The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-16

publish that part or all was loaned me
you do so on your own presumption.
L have real estate here which would no
| doubt be good security for any loan.
but 1 am not saying that there was Il
loan"
Ridges refused absolutely 70 make
any further explanation of where the
81, 500 came from.
Its rather an unusual thing. it is
not, for a carpenter to have that much
money at ready disposai?" was sug-
gested.
Il don't know about that" replied
/ Ridges, maybe it is. At any rate,
the $1,000 was mine, and 1 certainly
paid il over myself / had no attOr-
ney in the matter.
Il am not acquainted with the meth
DDS employed by any other claimants"
continued Ridges. "but 1 assure you my
| dealings were perfectly straight. There
was no collision. / know the land /
/ filed on, having been interested in that
part of the country f,T several years
My partner, Mr.. DAWSON, who has
also filed on a quarter section, is a man
of considerable experience in coal lands.
He thought the land was good, and
as I looked at il the same way, l have
asked for a patent as a good invest
ment. 1 have never been approached
since filing by any one VINO desired me
to turn the land over
Were you approached befOre?'' was
asked.
mo; even Mr.. Davisson and myself
and no relation, that is. a business rela-
| ton in seeking to acquire the land. It's
| this way with me If / can't get what
want for twenty years, L may hold on
| to it that long. 1 want it distinctly
understood that there is no understand
| ing existing between myself and any
| person or persons that 1 will convey
| the land after securing a patent"
| MI Ridges admitted knowing AdOIph
! Schultz, one of the filers. Asked if he
! had had any intimation that no more
patents We're to be granted on Utah
| coal lands until the officials at Wash
! ington had time to look into the mat
| ter, he said he had not
Young Pleads Good Faith.
! Howard O. Young was one of the
party spoken of in Mr.. Sudbury'S ac-
| count of the trip to Salina canyon. He
/ filed on the west one-half of the south
/ east quarter and the east half of the
| southwest quarter of section "a south
range 4 east-I60 acres-for which he
| was to pay $1,000.
| Mr.. Young emphatically denied that
/ he represented anyone but himself in
| this deal.
Some Of the others in the party may
] have known more than l did about this
/ business" he said. Il believe they did
/ l believe they were on the inside; but
/ L was not.
4 went down to Salina in absolute
/ good faith.' he continued L Thought
| l saw Il chance to make Il little money
/ and / took the chance. 1 filed on a
! piece of the coal land in Salina canyon,
/ and 1 saw the holes spoken of; but I
/ did this on my own responsibility. and
| not as the agent of any corporation. L
! have heard these reports that this fl
/ ing was done in the interest of the
! Utah Fuel company, and that the
/ property was all to be transferred to
the Utah Fuel company by those who
! made the filing. If this is true [ have
no knowledge of it. 1 bought my own
J ticket, l paid my own expenses. and
| when l reached home 1 paid for the
land.
/ You may ask me how I came to
! have so much ready money. l didn't
! have II. Through my brother-in-law /
! secured loan of 81, 500 at McCornick's
/ bank. My wife went on the note with
4 me, and in that way ! got the money.
4 have not sold my land yet" Mr..
! Young continued in a seIf-satisied
/ way 1 have had good offers for it
! hrst-class offers. don't know who the
/ offers came from, and I don't particu-
] larry care, so long as they are able to
/ pay me my price. / know the men who
1 have made me the offers are not act
/ ing for themselves; / know they are
| acting for somebody else, but I am not
worrying about that. ] told one of
them to put up $3.50 as a guarantee of
good faith and then I would talk bust
( ness to him. | went into this with my
! eyes open for the purpose of making
! a little money out of the enterprise. and
/ that is all there is to it, so far as l am
| concerned
MILFORD MOyle is another who went
/ into the business of buying and selling
] coal lands He got 1912 acres Of this
/ same land In Salina canyon. for which
/ he obligated himself to pay S16I926 He
| maintains that so far as he was con.
| cerned the enterprise was purely Iegit-
| innate
/ II went into this on my own RESPONSE
| bility," he said; and anyone who says
\ l filed on this land as the representa-
/ tive of the Utah Fuel company. or any
! other corporation, is stating a false
| hood. / saw a chance to make d lit
tie money. At least I thought I did. I
| acted for myself in the matter. / have
! the land yet and will sell it when I
think the price is right. This is all
| there is to my deal
DAWSON is EVasiVe.
Ira H. Davisson. a carpenter and
| contractor. partner of Milton Ridges.
| protested that he had done nothing
/ wrong. He evaded questions or refused
| to answer them as a rule.
J Il don't want to say anything until
! / can talk with the other people inter
ested in this" he said
'Then you were not acting for your
/ asked.
I was acting for myself. but there
! were several of us in it,
/ Who are the others"
! don't want to say"
How did you happen to go down
| there to locate this iand?"
| "A ma told me about it. and l saw
| chance to make some money"
/ who was the man."
! Il don't want to say"
WAS he connected with the Utah
! Fuel company"
/ Not that / know Of
Non-Committal as to Pay.
Did you pay for the land2'
| Il endorsed the check
Then you did not pay for 1t with
| your own money!
7 didn't have the money in the
| bans
I Did you borrow it,
| Mr.. DAWSON declined 10 answer.
WAS the check merely handed you
i'm Major Birds Office for your endorse
ment and did You sign thas and other
papers without COINS TO the land Of
fiCe2"
i endorsed the check all right 80