Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-05-11

OLYMPIA, May 1, 1>s3
En- STANFORD: n
| observed III your last {Ss'h, a
" namhynamly" and " Avail Fool
letter from some anonymous parties
hiding behind the nom de plume Of
"Several Jersey Blues" and al
though written hy crank in New
Jersey. was dated the day of pub
lication, i'll order TO convey the false
impression that it was written here.
The apimus or malice of the writer
is very apparent, bu, the attempt to
drag private and personal lnatters
before the public, is, to Say the least
of it, both humanity and in bad
taste, and l should not deisn to no.
tice it, were it not full of falsehood
and misstatement from beginning TO
end. Permit me therefore to tres
pass upon your columns, to say:
1st. The stock of the Janet Gold
Mining Co. sod to parties in New
Jersey, a majority of whom, instead
of being "old time friends were
acquaintance made just prior to
/ their purchase. The agreement"
referred to, was not in the nature
of security for loan," but it was
, we'll understood by all concerned,
, that what the purchasers of the stock
would receive was to be derived from
the proceeds of the mine, after the
works were completed and i'll oper-
alton.
%. The works were never COM
pleted, as was stipulated in the
contract or agreement" aud that
from no fault of mine, but from the
fault of these squeaing Jersey
Blues" My original plan and pur-
pose was to move the sand on a
large scale by the use of steam
power and endless chain, i'll cans
over a tramway and deposit in a
proper manner to pass the amalgam-
ators, and for this purpose brought
out car wheels and axles. Subse
quently it was deemed best by all
concerned, (although the idea did
not originate with me) to try instead
centrifugal pumps and pipes. AT
ter q great deal of work, repeated
experiments, consuming much time
and exhausting our funds in doing
so, it was found, to the satisfaction
OF all of US, that the use of the
centrifugal pumps and pipes was
wholly iml racticable for the purpose
intended. The Agreement referred
to provided that if there should not
be money enough derived from the
sale of the stock 10 the said Jersey
Blues to complete the works fol-
successful operation, then more
funds were to be raised, aud to that
end l deposited ten thousand shares
of stock with them, to be sold fol
that purpose. l informed them of
the failure of the plan of using
centrifugal pumps and pipes and
furnished them an estimate of what
additional funds would be required
to complete the works as original y
designed, and the practlcabiIity OF
which was never doubted by any
one Interested. This, in violation
of their agreement, they declined
to do, AMI instead adopted the dog
in the manger' policy, comforting
together, planned hotr best 10 "cap
ture Moore to use their express
slon) us leaked out, unwittinSly, il
the correspondence of one of these
Jersey Blues with gentleman
here. 1t is quite apl aren't to any
one, that l could not fulfill my
part of the "Agreem Mt" unless {
works werr. completed AM in sue
cessful operation, as everything
was conditioned and dependent up
on that.
Sd. When the writer of the lettel
in review says, " 1t was proposed Il
two of their number, then in the
Territory, to sell OF squeeze GU
those living East" l have only tt
say that | never entertained, made
or even heard, of such Il proposition
and do not hesitate to pronounc,
} the statement unqualiGc,lIy tolsc.
4th. The bonds and trust deed +.
ferred to were made out and prepared
not by me, but under the imme dat,
supervision and assistance of tn,
" legal representative of thes,
Jersey Blues" who himself wen
: east and subst quently procured from
the parties there, the stock belong
ing to me and forwarded it here
during my absence in California, ant
. therefore all the silly "bosh" abou
~ knowledge of the surrender O
this stock no sooner reaching NE
tlan I ,dssS,rted the ranch, &c. is o
"A piece wEh the other reckless an,
false statements of the communica
ton, made with the best of motives
, When l left for California, | did
, not know that my stock had beef
surrendered. It's true, ! fount
that working the sand by manua
labor, especially during the winter
could not he done protiiably.
: The fact is, these parties calm:
themselves Jersey Blues, "defeate,
themselves by pursuing Il suicida
couise, when they co"H and sI,opl
have co CT erat,d with me, compIie'
: rdh heir agreement, and thus mad
f the enterprise Il highly piotitabl
one. They have only themselves t
blame. Sp">c q"a"'>"m SiOoLun'
mtkatcrl," Yours Truly,
, =. ID. MOORE.
= CLoUl-IIRsr occurred on DR.
Greek, thh,teen miles from Wall
i IL