McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-12-06

Water, that 1 had better go on the
same and stay there until he had
time to make q correct survey Of the
same. 1 see by the newspapers and
have heard some talk that they claim
that James Laird is interested In the
land business on the Sinking Water.
I know that he has no claim on the
Sinking Water and do not believe
that he is interested in any way, but q
man by the name of A. w. Laird has
a claim and is the party interested In
the transaction. In my affidavit Sep
TENDER Is, 1883, which was written by
other parties, l see the following SEN
tence appears, which l think was not
in the one 1 signed, to wit: II mean
James Laird, the member of congress
from Nebraska" If it did occur it
was overlooked. for 1 did not intend
to bring Mr.. James Laird into this
matter, for 1 do not believe he was in
terested or in any way to blame for
any wrong done Mr.. Hulburt or my
self. In my affidavit of September l5,
1888, where the names Laird and
Kelly appear, it has no reference to
James Laird, but to A. w. Laird, and
I did not intend that it should be
otherwise. l believe Mr.. James Laird
to be fair, square man, and would do
anything in my power to aid him at
any time. G.. b. MOORE.
Sworn to and subscribed in my
presence this second day of October,
A. D., 1883. JOHN r. KING,
Notary Public,
Hitchcock county, Nebraska.
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The statement of Page Francis,
which follows, puts to rest the charge
of collision between the Hastings
men and himself as surveyor, to
overreach Hulburt and Moore:
STATE OF NEBRASKA, GO
COUNTY OF RED WILLOW, '''
Page II. Francis, being by me first
duly sworn, on his oath says that the
reports lately made by parties I'M
known to affiant and published in the
Omaha Herald and Bee, charging col
fusion between certain Hastings men,
the McCook land officers, and myself
as surveyor of this county, in obtain
ing certain lands on Sinking Water
creek, in Chase county, are utterly
false. There was no collision what
ever, and the following are the facts :
About the first of June, this year,
one George Hu1burt, claiming to be
from Chicago, came to me and wanted
me to survey stock ranch for him on
the Sinking Water. He did not say
how much land he wanted. He
wanted me to do the work in cOnnec-
tion with a like survey for man
named Fisher. Fisher was to select
the claims for him after the
lines were run. Fisher did not go
or offer to go to the Sinking Water
until after the 18th of June. On the
18th of June went out to the Stink
ing Water to make surveys for the
Hastings men, if they liked the
country, and things were otherwise
satisfactory. On the 18th of JuneI
ran the lines for them from mound
and four pits found near the forks of
the creek. 1t being the only monu-
ment 1 found, made the plats from
it. I had not then seen plat of that
section. The plat was given to Galen
Baldwin to be given to Simon Kelly
at McCook. On the 14th Hulburt and
Moore came to the creek and gave
them q true copy of the same plats
had given Baldwin for the Hastings
men. Hulburt asked if the survey
was right. 1 said it was unsatisfactory
to me, but it was right if the starting
point was right, yet if he wanted to
make sure he must make settlement
and that would hold it. On my re-
turn to McCook the government plats
were there and examined them and
became satisfied that L based my sur
vey on a quarter corner instead of a
section corner. / afterwards ran the
lines taking the corner spoken of as
quarter corner and found nearly all
the marks of the government survey.
1 did the same work for, and gave the
same information to all these
parties. Neither Hulburt nor
Moore have paid me a cent for
my work, although Hulburt promised
to do so. Simon Kelly paid me for
the work done for the Hastings men.
Nothing was ever said by me to Moore
or any other person about Laird or any
one else intending to wrong him, and
nothing was said by Kelly or Laird
about taking advantage of any one.
Laird's only interest in it seemed to