The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-29
SEALED PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS FOR BEEF CATTLE
and fiour-U. 5. Indian service. Fort Hall
agency, Idaho, Ross Fort Bingham Co
Idaho, October II. 1895. Sealed proposals,
endorsed Proposals for Beef Cattle and
Flour" as the case may be. and address,
ed to the undersigned at Ross Fork.
Bingham county, Idaho, will be received
at this agency until one O'Clock 10 m
of Friday. the Sth day of November 1895
for furnishing and delivering at this
agency, as required during the fiscal
year ending June 30 1896. three hundred
and sixty thousand mounds (360OOO lbs
gross beef. and thirty thousand pounds
10000 lbs.) flour. Cattle must he good
merchantable. and all offered under any
contract will be subject to rigid inspec-
ton. The cattle to be furnished must be
steers and COWS (nO bulls or Stags) NOT
over seven years of age, and must aver
age not less than $50 pounds, gross "a
each delivery from May LIST to DecembeT,
list, and not less than 500 pounds. gross
from December LIST to May 1st; no ami
nal to weigh less than 700 pounds. and
TO animal shall be received that will net
less than so per centum of its gross
weight from May LIST to December Isl.
or less than 40 per centum from Deem
Der 1st to May LIST. Bids for spayed heif-
ers will not be considered. The price
must be figured grOSr, but for all cows
delivered under any contract a discount
of twenty 600 per centum from the pro-
posed price will 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 by 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
of the south line of Kansas; and each de-
livery must be accompanied by the affi-
davit of the contractor that the cattle
offered 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 Y lbs. of flour. low
grades to be taken out-or it may be
what is known as patent -four" 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-
leCI any or all bids or any part or any
bid If desired for the best interest of the
service. Certified CheckS-Each bid must
be accompanied by a certified check or
draft upon some United States deposi-
tory or solvent national bank in the
vicinity of the residence of the bidder,
made payable to the order OF the COM
missioner of Indian affairs, for at least
i've per cent of the amount of the pro-
poSal. which check or draft will be for
feited to the United States in case any
bidder or bidders receiving an award
shall fail to promptly execute 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 B. TETER,
U. S. Indian Agent