Show 218 prior rights to purchase the land should the railroad ever decide to sell But regardless of claims Judge Wenner after having visited the island as Miller’s guest soon notified them that he vas buying the railroad land on the island and that they must move off within a year and pay him the price of 100 head of sheep as rental for the present year This was in 1884 The Millers were outraged at such action and William H Miller was in favor of taking the case to court in an attempt to prove prior rights to the island them However Jacob Miller vas a polygamist and vas not willing being brought into court on any account2 Thus the to risk Millers lost the island and Wenner vas able to take control Actual sale of the land to the Wenner family was not negotiated until 1892 after the death of Mr Wenner Under a ten-ye- ar contract of sale Wo 90226 dated October 31 1892 the Union Pacific Railway Company sold to Kate T Wenner administratrix of Estate of W J Wenner deceased 110990 acres of land in Secs 7 17 19 21 and 29 Twp 5 N Rge 4 W and in Sec 13 Twp 5 N Rge 5 W of the Salt Lake Meridian at §200 per acre and the purchaser was to assume all unpaid taxes for the year 1885 and thereafter The contract of sale was paid in full and the Railroad Company issued a varranty deed No 902 dated January 29 1903 to Kate Y Wenner 3 and 1 Seymour L Its Islands" 2 7 Miller f This was the period of greatest over the Polygamy question Letter from W Union Pacific Railroad 3 "Experiences on Great Salt Lake H Co conflict in Utah Hulsizer Manager of Properties July 3 1944 |