The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-13
PRINCELY FEES
PAID ATTOR NEYS.


suit of the compromise settlement
r.&c1ed in the celebrated John
son grubstake suit at Tonopah
this week. The firms of Mack
& Harrington, Pike & Jones and
Smith & Wall, all of Reno parti-
cipated in the caae. The Ladd
children, of Reno, heirs of the
late George w. Laid, VINO was
one of the discoverers of the
noted properties, have also Sc
cured a valid title of their inter
ests. They viii come out with
mining stocks. with a marketable
value Of about S150,000. Mack
& Harrington received as a fee
the handsome sum Of $25, 900.
The compromise ends one of
the most noted grub3taked suits
ever entered in Nevada. About
two years ago Gorge W. Lali,
of Reno, anl ]. 05i5 Johl5)l. Of
Tonopah, were srubstaked by
Zeb Kendall sad II. H. Clark,
who gave them $75 to prospect
for sixty days. Under the terms
of a written agreement the pro-
spectors were to locate every
thing found within sixty days in
the names of the four, Ladd to
have a third, John3ol third,
and Kendall and Clark third
jointly.
The two prospectors started
southwark and after being out
for several weeks ran out Of
money, water aud provisions.
They suffered frightful tortures
and finally made their way to
the Johnny mine, where they
were compelled to accept work to
obtain food and other supplies.
Finally O. D. Kendall and man
named Benson were sent from
Tonopah to get q report from
them. Benson and Kendall
found the two racuperating from
their experience and it was
finally agreed that Johnson and
Kendall should return to Tonopan
with the sp3cimaas folld, after
which they should make 4 return
trip with supplies.
They parted at the Davis
ranch AMI Ladd and Benson
claimld that Johnson there threw
up his contract, but Johnson
denies this. A short time after
ward the great discoveries or
Ladd mountain were made by
Ladd and Benson, who locatad
sixty-three claims of remarkable
richness. They left out the
name of johnson in making thu
locations and he accordingly suet
for a one-third interest.
By the terms of the com
promise Johnson gets eO,OO|
shares in the Bullfrog Mining
Company, $4,000 in the Mizpa.
Bullfrog and on9-tenth .interes
in the remaining sixteen claim
on Ladd mountain, two of whicl
are extensions containing tn
celebrated Montgomery-Shc
shone ledge.
The stocks set apart to hir
are valued at $144,000, one-hal
of which wentto his attorneys
L, H. Rogers, Mack & Earring
ton and C. e. McItoshn,
For the defendants there appear
ed Stewart &. Martinson, Pike
Jones, Smith & Wall and Ke
Pittman. Reno Journal.
1t is stated the secretary
the interior will shortly issue a
order for the leasing of publ
lands. This will mean gre;
changes in the manner of COZ
Quoting the sheep and catt
business in the west. In ord'
to secure grazing privileges
the public lands, it will be ne
essary for the owners of stock
lease the lands they expect
use. Promiscuous grazing as
the past will be cut out. 1t
believed by the authorizes
Washington that by leasing
the public lands the grass will
much further than at preser
and that over-stocking of Il
public range will be done aw
with. The outcome of this
novation, should the order be
sued as expected, will be watC