The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-27

Ssa-rie. VAS May 3 80
70 ire E95tr-. zawe read WITH good
deal c< Interest TIA e~o-zrzE. zsssssea q
Okla =oxsr~ IA regard - - assessment
woFk. ard wsN say hat go 1cs agree
x.ta thsz gentleman I wcusS ars1 ASK
tae gentleman 4 re ever saw Or evsr knew
% E.re ever Being GsveAor~5 ard mae
sato = p4vlag R-oposst.cr. b simply doing
he ASSESSMENT werE~
Mv ex1~-ssree nzs been that r nan
h2s : E.1e CT = prospect ard there Is
airy shear CT making anything 08t CT -
ae . n5c Obliged 70 Dc competed 6T aaw
70 develop his property would ask
he gentleman T. Il = the bora f1e nine
owners and th5se nat hare spent 1ua-
e3rsds zz2 thousands o. dollars Tor 5s1s de-
Weighing % r14Ees - cur state EGat are
opposed . % annual assessment wcrS
bel1g dsue away with FOR cns OF tw5 - as.
or N IL he man who fio%S sn his asses
rnent WORK <sE Tears svs With Esa-
tern. relocating hiss own property and
that O. rs unfortunate neighbour
20 not know were ~Ok2,ogza" q Sit
mated. - what mining District - rsqrz-
seats. hgt Do know that il would bring
q grea: intuS,fc@ upon the bona ade 1.lse
owners o. SIayerton and Monte C-isto- who
have already expended hundreds II t1ous-
anas ot dollars, and are now left przcct-
calIy w.th 10 Communication with the
outside world, the railroad being wss1ei
ogt last fail. ard nc prospects % Is eeans
bull. fhis year. Therefore eur mines are
absolutely worthless Tigh53e facility for
shipping the Gre Il I might WISH % IN
fringe on your valuable space could zen
ton over one hundred men n tEe yictZitr
Of Silvsrtcn ard Monte CTisto that have
ALREADY done developing work from $40
20 $40 feet. and are -cday on a shipping
basis Il they only had traasporfat.on.
TIE gentleman also makes lEht % tha
tens Of Thousands Of uExIse sons. as ne
calls them. VINO invested IN mining stocks
/ claim that those investors saousd oe
protected, as Il Is their money that has pu.
the Cascade mountains as a mining re-
sicn second 10 none. S3ue IL them have
probably used poor Judgment. but Ne
mus. admit that they have s8oEn faith
and enterprise n our country when tazy
have invested their hard-eaTned dollars as
they have. On the other hand We have
class o. so-called mining men that have
never done assessment work in their lives.
and during the boom Of lsas and the spring
Of 1857 they we're very prominent on the
streets % Seattle with specimens O. rock
ia their pockets. many times taken fr0rn
other properties than their own, also very
prominent IN organizing companies and
selling worthless stocks. and are DOW
making their boasts en- the streets OF Sc
attle tina: u the assessment work Is not
done on their worehlsss property they will
relocate the claims again and fIsh fos
more suckers. This IS the class o. peo-
Die that would be injured by congress pass
ing a Law doing away with The assessment
work OF tsas, and this is the class OF
property that would be tied up. Does the
gentleman think for one moment t3at X
IN individual or a corporation has 3 propo-
s;tioa that from a business STANDPOINT
they are able 20 work. that they are go
.ng 70 suspend all operations simply 20
saye the annual assessment az sioo: Per
sonauy do not care about this question.
al have done M work on five cfa rns
az SiIverton. but / would Ike 10 sec
stop put 10 the claim jumper VINO Goes
all his mining with his mouth and MS as
sessners work with q lantern on New
Years eve. That class OF mining VIII Be
injured by the bona fide miner or investor
yno has already got work enough done 70
have his claim patented. but who has net
the means, and through course o. events
which re is not able 70 contTo. is forcec
to leave his property and search new fields
10 make a livelihood for himself and fam
ily-to those f. would be a benefit.
SlLTERTOS.