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On lino , Cali elite f June 83, 1905 PERSONAL W, H* Bancroft, First Vice Preoident, Salt Lake city, Utah* sir: Wlille at Las Vegas this morning I was Informed that Mr. Orsene, who is the largest merchant in the Bullfrog country, also has quite a lot of teams on the road freighting between Bullfrog and Ran Vegas, is going to withdraw his teams and have Mg stuff shipped to Ivanpah over the Santa Fe and freight from there. Mr, Greene is the nan with whom fir* Bracken made contract in name of She Empire Construction Co, last spring to furnish him 100 tons of hay to be delivered at the rate of SO tone pea* month; and when Mr* Bettis was sent out tliere to close tip the store matter, and bo on, he repudiated the Greene contract which Bracken had made, which X protested against, realising about what the outcome would be* While I did not approve of Bracken*s making the contract with Greene to cover several months time, at the same time he 'had been our representative there for three years and my opinion was then that we should carry out any con­tracts that he made* The rate on the hay was rather low, at the same tine the loss would have been comparatively nothing# I understand that Greene has been disgruntled ever since and has put his contract in the hands of an attorney, hoping to compel its to carry it out, The loss of his business will mean probably many thousands of dollars to us, and it was unfortunate that Mr. Settle was allowed to