Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-06-14
COUNTY PRINTING

which, for slurring over important
points and developing minor items, GER
tainly deserves commentator. The
Reveille SAYS:
The legal notices last year, outside OF
the tax summonses, which will not be
published this year, amounted, exclusive
OF the notice OF the sale Of state school
lands, paid by the state, TO the munifcent
sum Of s4l.65, so that il this year equals
last year the county by having the work
done for nothing would save Sil.65. The
publication Of commissioners proceedings
cost the county. from July LIST TO date, ex-
actly Gf the bills were not cut DOWN
s2sl. so. So that IL all the printing were
done for nothing the county would have
saved s32323. The publication OF the tax
summonses cost about $1,000, and the
average summons brought the Reveille
sl.20, or about the cost of composition.
To those who think the county printing
is a bonanza the s32s.23 figures will prove
a surprise, but they are taken from the
ledger in the Revelle counting room, and
envious contemporaries will be allowed to
examine.
The showing above is excellent-un-
til the full facts become known, before
referring to which an analysis of some
Of the statements quoted above will be
important: "The tax summonses, which
will not be published this year, This
is entirely gratuitous information on
the part of the Reveille. Why will the
delinquent tax list not be published?
Are times to be so flush that everyone
will pay his assessments? The fact is
that the summonses will possibly be
quadrupled this year, amounting to
perhaps 81 900, instead of 81 600, since
the tax lists of cities, as well as of the
county precincts, are likely to be pub
lished in the official paper.
Another clause: Exclusive of the
notice of the sale of state school lands,
PAID BY THE STATE" Why exclude
these? And do not the taxpayers of
Whatcom county help pay state billsP
Finally, after first mentioning the
$1,000 for summonses-for which by
the way the Reveille puts in its bid,
thereby contradicting its own argu.
ment-the quotation says: $50 that if
all the printing were done for moi hing
the county would have saved 1928 %,
figures that will prove surprise; but
they are taken from the ledger in the
Reveille counting room, and enviOus
contemporaries will be allowed to ex-
anime" Passing by the pleasant at
tempt at sarcasm in the concluding
words Of the quotation, it is pertinent
to remark that if the Reveille's "led-
ger" is as mixed and indefinite as its
editorial, the "envious contemporaries"
would fail i'm obtaining much light by
an inspection, however minute. The
official records in the auditors office
are the safest, and they show the fol-
lowing bills paid by the county to the
Reveille:
From sept. to Dec, 1907 .............so 74 65
From Dec, 1872, to March 81, 1893. ..... las 70
Total. .siI9O 40
Bills cut down.................... 80 50
Balance. ....................... 81 00 90
But this bill of S1,03090 is only for
seven months, as will be seen by refer
ence to the dates, leaving the bills for
five months yet to be presented, and
which ON the basis of the $145.75 for
the three months from December 81 to
March 81, will swell the total by
s245.75, thus bringing the sum up to
N,276.65. Surely the "envious con-
tenn porariesn would find slme diff
Guilty in arriving at safe conclusions in
their privilege Of glancing at that re-
markable "ledger."
In word, the Reveille realizes that
the bid of the Fairhaven WORLD, in
justice to the taxpayers Of the county,
simply throws the Reveille's bid out of
the question, being over 50per centless,
and 1t endeavors to cover its track by
parading big subscription list, which
might perhaps contain the figures
dropped from the "ledger" which
'''No SVhVch pOidiSS hioy VA"ih-
inc. Why not let them examine the
subscription lists also?
The county commissioners issued a
call for bids. In compliance with that
call four journals put in their bids.
That Of the WORLD is far below all
Others, and being a paper of general
circulation in the county, and having
been in existence for nearly three
years, deserves the contract by every
right Of Justice "a statement which will
receive the hearty endorsement Of
every taxpayer 10 the county.
The Remenyi concert, to be given in
Lighthouse theater Thursday evening,