The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-26
BOOTH EXPLAINS
THAT LAND DEAL
District Attorney Outlines His
Connection With Car
bon Company.
MERELY ACCOMMODATION
ALL HE RECEIVED WAS ONE
DOLLARS WORTH OF STOCK.

IN statement made to The Herald
friday District Attorney Booth said that
an article published in morning news
paper Friday failed to give fully and ac-
curately his position while connected
with the Carbon County Land company
as It's president. Mr.. Booth said:
AT meeting of the board of directors
or the Carbon County Land company held
In the comDany's office 504 Auerbach
building, on February 20. 1901. resolu-
IONS which were prepared by Mr.. Miner
were adopted authorizing the company TO
borrow $4,000 from Peter n. Campbell
was not present at the meeting, except
Tor the last five minutes that il was In
session. Mr.. Miner came into my office.
Whlch was located next door to the com
panys office. and said We are hold
None of the minutes of the meeting were
read TO me. All the business that was
done in my presence was the reading of
the resolution, which read as follows:
BE IL resolved. that this company borrow
S25,OOO from Peter -. Campbell for three
years at per cent interest. payable semi
secretary are hereby authorized TO sign
notes and mortgages on 800 acres OF its
land on behalf Of the company
Merely an Accommodation.
This resolution was voted upon and
passed. ! examined il TO see that it was
in legal form and finding that It was. |
signed it. may have passed on the
legal form OF the mortgage in question
but I never received any attorneys fee.
Mr. Miner obtained Che money and
dealt il out as he thought fit, without
consulting me. He did II entirely on his
the company. except a few shares which
were distributed among the officers of
the company. He gave me ten shares,
the entire value Of which was 81.
Mr. Miner and ! had been friends
for years and 7 acted as president Of the
company merely as an accommodation to
him. l always knew him TO be an hon
est man and therefore did not question
his veracity. / knew nothing as to the
nature of the lands but of course con-
cluded that they were patented or graz
ing lands that had been bought. Mr.. Mil
ner said that he was buying lands that
had been patented and which were graz
ing lands. but he did not say that they
were coal lands.
Received No Fee.
81 did not pass on the titles Of these
lands or as 20 their value. l may have
passed on the legal form of the mort
gage. however: but I never received fee
| never appeared in the capacity of at
tornev for Miner or Campbell In connec-
ton with the Carbon County Land COM
pany. And | never got a cent out of the
company either in fees or as president.
Mr.. Miner was the sworn agent for
Peter n Campbell in Utah and he never
received advice from me or anybody else.
The company was simply "A holding COM
pany. organized for the purpose OF buy
ing lands. 1t was Mr.. Miners idea to
organize a company although In real
ity il was an individual affair
Il resigned my position as president
of the company in the fall or early win
ter of 1904. but the resignation was not
acted upon until the spring of 1905
The loan of $4,000 was procured by Mr.
Miner through negotiations with Mr.
Campbell. without any advice on my part
or communication with Mr.. Campbell