The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-11-02

follows:
Francis sheltons Addition to Shelton.
So Lott Block a Reduced from s 125 to 2
81 IS 4 :. 1 12S :. ,o e
Improv'ts on Lot 1 blk 16 g g, 800 g SOC
1.ot2 Block 16 $50 l0c
1916 IA 800 Isl
Imp'ts on lots & blk IA 6 : $50 8 90
David Shelton's LIST Addition to Shelton.
Lot Block Reduced from 500 to &c
Imp. on 25-100 acres
land III Sec. 1928 200 1Ot
Imp. on land in Sec.
1928 8 g 100 Il
Land in Sec. 1923 6 Go IS 4(
State Of Washington,t &c
Auditor in and for above County and State, dc
hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and
correct copy of the proceedings OF the Board OF
Equal ization of Mason County, Washington. Of
Aug. II, 1889, as applies TO the above described
property. That the same appears OF record II
| Reco I'd Board of Equalization at pages l01 and
102 records of this Office.
Witness my hand and official seal this 9Th
day of October, 1900. A. l.. BELL,
Auditor Mason Co. Wash
| lSestl. Toe /. R. Stamp.
Newspaper tank is considered cheap
by most people, but the JOURNAL has
ever aimed to earn reputation fol
reliability. Like the individual, il
can not command attention or respect
unless 1T is truthful and reliable
Ho never, the 500 ought to "talk'
where the newspaper has no influence
we can find no words, fit to use in
this paper, to characterize the untruth-
full, misleading and deceptive article
which appeared in last weeks Tribune
Taxpayer" article which it pur.
ported to answer made this statement
"The county commissioners as Board
of Equalization for the year 1895
seemed to have been very 10th to make
any reduction in the assessment below
that returned by the Assessor, except
in cases wherein "a member of the
Boa I'd was personally interested"
Read it again and note that 1899 il
there.
You may have the 500 il
you CAN find the figures 1899
or elny other figures in the
Tril>une's refutation, .
which would indicate wheth-
er the figures referred tc
were taken from the rolls OF
1896 or 1900.
They are, we presume, the assess
ment figures for the year 1900, due
and payable next spring. We haven
| taken the trouble to look them up ant
presume they are authentic in refer
ring to this years equalization, but
the. have no reference to last year.
| equa .zation, discussed by Taxpayer.
i This being the seven" year Assesso
i Specie made an entire new assessmen
! Of the property in Mason County ano
i Shelton, devoting considerable tim,
4 to correcting the mistakes and in
| CAPABILITIES OF Shelton's property assess
ment, and the property under discus
sion, as we'll as other property, wa
, equallzed by him as nearly as possible
B We understand that Mr.. O'Neill asked
for no changes, either reductions O
increases, III his property at this year.
session in August, and the Assessor
work seemed to meet with general ap
proval.
We cannot see that the matter is S,
important, as to be lied about or t,
e warrant all this discussion. but havin,
r confirmed the statement in this paper
= we propose to make good its reputation
for r'liability in its published state
lneni-. The official report of proceed
t in,ys Of the Equalization Board ap
: pea-ed in the Journal OF August 25tll
o 1899, and in the Tribune of Angus
Goth, 1899.