The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-08-06
Contract Prepared in Lamp
ing's Interest Substituted
for Original Accepted
Document.

attorneys office produced their
copy Of the supposed original lease.
Then. IN order 20 be absolutely
fair. the copy held by the prosecut
Ing attorney was compared with the
lease filed with the county auditor,
from which The Star CLEANED It's
first Information They we're en-
urely different documents.
Cnch for LampinQ.
The dummy lease has an entire
clause inserted providing that n
the county should continue the
lease beyond April. 1911. and does
not extend the lease 70 Lamping,
that iamping shall have the priyi-
lcge Of having the property ap-
praised By three appraisers and can
compel the county 10 pay him the
fnli appraised value % an buildings
contained on the property covered
BY the lease.
The original lease does not have
word pertaining 10 such an OBJ
Z legation
"A
graph binding I.ampinE 10 a prom
ise not to sub-let the property.
either In whole or in part. without
the written consent Of the county
commissioners
There ls not a word 81 this in
the dummy lease
In the original lease the county
Is empowered 90 take possession OF
the property al any time subse-
quent 70 April. 1905. by giving 30
DAYS notice
Changes IN Lease.
The only way the county can re-
gain possession Of the property at
any time. during the term of the
lease under the wording OF the
dummy document. IS by giving co
days notice and showing that the
ground Is Immediately required
for county purposes
The original lease reads that the
county can regain possession Of the
property by giving the 80 days no
ilce subsequent 10 April. 1908. when
Il Is needed for county or other
purposes
In the dictionary OF the man who
wrote the dummy lease there was
evidently no such word as other
The Significance OF this word. I'M
der such circumstances. will read
ily appeal to the average business
man
The original lease refers to ter
minating the lease after April. 1908.
in any one OF the ways The
dummy lease provides but one way
In which the lease can terminate,
and that is by showing that the
county requires the ground Gimme
cistely for county purposes"
Ignores Time Provision.
The call for bids provides. and
the genuine lease fully stipulates.
that in no event Is the lease 10 ex-
tend beyond April. 1911 The dunn
my ignores this provision entirely
and TO all practical purposes makes
II incumbent upon the county TO
continue the lease 10 Lamping. or
else pay him the full appraised
valuation Of all buildings that he
may have erected upon the prem
Uses AZ that date.
In the original lease IL is pro-
vided that thirty days notice is snf-
fioient 10 terminate the contract.
In the substituted document when
ever any specified time Is referred
to the lessee is given sixty days
lceway.
The peculiar" substitution OF the
papers must have been known TO
the county commissioners lmme-
diatcly after I.amping's bid Of $500
a month FOR the property was &C.
copted by the board. the commits
sioncrs notified the prosecuting at
tomey's office Of the clauses which
they desired inserted In the lease.
The original lease was drawn up
accordingly
camping Calls With Lease.
About this time Lamplng appear
"a &C the prosecuting attorneys
office with a lease. which had evil
IDENTIFY been written out at his own
dictation
This lease was rejected by the
prosecuting attorney because Il
was TOO raw III ~ strange
coincidence that the lease which
the prosecuting attorney declined
to accept because OF it's impossible
provisions rs almost Identical in its
salient features with the dummy
lease which the commissioners att
erwards substituted and accepted
and signed
Ono rlarinu Instance a. the clalsa
i'm the dummy lease which provides
that the county shall pay appraisal
damages for an buildings on the
property 1t the lease is continued
after April. 1911. 10 any other than
Lamping. This is one of the
clauses In the lease protiered by
Lamping TO which the prosecuting
attorney took especial exception
and refused to accept.
Charles 10 NiblOck. a well known