Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-11-01
A Letter to . Farmer Wakes Craw ford
Up to the Necessity Of Making some
Companions Himself.

personal properly Oh inc NOECuoEu aCAAC
Railway Go. These are facts which
wish you would circulate in your neigh
borhood. And this is the man who
wants to assess US again.
"Our present assessor has been most
conscientious and honest in his office.
He has treated all alike-rich and poor
and think it is to our interest to 90 (,
everything in our power to re-elect him."
The person receiving this letter for
warded it to Mr.. Crawford and asked an
explanation. To which Mr.. Crawford
made the following reply:
k"In regard to the charge that ! omit
ted to place any portion OF the n. r. ny.
land or other property ON the tax rolls
denounce it as absolutely false.
"The detail sheets, amounting to
10000. which the writer says
the deputy had, and he forgot to take
the detail sheets all out of the box, and
never lost a cent by that, for Mr.. Sells
would have discovered the omission
when he was finishing up the rolls. Be-
sides, it was Mr.. Warren who found the
missing detail sheets, and not Mr.. Jones.
''Every year there is q fresh lot of
railroad land patented, and the assessor
cannot place the same on the rolls until
notified by the United States land office.
And never failed to place any railroad
land on the rolls. The rolls are turned
over to the auditor by the assessor each
year, on the first Monday In August, and
all the land that il patented after that IL
placed on the rolls the following year.
1.-THE party who wrote that letter Tin
the interest Of Mr.. Jones) il guilty OF 2
dirty campaign lie; and Jones himself
has been telling the same thing in some
parts Of the county, although he told
MIR. Sutton, our campaign manager, that
he (Jones) would not do Mr.. Crawford
any dirty work If I did not say anything
against him. promised Mr.. Sutton
that would not take any unfair advan.
taee Of Jones, and had made several
speeches in the county in which had
not even mentioned his name. But
when found out that Mr.. Jones was
publishing false reports about me, /
then, in justice to myself and my friends
who nominated me, have exposed these
false statements, and. have brought
,counter-charges against Mr.. Jones, which
/ will give you and you can write to the
county auditor and find out the truth OF
the same.
II have not space to give you ell the
figures that I would like, but will send
as many a. may be necessary to sustain
my charges against Mr.. Jones.
ssIn 1895, under Mr.. Warren's term Of
Office, the N. P. Ry. track and right.of-
way was assessed at the following
66s sswto,ds assessment in ise7. sso rs
which was reduced by commits
Clones assessed the same
property, together with four
miles more than was built when
Crawford was In Office, to-wit:
The track from Aberdeen to
bridoe, at. .................... 4l5,817
making difference Of. ...... l0o,S4l
5000 per mile. ............... $4,000
in Crawford's favor. ........... 14l SAL
''North Western Lumber Co.,
of Hoquiam, WASH, tugs and
steamboats,
lS00. Crawford. :. ............ 27,400
1900. Jones. ................... 1925
difference in Crawford's favor. 9,476
1895. Crawford. ........... 1900
1900. Jones. $500
in Crawford's favor. ........... $500
Royalties and patent
1885, Crawford. ........... 2e,255
1910, Jones. ................... 0ZU
in Crawford's favor. ......... 2S,7S6
moneys of banks, brokers'
1898, Crawford. ............... 30,726
1900. Jones 33,8lK
in Crawford's favor. .......... 500
''Shares Of water stock, insur.
ance &C.
1900. Crawford. ............... 44,759
1910. Jones 28,34l
in Crawford's favor. .......... 16,4lS
IN. B. The Hoquiam water
works, which were constructed
since Crawford left the assessors
Office, and which cost over. 10000
have been assessed by Mr..
Jones at the value of ......... 1891
q loss to the county OF value. 73,O49
Household furniture and Of
n isass Crawford ....... 1884
190i1' Jones ...,..,....... l63,3O2
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