The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1892-02-11
The WEISER SIGNAL.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IL, 1892.

will bring suit against the county to
collect payment for publishing the
delinquent tax-list. If the case comes
to trial we believe the SIGNAL will
win, and If it does, the commission
ers will doubtless make the bonds
men Of the defunct Leader pony up.
The SIGNAL has already engaged a
lawyer and will make strong fight.
Its charges were certainly reasonable
enough, although the Citizen offered
to do all Of the county printing for
the year 1891 for less money. We
do not believe the SIGNAL agreed or
intended fulfilling the Leader con-
tract, and this proven the SIGNAL can
certainly collect its bill Citizen.
1t is true that the Citizen offered
last spring to publish the delinquent
tax-list for a less amount than was
asked for in the SIGNALS bill. The
SIGNAL at that time also offered to
do 1t for less, but neither of us got
it, as the Leader gave bonds to do it
for less than either one. But it is no
more, and no arrangements have
been made for the fulfllment of its
contract, and had the delinquent list
been ordered published in the Citizen
the commissioners would have been
just as far justifable in attempt
ing to hold that paper to the Leaders
contract as they are in their action
toward the SIGNAL. But we are
truly thankful that, judging from the
sentiment we hear expressed from
both the upper and lower country
people, not one OF the present board
will again be placed where they can
impose burdens Of injustice upon the
people just at this moment our eye
catches sigh. of commissioners pro-
ceedings in three of our exchanges
lying beside us, and among other
items in the three we notice:
Silver Messenger
A. j. Pierce. county printing. .el125O
Range and Valley
Asa Abbott, county printing /. 4. .sl33. 90
Malad Enterprise
Il. A. Davis, printing and pub
fishing delinquent list. -. 1886. 30
Compare this with
Weiser SIGNAL, delinquent list. 49,. $500
All Of our other Idaho exchanges
show about tho same as the above,
and the Silver Messengers $I12. so is
the very smallest amount received by
any. Look at the Enterprise. 1t
gets 1886. 80, and its delinquent list
filled but one column. The SIGNAL
had three columns and gets allowed
90. 00l Who has been swindled?
The SIGNAL is in debt and paying Ii
per cent. per month interest, and the
allowance Of its just and extremely
reasonable bill (Which, at the rate al
iowed~by statute, would be 1870 in
stead of $160. 75) would have enabled
it to tighten part OF its load. But,
NO! grind down the paper and compel
1t to continue paying on that $3.50
which belongs to it, but which it is
fraudulently deprived of Under
such grinding burdens must we strug-
gle to publish respectable sheet. If
the county paper is forever to be the
last to be paid and the first to be
cheated, the first to be ground to the
lowest notch Of starving compensa-
ton for its labor, the sufferer for
Others foolish agreements, and in
stead Of the liberality and cheerful
aid it should receive is made the one
object Of the most misery, niggardly,
narrow and contracted business meth
DDS, how can it ever improve or sue
cessfully do justice to the section it
represents. Why not give up the
struggle, close the office, pack up the
material, suspend operations and HE
away, leaving the county seat without
any paper, until some other deluded
victim is induced to settle down and
starve to death by the edict of idiotic
commissioners. This would have to
be done if the people generally were
Of the same stripe and adopted the
same brilliant policy as the commits
sioners. But, thank heaven, the
public at large are not entirely of
that mind, and there are so many lib
cral minded people in the county who
realize the worth of news papers and
give them hearty support that there
is not the least danger but what the
SIGNAL will remain right here, ready
to support men of tact and Judge.
ment for the next board.
The Idaho Commonwealth is at
hand. 1t is published at Boise on