The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1897-05-12

1iIc court SiSl the Tribune GOT ToSU
for t 1000 tax lists and that it was on.
ly 1920 more than it should have
got: that Il correct charge Of the
Tribune for these 1000 lists would
have been $4,000, or S334.S more
than the rate the REPUBLICAN cot
while the Tribune was telling the
people that tho REpUEL1CAN was
robbing them. This year this Office
furnished 1000 more tax lists for
*S2.5G, at a rate Of S1Gj.12 for 1000.
and the Tribune is still telling the
people they are getting ''robbcd" by
us. The 1000 tax lists furnished BY
the Tribune cost the county and the
taxpayers $3.50. The 1000 tax lists
furnished by the REPUBLICAN cost
the county and the taxpayers $17S.56.
and the Tribune tells the people we
robbed them while it was ''the friend
of the taxpayers" when it was mak-
ing them pay *40l.;,G more for the
same work The opinion Of the peo-
pie on this matter would be interest,"
ing reading. M@" "..... ...
The court explains how the verdict
is arrived ut that there was an ''un-
dcrstunding" between the board OF
county commissioners and Mr.. FauldS
that eighth sheet blanks should be
considered and paid for as quarter
sheets, quarter sheets us half slccls
half sheets as whole sheets and whole
sheets as double sheets. Mind. in Mr.
I'uuld's charges to the county, a blank
consisting Of Il whole sheet. 14Xl7
inches in size, was billed and charged
and paid for as a ''double sheet" at
the rate Of $3G for the first hundred.
The court says:
At the time of the trial the de-
PENDANT offered proof tending to show
That ut the time the contract was
entered into there was It discussion
between him and the board Of county
commissioners touching the phrase
in tho statutes: "For blanks cut
from fiat cap paper measuring l4Xl7
inches i'll siZc:" and the terms
"Wholc sheets, 'half Sheets" "Quar.
ter sheets" and ''ciylth sheets" and
that the conclusion of this discussion
was that it should be understood by
both parties that the terms ''wllolc
sheets, half sheets, quarter sheets
and eighth sheets" should be held by
them under the terms Of the contract
to mean blanks Just half the size Of
those required by the contract.
1T was further understood between
them that the bid put in by the dc
lcndant for the prinJing> by which
he agreed to do the printing at one.
third the statutory price, was bascC
upon this understanding, and that
the contract was subsequently cal :
ricd out to it's completion under thjs
understanding. a
apparently mistaken as to the mean
Ing Of the statute. both parties acted
under Il mistake both in entering in
to the contract and executing it.
When tue board Of county commits
slOncrS met for the first time, in
April, 1898, the matter Of bids fol
the county printing WIS brought up.
The board said 10 the newspaper men
Of the county, who were all present.
that they would receive bids for the
work at the meeting one month from
then, Or on the first Monday in May.
and that, as they were all there,
there would be no necessity for at-
vcrtising it. That was all chat was
said at that meeting in regard to
bids. Mr.. Ruff, who then published
the Times at Hamilton, went home
The publishers Of the Western News,
then published at Stcvcnsyillc, had
no further conversation with the
board. They never talked with the
board about sizes Of blanks, etc, for
they knew what statutory sizes were
and presumed other newspaper men,
and The board also. knew what they
were. The language Of the statutes
was plain enough. They never had
any understanding" such as Mr
FauldS testified he had. They never
heard Of il until the recent term ol
court. The bids they put in Wcr1
bona fdc, and meant what they said
and they meant to put in their bills
at those figures should they receive
the contract.
At the time Of the opening Of tho
bids the bid Of Mr.. Kul Of tn,
Hamilton Times, was opened first
| t was a bid to do the county print
ing for 5G per cent. discount from
statutory rates. Tho next bic
opened was that Of the Western
News. which was then published Al
Stcvcnsvillc by Jas. Il. Earris ant
j. Il. Stevens. This bid was IS pei
cent. discount from statutory prices
The last bid was that Of Mr.. Fauld>
Of the Northwest Tribune, ana wa:
at GG5 per cent. discount from tho