Arizona citizen., 1872-05-11
NEW ADVERTLSElIENTS
INDIAN DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT INDIAN AFFAIRS, A. T.,
 PRESCOTT, A. T., May l, 1872.

c ALED PROPOSALS, IN p duplicate, will be received at this office until 12 o'clock M., on
 Saturday, June |, 1872.
 For supplying the following Articles, viz; 250, ,000-TwO hundred and fifty thousand
 pounds net (more or less) Flour, of
 standard supertine quality.
 5O,O00-Fifty thousand pounds net (more
 or less) Barley, of good merchant
 able quality.
 5,O0O-Seventy-fi thousand pounds net
 Cmore or less) Beans, of good mer chantable quality.
 | 70, 5,0OO-Seventy-five thousand pounds net
 (mOre or less) Beef Cattle, fit for
 inanlediate slaughter and iSsue. | Delivery of the above named supplies to be made at the Colorado River Res eryation, A. T., in such quantities, and at such times prior to June 30, 1873, as may be designated by the Superintendent of Indian Affairs.
 The Beef Cattle will be subject to the following conditions, viz:
 Not to weigh over five hundred pounds net per head; to be weighed if prac- ticable, and from the live weight of the animal thus ascertained, its net weight to be determined, by deducing therefrom fifty per centum If weighed, not to be fed or watered, from six to nine hours previously. If impracticable to weigh on scales, the herd to be separated and ar ranged into three equal lots, according to their apparent weight, as heavy, medi- um, and light cattle; an average animal selected from each lot, killed and dressed, as pres cribed by the U. s. Army Regula- tions, and the average net weight of the b-aa ot. colo l-.I1 T dressed, to be accepted as the average net and determination of the acceptability and net weight of the Beef Cattle, to be by Board composed of special Indian Agent on duty at the Reservation, an of ticer of the army, selected by said Agent, and person selected by the Contractor.
 Also, to be delivered at the Colorado River Reservation immediately, viz:
 Sixty dog. axes, handled; 40 do. axe helyes, 20 do. spades, S. H. 30 do sick les, short; 50 do. planters hoes, No. 3; l0I do claw hatchets, large; two de. scythe stones, fifty doz. shovels, L. H.; five doz. shovels, s. H.; twelve dog. picks, eighteen doz. pick handles, twelve dog. hand adzes, small; two doz hand saws, assorted; 12,- 900 sewing needles, medium to course; 500 pairs blankets, 6 lbs; sixty doz. pairs sat met pants; 35 dog. wool shawls, 6-4; sixty dog; hickory shirts, large size; l,SO0 yards pri good quality and colors; 900 yards manta, 800 yards red flannel, twelve dog. pairs brogans, eights to tens; 800 lbs iron, flat asst'd; ten lbs. borax, five lbs. solder, 2,000 lbs. blacksmith's coal, 900 lbs. mule shoes, 100 lbs. horse shoes, 100 lbs. horse shoe nails, 400 lbs cut nails, 4d., 6d, 3d. | and 10d.; ten tons lime, 25 lbs. blue paint, fifty lbs. white lead; ten lbs. yellow ochre, ten gals. boiled oil, two gals. turpentine, two gals. varnish, four lbs. copper riyets, assorted; 100 lbs. harness leather, five lbs. | saddler's thread, two lbs. black wax, one 1 lb. beeswaX, ten lbs. rosin, 300 it. 15-lnch | rope, POO it. finch rope, 200 it. l115-ineh rope, 1,560 it flooring lumber, 800 1t. scant- | ling, 1000 it. plained boards. sixteen feet long; one light spring wagon with canvass cover, one set double harness, one ambu- lance whip, one dog. whitewash brushes, one dog. horse brushes, three doz. corn brooms, 15 dog. nose bags, 15 doz. paint brushes, twelve gross screws, asst'd; two coal oil lanterns, one windmill ard tank, capacity 5000 gals.
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