they purchased and would have to fig h t to c le a r i t ,w h ic h they cou ld not d o ,fo r in s p ite o f everyth in g you have an eq u ity in the land which the cou rt would not ig n o re . I th e re fo re th in k th ere w il l be no tr o u b le ,e x c e p tin g the annoyance and worrey th at such m atters n a tu ra lle y b rin g on w ith them. Then another mat t e r , unaer my deed to you,you could recover from me the amount y o u paid m e,for I have w arrented the p rop erty to you aga in st my own a cts,a n d i t was my a ct that l e t the taxes go .delin q u ien t o r ig ­in a l le y . I d e sire you to w rite and say whether or not i t i s agreeable w ith you to go on w ith the d e a l,a s I have o u tlin e d i t , i n case th ere i s no m issearrage o f ju s t ic e during the s a le . And when you w rite p lea se give me any in form a tion you have about the s a lt or the jd p s,tlia t you may be able to get from the Judge or other sou rce. Very tr u ly yours