The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-11-01
BETTER THAN A NINE.
a CALIFORNIAN WHO ACCIDENTALLY
FOUND A SPANISH GRANT.


which sweep Everything There L. In
sight-The Young Man Made the Father
OF Ills Sweetheart Walk Up and Settle.
Speaking of Spanish grants. s'pose they've
stirred up more onpeasantneSs in this coun-
try than anything These Spanish grants
are big pa'cels OF land which the Mexican
government had sold or given away afore
California was bought 10y the United States
or course our government didn't know
nothing about these grants, which had
mostly beon deserted 10y the owners, an Of
course sold the land over again 90 settlers.
Then when the settlers improved the land an
made II valuable the fcller which holds the
Spanish title bobs up an' claims the ranch.
They generally has a lawsuit, but the courts
always decide for the teller which holds the
FIRST title of course
DISCOVERS rHE DEED
knowed one case couple Of years ago
where thought the first owner was justified
in rcclaimin' his property, but reckon the
land owners In Sutter county thought a cy-
clone had struck EN-, II came about this
way; Old John Covco an fcller named Has.
kins come out here jest before gold was dis
covered They went In cahoots an bought
up an old Spanish grant IN Suitor county,
which was called the Rio Bonito grant, an
stocked IL with sheep an cattle. Things run
along al right for about three years an they
made some money Thon come a dry year
the first an last one ever knowcd ia the state
an their stock died of 10y the hundreds for
want of feed II busted en- dat jest about
that time the gold fever broke out an Covoo
made "A rush for the diggins That's how |
come 90 know him We mined together up
on the Nuha rivcr-was partners Tor over two
years We made heaps OF stun in the placer
digginS but lost 1t all In numn' the river,
eNpectn' 10 take out million apiece | left
there then, an didn't hear no moro of Covco
till about the fall Of 20, when he got caught
In gave In "A tunnel an was killed. lie left
n wddcr an son They lived at Marys-
vile, town that had sprung up on the Rio
Bonito grant The boys name was Charlie,
an he growcd up with tho town an studied
law there He was admitted 30 the bar an
went 60 practicin', hut somehow ho didn't
seem 90 do renl first rate--wns too blamed
honest, | reckon, took after his father who
was the houcstcst man | most ever saw But
he managed 10 .crapc along an pan ont
enough stun % keep up with the society
swim Of the town. Then ho fell i'm love with
the daughter Of old Montgomery, who owned
the Golden Gate bank there. The girl loved
him, too-harder than "A mule could kick
down hill--but the old man was dead ngin
the match. cause he allowed the young fcler
was poor an didn't have no prospects Of
striSn' a rich lead
Things run along that way for some time,
an Charlie an the girl, who was mighty
pooty little thing, was jest n-broakin their
hearts Finally one day when Charlie was
lookin' over some old papers what belonged
10 hs father be finds the deed 10 n half inter.
est in tho Rio Bonito grant Ile asked his
mother about IL, but. lawsi womonlikc, sho
didn't know whether her husband had sold IL
30 any one Of not The deed called for an un-
divided half Of about 10000 acres Of the best
land in Sutter county, mcludin' that on
which the town Of Marysvilc was built
CHAELIE COT EVEN.
Charlie Lut in about month diggin' up
old county records an at last found that his
father hadn't sold cents worth Of his inter.
est in the grant. Tho young fcllor then sct
about maxim out legal papers clnimin' half
interest in all the land for miles around there
He hired a lawyer from Frisco TO help him,
an when he got the paper. ready, which took
a month, he was 10 poor that hc had 30 Dor
row the money TO Glc EN- in court Then ho
10
commcncn' with the town property The
first man he tackled owned "A couple Of vacant
lots, an when he looked at the papers an
saw that tho young focr had the drop on
him he panked out 500 without n kick, then
another one hands over $l ,2JO This give
Charlie a workin capital an bo went for
others rough shol an gathered cm in right
and left reckon lots ~ cin felt like hGug
in him But hc never ciuchod poor man
When hc found one what couldn't ante up he
passed out an lot him take the pot when
the youngst'r come 10 tackle the r1nchcrs hc
expected there would bc trouble an lawsuits
over the biz, 10 no picked out the richest cuss
on the grant, expectiu 30 make n toft caao Of
u, but when the fclor como in with his law
yer an looked over thc papers he socd which
way the cat was going 10 jump an puuglod
up his check Tor E22ugJ After TINT 10 wa
just like fndin' money
The young fcllrr was n Good Tcmlar,
which was the only thing ! had agin him
didn't believe IN the sciln' Of good whisky
an the first thing ho done after gettin' con
siderable coin was % 90 nm lonae ball Tor
twenty years an trim IL up elegant nu' give
It % the lodge II seemed like n mighty tool
ish thing 10 do. but most everybody lowed IL
was n good act
BY that time the young fcllcr had more
money than hor-e could pull. an was the
richest man around there OH Montgomery
wanted 10 take him into partnership. bat
Coveo lowed he'd start bank II his own.
which he did
Montgomery owned a heap Of city prop.
erty which be h1lut ca.bel up on ~ one
day the young frller sauuters around ~ the
bank and ,ays
Montgomery you've ggt considerable
property here iu town M The way reckon
1t owns atout half ~ Dr.. waIna in money D.
something like Sli.OOJ jet drlN a check
for that amount pIeaan.
The Oh man made out the cIerk nm give
u - bin aui ! gun. 90" give hiu s.n.tung
el-e along with 10. f.r % wasn't lony after
that 100 Charlie nu the girl went into p1rt-
ncrsIIp SpN roe young foiler j. the most
lOoSel-up - man i1 that whole section In
tervicw ~ CuirlgO Times
wild CT Mines.
a few days ago r. gentleman offered ~ give
me several thOu,auI dollars worth of stock
IL 1 wOuh lend him nv name and "a little cash