Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-11-03

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q; ,a,j week | lini THIS clause:
Is il not the ri,r which ha,.i,nr..! =
lew yeats ago, when Mr. Mu,'> =, WIS
Treasurer amt Jnhu Il. iu.l>r,. /. ..i ~
81 tni> road. and tn" TREASURER 81 the.
:"liin,t :-t'"'il biz in i'V tine culutv. ,,t"rt
outsiders s',,nd ready To- ilN It. and tiI..
county WA afterwards uhir:,rI 10 IN ike
4 r"II;rn I'I-c with thr company To- u,t
any taxes. This WAS the liI~t break in
collecting ilAc> from tn,. old coIn,rinV,
and Mr.. ,luH>"n. The candidate for 'rrraS-
urr on III" independent ticket. was the
FIRST I" MAKE me break.
y lat SttpI ,noianc": or shall
sLy What :. icr,!t'' llnr of bare
faced fails hoods! + 1t not strange
that Il ,un Of caliber sufficient to
edli Newspaper should make such
Il false report: Or i: may I've the
hyribI" gale owe, i'll that part of town
that Is blowing things around in
such haphaHlId manner, with
out paying attention as to where
they may strike. In the first place
let lis analyzs our text IL little. " MIR
Munson was treasurer n wop-
der, that Is true. John +. Judson
was PRESIDENT; Uie number onel
" The Treasurer had the rolling
stock bid i'll by the county," die
No. two), vixen outsiders stood
ready to buy it," (Fact No. two)
" and the country was afterwards
obliged to make compromise with
the company 10 get any taxes, lie
No. b. The Candidate for Treas
urer on the Independent ticket was
first to make the break" (Lle No.
f1ur). As the clause, and the
county was afterwards obliged to
make compromise with tho com
pany to get any taxes" is calculated
to give the impression that the
county did finally receive the taxes
of that wear, we will put that down
as Lie No. five.
As that miss ica'}Cr is calculated to
change my friends into the support
Of Nh. Crosby, | suppose | must
explain few things in regard to
that transaction:
The assessment roll of 1879 is
the first On which we find the little
railroad" and the tax there assessed
upon the fifteen miles of rails and
rolling stock was 81 300 Under
the revenue law then in force, the
Treasurer had the collecting of de.
linquent taxes. The com pany failed
to pay their taxes, and ut the proper
time, March 80. 1850, | issued and
posted the notice of sale of the
whole concern, TO take place on the
It'll of April; and right here viii
say that, knowing the company
would contest the cole elton OF the
taxes to the last; take advantage of
any loop hole or point l might leave
unSuarded, and that their legal al.
vlsor, Mr.. j. Z. Judson, was one of
the ablest lawyers in the the county
L was CAREFUL that every step | made
was correct and legal; aud the gen
tleman who quietly counseled and
advised Inc on points III regard to
which l was doubtful, will ever be
held III high esteem, and will say
to him, here, that L hope that Oh
every occasion when lie goes fishing
he may be as fortunate as he was
the day he gave me final instruc-
lions as to how l should proceed
safely.
My next step was the appointment
of n deputy t. take charge, aud as
did not wish the people to he the
sufferers by locking ny the train in
the depot until the day of sale.
appointed Mr.. Vim. McIrvins nv
deputy to take and hold possess
of the train and have it at the depot,
Including hand cars, working tools
and all other personal property be-
longing to the road, at II o'clock on
the day appointed for the sale, all of
which instructions he faithfully car
ried out.
Everything went smoothly along,
and all threatened restraining orders,
arrests and legal stumbling blocks
which | expected and knew | should
find if left IN opening for one, did
not confront me on my way to the
place of sale; and the first one did
meet was from Mr.. Swan, in the
shape of an order to sell " subject
to the mortgage given by said com
pany to Thurston county" The
next obstacle to prevent the collec-
ton of the tax was Mr.. Swan agent,
Mr.. Frank Henry, who stepped for
ward when all the property had been
offered for sale, and bid the amount
of taxes, interest and costs, as agent
for Thurston county. Those stun.
bling blocks by the outside bidders
and the officers of the company be-
ing sufficiently large and comprehen-
slve, there was no other bids, and it
was " Knocked down" to Frank
Henry, Esq, agent for Thurston
county. AS soon as that was done,
the Secretary of the company showed
me a certificate of deposit with MIR.
Barnes, of the amount of taxes, and
said that is as good thing as we
want"
Mr.. Judson, MI. Barnes, or any
member Of the Railroad Board of
Directors at that tune, will tell you
that the tax would have been paid on
that day, April It'll, 1879, had not the
county, by its agent, bid in the road,
| and instead 0; my being responsible
! for his appointment, MIR. Swan. the
Republican an.iidate for County
Commissioner, is the man. | had
no more knowledge that there was
any such agent, until he made him.
self known when he bid, than now
know Mr.. Gums destination when
he leaves this planet. AS the coun-
ty bid in the rollinr-stock, it had to