Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-04-27
1.-THE Janet Gold Mining Co..
CHAP II.
ArriI o..lh lss3.

April 18th les"
En- ST>NnAKp:
Dear Sir; This seems almost an April
Fool lr,trr-inr here hc-innrlI the second
chapter of the story regarding the Janet
Gold Mining Company" Of which you
rave III" first chapter in Your issue of
April 2>,h. lSs2
Ii you Will rcpr"dnrc that chapter ia
the sim. issue " it'll hi, Your readers will
So. and lud.rr for Themselves, bow far the
class therein described, ~ residing about
Puget Sound. were mistaken.
\ copy Of the said paper OF April 1882
WIS sent To Us i'y Mr.. Moore. AMI We then
thought that he had sun" very lai friends
about PUGET Sound now. however. VI
think there must have been II very u,.i,r
sarcasm in Your closing sentence Fca
ing that You have not r,icwcd Nj
Moore, and thereby kept the "cnvi"u,
minds" about Puget Sound posted and th,
history Of the great enterprises of r,n
Territory fully recorded, We bee the priv
lr=c OF relating this second chapter
That which WAS secret then. i n"
secret now. perhaps 1t i true, that We.
are NOT" capitalists or >prculator>,". hui
only practical business men, max ng Il
very impracticahlc contract with our in.
crrc friend, Mr.. Moore. THIS contract .!
agrccmtnl-Wr being old-timc iriend>-
was in the nature of a security for "a loan.
1t is a matter of record. We gave Mr..
Moore orr money: he gave Us in return
of his stock IN the Janet Gold Mining Go
and an agreement 10 pay u> back our cash
with interest. in six months after the
works were completed. The works were.
to be completed July lst, whereas they
were not in shape to run until about
August.
! 1t very soon became apparent, that.
either Intentionally or otherwise. Mr..
Moore could never fulfill his agreement
with us, and therefore those of lis who
were upon the ground made move To
secure the moneys invested.
1t was proposed to two of those, there III
the Territory, to sell or squeeze out those
living in the East. This, however, was in.
dignantlv refused and proceeding, had hv
which thirty.siX bonds were issued 80
Philip ID. Moore or bearer, and secured bv
! IL trust deed, or mortgage. given To and
held by one of your highly esteemed ciii-
zens. These bonds were written so AS To
cover in five equal installmrntS the several
amounts due us, all dated October 3lst.
1882, and supposed all To mature, severalIy.
at the same time. On these representa-.
tons we surrendered stock. which gave us
| a controlling interest in the COMPANY and
released Mr.. Moore from the original CON
tract Apparently, no sooner did the
| knowledge of this reach our "sincerc
| FRIEND than he deserts the RANCH; caused
| to be given to the only one of our numhe r
then in the Territory deed of the proper.
| ty, sends him to the spit to discharge the
| Cinnamon and then starts for Frisco" for
| his health o.. Strange To relate, however
our "sinccre friend had also previously
| given to this our only represen taiivc now
on the ground, as he alleges. bonds falling
due in advance of ours, which having be
come due, he our representative there is
now f0reclosing to his benefit and ours, e.,
| if we will only buy him out
| This We do not propose to dc, unless we
have to. by way of redemption. We pur
pose 80 have our equities in the matter and
hence there will he more To follow
another chaptcr-after awhile.
We have tried to anticipate all of your
queries. as if you were interviewing us
We might say, as others do, when they
find that they have been entcrviewed
don't publish what | have said" We
however. do not care; we rather like to
have those "envious minds" know just
how envious they can afford to be at our
expense.
We have been April fooled, no doubt
but Qui rideat vincit.
Yours Very Truly,
SEVERAL JERSy BLUES
p. S.-We have just heard that our " sin
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