The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-31
SEALED PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS FOR BEEF CATTLE
and tour-U. s. Indian service, Fort Hall
agency, Idaho, Ross Fort, Bingham Co
Idaho, October II, 1925. 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 n m
of Friday. the sth day of November 1865
Tor furnishing and delivering at this
agency, as required during the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1896, three hundred
and sixty thousand pounds 1850 600 lbs0
gross beef. and thirty thousand poundS
10000 lbs-1 -four. Cattle must be good
merchantable, and all offered under any
contract will be subject to rigid fnsDec-
ton. The cattle to be furnished must be
steers and cows Ono bulls or stass0 nor
over seven years of age, and must aver
age not less than $50 pounds. gross, at
each delivery from May LIST to December
iSt, and not less than 800 pounds, gross
from December LIST to May LIST; no ami
NAL to weigh less than 200 pounds. add
no animal shall be received that will net
less than 80 per centum of its gross
weight from May LIST to December Isl.
or less than 40 per centum from Decem-
Der 1st 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 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
or the south line OF Kansas; and each de-
livery must be accompanied by the am
daYlt or the contractor that the cattle
oHered FOR acceptance have been so win
tered. Flour must be either what is
known as Straight fun 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 -four" and
sacks TO weigh eight ounces to the yard.
samples of not less than twenty-five
pounds must be furnished by bidders.
sald 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-
1ect any or all bids or any part of any
| bid II desired for the best interest of the
service Certified Cheeks-Each bid must
be accompanied by a certified check or
draft upon some United States deposit
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
| HFe per cent OF the amount of the pro-
/ posal, which check or draft will be for
felted TO the United States in case any
bidder or bidders receiving an award
1 shau ran 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-
fled check will not be considered. For
any additional information apply TO
THOMAS B. TETER.
U. S. Indian Agent.