Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-05-17
THE RESULT OF A DEFECTIVE PLAT.
Property.Owners Of Ketchum Living on
Lots to which Others Have Obtained
United States Patents.

fTOperty.UWnerS Of ketchum Living on
Lots to which Others Have Obtained
United States Patents.
There is SAID to be considerable
weeping, and wailing, and gnashing
OF teeth, among owners of lots stu
ated west of Nam street, in ketchum,
just now, over the discovery, made
within few days, that one-half of the
lot numbers in each block had been
transposed-thus making lot No. s
No. 3, lot No. 6 No. 7--and so on.
What seriously complicates matters,
is the fact that the persons residing
on the wrongly-numbcred lots, have
already made many valuable i'm
provements upon them, and obtained
United States patents for them. To
do this, each applicant swore his neigh
boris ''proof" through, believing that
they were swearing to "the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the
TRUTH" while they were, in fact, all
swearing to untrue statements.
The transportation of numbers was
probably done in this way: At the
start three plats were made; one to
file with the Comfy Recorder; an
other to file with the Register of the
Land Office; and third for reference
at home. On the two FIRST piats the
lots are correctly numbered, but on
that kept at home only about half are
SO correctly numbered, the numbering
of the lots west of Main street being
incorrect.
This will give rise to much annoy
ance to the owners Of the lots referred
to, and may put them to considerable
expense. For instance, Brother Fitz-
simmons has heretofore believed land
made oath, probably,) that his building
was on lot s, in block No. =; we'll, it
may be that it is on lot5 as he proved
up for lot s Con which, possibly, Pink
ham & Lewis's store stands), he may
consider himself the owner of that
warehouse and all the goods it con.
talns. So with James Judge, who
owns tho lot adjoining Pinkham &
Lewis's. He may find that the lot to
which he has patent is next to lot 5.
On that lot stands Steward Brothers
ilrst-class drug, stationery, and notion
store, which also contains the post
office. If Mr.. Judge finds that his
patent calls for that lot, he will have
an undisputcd right to claim the Stew
ard Brothers stock in trade, including
the United States mail, and order
them to step right out.
OF course, the defective plat being
at ketchum, it is impossible to ascer-
tain, at this distance, just what the
correct numbers of the lots mentioned
are; and these are only singled out in
order to convey some idea of the mis-
understandings that may arise from
the transposition Of the numbers of
the lots "lying and being" Ito use a
legal phrase) west of Main street. How
far this transposition extends is not
known here; but this much is known,
towit: That the lots which should be
numbered 5, 6, Z, and 8, respectively,
are numbered s, 7, G., 5. Whether the
other lots are correctly numbered re-
mains to be determined.
Mr.. Hoggson,the surveyor who made
the plats, was in Haley o-day, looking
into the matter, and consulting his
friends as to the best course to pursue
to appease the wrath of his townspco.
pie. He finally concluded to return
home, and endeavor to re- establish
friendly relations by intimating that
he had secured the immediate aban-
donment Of Haley, for the benefit of
ketchum. If that does not answer his
friends here will move to Ketchum in
abod y-on the first railway train.