The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1895-08-07
COUNTY ROBBED
BY "The Ring" According to
The Old Man.
FACTS SHOW WHO the Thief is.
Faulds' Contract Price, His Illegal
Charges, and the Republican
Rates Compared.

So much has been said and written
about the past contract and charges
of j. r. Faulds for the county PRINT
inc. and the present contract under
which the REPUBLICAN is doing the
work, that we are told some OF our
citizens have really gotten the IDEA
in their heads-due to Faulds'
mouthings-that there is an Eth
iopian in the woodplc somewhere
and that ''ring" exists whereby the
county is being swindled under the
nrescnt contract. TO set at rest
these suppositions, VIC propose 10
give, in as plain words as possible,
the whole situation, past ana pre-
sent. no begin with, We lay before
our readers the section in the stat
utcs OF Montana under which the
past and present contracts were let
1t is as follows:
SEC. 1868. That it is hereby made
the duty Of the county commission
crs Of the several counties in the
Territory Of Montana, to CONTRACT
with some newspaper Of general cir
culation published within the county
to do and perform all the printing
for which said counties may Of
chargcable, including all legal ad
ycrtising required by law to Do
made: blanks, blank. books ana ON
cial publications, at not exceeding
the following prices: For ever.
folio Of one hundred words or frac
tipn thereof, not exceeding one dol
lar and fifty cents shall be paid 10
the first insertion thereof, and MT
cents Der folio Of one hundred word
for each subsequent insertion re
quircd BY law to be made, ana ollrc
figures or fraction thereof shal1 co'lh
as one word. For rule and tlgur
work not exceeding two dollars pc
folio of one hundred words or frat
tion thereof, and fifty cents pc
folio of one hundred words for eac
subsequent insertion thereof requi
cd bv law to be made. Prlnte
blanks required by law to be prlnte
for the several counties, snail pc ~
nisllcd at the following rates: F'
!. BLANKS CUT FROM FLATCA
, PAPER, MEASURING FOUl
TEEN BY SEVENTEEN INCH
IN SIZE and weighing not less tn;
sixteen pounds to the ream as II
lows, For eighth sheets printed c
one side, $500 FOR the first hundr
\. copies and thirty cents for each sl'
scqucnt hundred copies: and TWEEN
- cents additional per hundred
bound. For eighth sheets printed
both sides, ,S4.5 for the first hu
drcd copies and fifty cents for ca
SUBSEQUENT hundred copies. l.
quarter sheets printed on one 81
B ST. 90 for the first hundred cop
and thirtv-hvc cents additional
hundred if bound. roy quart
sheets printed on both sides ST
for the first hundred copies a
sixty cents for each subsequent NJ
drcd copies. For half sheets print
on one side $50 for the first NJ
drcd copies. and seventy cents
each subsequent hundred copies, a
fifty cents for each additional ~
drcd if bound. For half sheets prl
Ell on both sides $500 for the Il
hundred copies and eighty cc
for each subsequent hundred cop
For whole sheets printed on one
Sll for the first hundred copies,
~ 81 for each subsequent hund
- copies, and sixty cents add1tlc
- pcr hundred il bound. FOR WI
sheets printed on both sides SIS
tho first hundred copies and y
for each subsequent hundred cop