The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-25
SEALED PROPOSALS.


PROPOSALS FOR BEEF CATTLE
and hour-U. S. Indian service, Fort Hall
agency, Idaho, Ross Fort Bingham O.
4daho, october H. 1895. Sealed proposals
endorsed Proposals for Beef Cattle and
Flour, as the case may be and address,
ed to the undersigned at Ross Fork
BlnSham county, Idaho, will be received
at this agency until one O'Clock a m
OF FRIDAY. the Sth day OF November. 1895.
tor furnishing and delivering at this
agency, as required during the fiscal
year ending, June 30, 1896. three hundred
ana sixty thousand pounds (35O O0O his \
gross beef, and thirty thousand poIIndS
$4,000 lbs.) Hour. Cattle must be good
merchantable. and all offered under any
cohtrAGI VIII be subject TO rigid inspec-
ton. The cattle to be furnished must he
steers and cows Ono bulls or stagsl. NOT
over seven years OF age, and must aver
age not less than $50 pounds. gross. at
each delivery from May 1st to December
1St. and not less than SEQ pounds. gross
from December LIST to May 1st: no ami
NAL to weigh less than zoo pounds and
no animal shall be received that will ree
less than so per centum Of its nrroSs
weight from May 1St TO December Ist
or less than 10 per ceutum from Decero-
Der LIST to May LIST. Bids for spayed heif-
erS Will not be considered. The price
must be figured gross, but for all cows
delivered under any contract a discount
of twenty (20) per centum from the pro-
posed price VIII be made, and not more
than One-fOUrth of the cattle offered and
accepted at any one delivery must be
cows, unless authorized in writing bv the
commissioner of Indian affairs Bidders
must state in their bids that the cattle
offered have been at least twelve months
IN succession prior to July LIST last north
OIL the south line OF Kansas; and each de-
livery must be accompanied by the aff-
daYit OF the contractor that the cattle
oftered for acceptance have been so win
tered. Flour must be either what is
known as straight full stock" of good
sound Wheat-60 lbs. of wheat to be
ground down to about 20 lbs of -four low
grades to be taken Out-Or it may be
what is known as patent flour" and
delivered in extra strong single cotton
sacks to weigh eight ounces to the yard.
Samples of not less than twenty-five
pounds must be furnished by bidders:
SAID samples to be distinctly marked
with the name Of the bidder and the
number Of sample if more than one is
submitted The right is reserved to re-
9ect any or all bids or any part of any
service Certified CheckS-kach Did must
be accompanied by certified check or
dratt upon some United States deDosi-
Tory or solvent national bank in the
vicinity of the residence of the bidder,
made payable to the order of the COM
missioner or Indian affairs. for at least
IVe per cent of the amount of the pro-
posal. which check or draft will be for
felted 10 the United States in case any
bidder or bidders receiving an award
shall fail to promptly execute a contract
with good and sufficient sureties. other
wise TO be returned to the bidder Bids
accompanied by cash in lieu of a certi-
fed check will not be considered. For
any additional information apply to
THOMAS 3. TETER.
L. 5. Indian Agent.