, 1890-08-14
A LOT JUMPER.
The Citizens Of Wallace Have No Use
for HIM.


WALLACE, Idaho, Aug. ll.--Therc has
been but one case of lot jumping in the
city since the ire, two lots on Bank
street, In what is known as the Carter
block, being the property in dispute. 1t
seems that these two lots were located at
the timo OF the jumping by Peter Ber-
nier Action was commenced by T.. d.
Carter, the original owner, against Ber-
nier who, becoming frightened, went to
Carter's lawyers and offered to relin-
quish his claim to the property IL the
suit against him were Withdrawn. Car
teF's attorneys agreeing, Bernier cSe-
cuted the relinquishment but afterward
sold his interest in the lots to Il. +.
Ramey. Ramey soon left the county
and 1t was generally understood that he
would not return. Meanwhile the fence,
became demolished and upon the sup
position that the property had been
abandoned II was relocated and pos.
session passed into the hands Of G. Il
Hathaway, who built an ice house on
the lots aud fenced them in.
When the big tire occurred these I'M
proycmcnts were swept away, and
Hathaway being absent from the city
Ramey, who had recently returned. got
Ia and fenced the lots and erected
shack upon them. immediately after
the fire the board of trustees of tho
city met, and tor the protection of prop
erty holders decided that all properly
in the burnt district should be secured
to the parties IN possession nt the time
of the location OF the town, to reorgnnle
and decide any contests which might
arise. Hathaway, upon his return,
learning hat the property had been Oco
cupied by Ramey, who based his claim
upon Bernier original location, imme-
diately called upon the arbitration com.
mlttee tosiecide whether he or Ramey
should hold possession of the lots.
This committee, consisting OF the
following representative citizens, Il.
\. Sherwin, ]. L. Dunn. John Cameron
G. NJ. Hall, L. llolohan, W. ;. liaskin,
anu II. q. King, met Saturday afternoon
and after hearing the evidence decided
that Hathaway was entitled To the lots
Ramey demurred, and, engaging an
attorney, threatened to carry the
matter into the courts. A mass
meeting Of the citizens of Wallace was
called Sunday afternoon to decide
whether the action of the arbitration
committee should he sustained or not.
\ large number attended the meeting.
Chairman Shcrwin stated briefly the
object of the meeting, aud gave an out
line of the case in dispute, stating the
grounds upon which the decision had
been made. Hathaway explained his
claims, and Ramey's attorney pleaded
his clients case. The question was
: finally put, shall the action of the
committee he sustained?" The house
was slmost "A unit in the ath rmatiye,
only II few weak. kneed persons
not voting. Rnmcy's attorney
asked tor twenty-four hours time
III which to consider the matter, but
his device, which was to get out an in
Junction against the committee TO pre-
vent any action, was seen through al
once, and 1t WAS decided to take imme.
diaic action. The citizens adjourned at
once to the property ana would have
soon scattered the improvements, az
they were in no humor to be triied
with. Ramcy, however, decided to yield
/ u peaccablo possession of tho building
and delivered the key. Hathaway then
offered to pay Ramcy for his improve.
ments and the offer was accepted, and
everything quieted down. This occur.
renee shows plainly that jumping VIII
not bo tolerated, and will prove conclu..
sively to any who may have entertainedi
Intentions in that direction that IL would
not prove profitable or healthiul un-
dertaking. Our citizens anticipate no
further trouble from this source.