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pjj ? ofy- Pitf> (5 Salt Dake City, St ah, January6th, 1903* Mr* John T. Ko Willies, Deputy U.S.Mineral Surveyor, dood Springs, Linooln County, novate* Dear Sirs* I motived fro®* toe Dos Angeles office today your bUl lor Mfrieei) and fhey ask no to dispose of it* How Mr* MeWilllams 1 on oar* prised at you patting In any such a bill* t will remind you of all oar traxioaotlono, if l osn# Yhen tmet you at Good that I night want you to do sens surveying on the ranch and you gore no to understand that you wore them in tho employ of Mr* J. loss Claris to* dirootly and had some conversation with him regard tog affairs pertain tog to timber and the ran eh, which gave a* toe impression that you wished to mice a friend by doing him a good Job for a reasonable remuneration* You told no the notes weald cost about three or four doilers and also advised that you send for the notes tor toe whole township, which would cost but a trifle aero* You aloe gave me to understand toe work would tabs you shout four or five <tsyo$ ell thto 1 reported to Mr* Clark, which led him to believe toe entire cost would not be over #60.00 I kept a careful record of each days work and am positive of what 1 state, and will say m get bade to Vegas from our trip to the tinker the night of Sovember POth* There was so att<mpt°IUiS^1§Piegiinr#fi?k on the Ustf on the 82nd we worked to the forenoon end to my opinion could very well hare worked all day, bat the light rain dr© ve you from tbs field? therefore, to py opinion, you are mot entitled to air pay tor the diet and only a half day on the 22nd; you worked the balance of Moveraber* making 8-1/2day* to November. You also worked the first six days to December surveying end on too 7th you assisted to building lower dam; the 8th of December