Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-08-16
County pn,sTiNG.

Az the meeting OF the Boan3 81
County Commissioners las; Monday,
tLe Free Press made an oder, II
<riing, ~ % all tie OOsRis pTiniinS
i-xrepi the publication of bulls al
lowed, which under the Law has 10 be
done IN a daily paper II one De pub
ished IN tie county. otherwise IN a
weeklrl, Tor six months, for the SUE OF
80 per month. Thecnst Of publishing
{he bills sid sreraxe e. - per month.
II the otter o! the Free Press bad
been accepted the county would save
e3Jo for the six months, or al the rate
OF S5Ju Tor the gear. The county is
DOW paying slU pcr month for the
ssrDe work this paper oh,fed 10 do
for $50. tnrisiJe Of the exception
abgye noted)-iPree Press
The editor of the Free Press has
evidently been afflicted with one OF
his periodic attacks OF econouy and
reform. i; 5 Dot true that the county
is paying sl0o per month for printing
that The Free Press now offers To do
for ESQ per month because his bid.
rs submitted Ia Tie Board, d'es not
include TIE printing Of assessment
lists which are required by Law and
Which are included in the present
contract The people Of the county
have not forgotten. II the editor II
Pree Press has, that when the Boa,j
OF County Commissioners advertised
for bids this Spring tn do the county
printing for a year that this same in
diSidual who is now willing 10 do
part Of the work for $50 per ,aonth
thinking that he controlled q mo-
nopoly OF the printing business at the
county seat put iii a bid TO do the
work for Sl1 per month, excluding
the printing OF the assessment lists,
which are now included in the con-
tract at 800 per month and for which
Tue county paid last year the SUN Of
el35;D and which at the legal rate
would have amounted TO $500. His
bid also excluded ether printing To-
4uired OF the different county officers,
by the statu YES, such as notices, etc.
nil OF which are now included in the
contract at sl,O per month.
Neither have the people forgotten
that when the County Commissioners
believing that the bid OF Messrs.
Sproule aud Grover Was exorhitant
and rejected it, that Mr. Sproule re-
fused 10 put in another bid intend
Ing thereby TO force the County Com
uiissioners to accept his proposition.
Nor have they forgotten that this
same editor refused, after the rejAc-
ton OF his bid by the Commissioners
TO do any work whatever for the coun-
~ even at the rates allowed by the
statutes OF the State, thereby forcing
them to send out OF the county for
the necessary blanks for the use Of
the county ~officerr. Neither do We
bSaieve that the people OF the county
have quite forgotten the abuse heaped
uyon the Commissioners by the econ
omist OF the Free Press because
they refused to accept his axorbitant
bid 10 do mart OF the county printing
for slO per month.
The Board OF County Commission
ers with a full knowledge Of the in
tention Of the Free Press entered iu-
TO an agreement, on the 9Th day OF
April. 1871, with tbe present lessee OF
The INDEPENDENT TO do all tho neces-
fary printing for the county for slOo
Per month. Whereas il they had ac-
.epted the bid Of this great economist
they would have paid $3.50 per month
and about 500 extra for printing the
assessment lists making in all sl,GiO
for work they now get for 1920.