The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-28

And haven't assisted him any since
that? Not that 1 know of.
Don't you remember anything else
at all? 1 have taken a history in a
book that ne is writing, the same as
many other men have.
1 How much? I forget the amount;
Mr.. Wells paid it; 1 think it was two
hundred and fifty, or something OF that
kind.
Two hundred and fifty dollars? Yes;
or three hundred; something of that
sort,
When did he settle with you for that
hundred dollars? Oh, he settled; got
books from him on that; settled long,
| long ago.
That is when you got books? Yes.
| Didn't you assist him at all, Mr.. Nc
Cune, within the last year? Within
the last year, have given this sum of
money for writing my history up; yes.
| When did you give him that? l dom
know when it was; it was before the
| legislature met.
About what time? I couldn't tell you
that.
1t was after he was elected, wasn't
it? 1 couldn't tell that, even.
Don't you know that it was? I do
not. l could find out.
Has the history been published yet,
>
Still writing it, is he? Yes.
And have you settled with him?
don't know whether 1 have settled with
him in full or not; 1 don't know what
| it will amount to.
| Well, how much have You already
paid him? 1 think it is $3.50; am not
certain.
Paid him $3.50 in advance? Yes.
And you paid him that with d check,
did you? l think it was a check; yes.
Wasn't that since this legislature
opened? No, sir; don't think so.
Wasn't it after he was elected? May
have been.
Don't you think it was? I don't know;
I couldn't say whether it was positively
or rot.
| And the history isn't yet written? 1
couldn't tell you that; I don't think it
Has he written any part of it? 1 sup
pose so; don't know.
Has he read to you any of the proof
sheets? Yes, sir.
How many of them? On two differ
ent occasions; I forget what time it
was; my brother has put in quite a
time with him, giving him some of the
family history; my elder brother.
And he is still writing it? Yes; that
is, 1 suppose so; 1 don't know anything
about what he is doing with it; 1 sup
pose he hasn't done much with il since
the legislature.
And there is no contract price as to
the amount you are to pay in the end?
No, sir.
NO BUSINESS WITH MEMBERS.
Now, 90 you know of any other mem
Der of the legislature that you have
had any kind of business with during
the session? No; not that 1 know of.
Nn--a at all? No.
Did you ever have any conversation
with Senator Tanner? L have had
great many conversations with Senator
Tanner.
Did you ever nave any conversation
with him about some mining prospects
which he has down at Stateline? Yes;
he has talked to me about them.
How many times? oh, I suppose once
or twice; very little to amount to any
thing: he didn't talk much about MS
property; 1 was inquiring about DR..
Fennimore's property.
Did you promise Mr. Tanner that you
would go down and make investigation
of that2 I did not
After a while? ] did not; I sent the
boy town and made an investigation
of the Fennimore property long, long
ago.
You sent your boy down to make IN
investigation of it? Yes.
You bought it. didn't you? No. sir.
Did you contract TO buy it? l did
not; it isn't worth so much dirt in the
street when L got the assays and
samSles.
But you did send your boy down for
the purpose of investigating the Fenni-
more property Yes. sir.
At the suggestion of Dir. Tanner? No.
sir; hadn't met Mr.. Tanner at that
time
Wasn't Mr.. Tanner interested in the
property? Not that 1 know of.
You don't know? I don't think that
he is; he is interested in an extension
Of it as I understand it.
Did you buy any property down
there? I did not.
Not any at all? None. whatever.
Didn't promise TO buy any? I did
not. and what is more 1 haven't the
remotest idea of buying, unless I get
different samples from what I did get.
Is your boy a mining expert? Yes.
sir: he is; ne goes to examine a great
many properties for me; he has been
engaged in mining since he was about
sixteen wears old.
You say you entered into no contract
at all to buy the property? None, in
any shape or form; Ur. Fennimore
came to sec me and tried to get me to
advance him some money on the prop
erty and 1 told him the property was
absolutely worthless.
That is since you have been running
for senator? Yes, sir. that Mr.. Fenni-
more came up and seen me.
And Tanner was one of the men you
talked with? Tanner didn't talk to
me about it, I talked with him a little
bit about it when he came up and he
brought me a sample OF rock from
there that ran very high, and I laughed
at him and said, You could get that
out of any kind of a mine almost, a
picked sample"
Do you remember the time that Sen
ator Tanners child was sick at Beaver?
Yes sir
He had commenced voting for you
before that, had he not? Yes. sir.
DIDN'T PROVIDE TRAIN FOR
TANNER.
Did you provide him a special train?
1 did-that is, the Short Line people did.
You paid for it? I did not: the
oregon Short Line never made any
charge.
Never made any charge? No. sir.
1t was done at your suggestion. was
it? Yes, sir, 1 requested it; I went
to Bancroft and he put it on.
Did you send a physician along? Yes,
sir
Who hired him? I don't know; I
didn't hire him.
Didn't you? did not. never saw any
bill of it.
Didn't you order that a physician be
sent along? Yes; there are railroad
physicians.
There are railroad physicians,
know? Yes.
And did you pay for the carriage
hire or hack fare from the station up
to Beaver? l did not.
Was 1t charged to you2 No. sir
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