The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-06

The present Board of Commissioners
for Canyon county consists of Howard
E. King of Nampa, d. Knox of EN-
NETT, and Chas. J F. Petersen of Lower
Boise. These have heretofore been re-
garded generally as men of integrity
and sound mind. On the 18th day of
January they first met in the capacity
of County Commissioners and proceed
ed to the transaction of public business.
At that time nothing unusual was
noticed in the conduct of the gentle
men. The second day came and the
County Commissioners went along in
an orderly way and close observation
of their actions gave no intimation of
serious disturbance in their mental or
moral machinery. On the third day,
everything appeared to move along
smoothly, when representative Of
The TRIBUNE appeared before the
honorable board and made inquiry re-
spscting the matter of public printing.
The Hon. Chas. j. T. Peterson polite
ly informed THE TRIBUNE represent
ative that the board had not yet reach
ed consideration of business of that
nature; that 1t was engaged in the pre-
liminary work of examining and ap-
proving official bonds. There was
nothing III Mr., Peterson's language or
demeanOr to indicate that his mind
was not acting normally. The Hon.
Howard E. King volunteered a little
information upon the occasion which
had some significance. He said that
if the representative of THE TRIBUNE
intended to file bid to do the County
printing he would have to keep his
eyes OPEN. This admonition was
not imperatiyely necessary seeing
that THE TRIBUNE man showed 10
inclination to doZo. On the fourth day
of the session THE TRIBUNE represen-
tative once more went to the Office
wherethe honorable board was conserv-
ing the public veal II had in his hand
a sealed envelope containing a proposal
to do the County printing. The docu,
ment was offered to Mr.. w. g. Dunbar,
Clerk of the Board of County Commits
sioners of Canyon County with the
statement that it was cid to do the
County printing. At the moment Mr..
Dunbar was engaged with other mat
tiers and requested Mr.. Syms, the TRIB-
UNE man. to hand the document over
to the Deputy Clerk, Mr.. IL. &. Dunbar.
Mr.. w. G. Dunbar instructed his dep
uty to file the document which was
done then and there and Mr.. Syms paid
the filing fee and withdrew. Upon
that day nothing unusual was noticeable
in the features or conduct of any men,
her of the honorable board Further
than this, Mr.. Syms of The TRIBUNE
has no personal knowledge as to what
became of the document. 1t had been
regularly presented and filed. 1t was
to all intents and purposes regularly
before the Board of County Commits
sioners for consideration and disposal
This occurred on the 18th day of
January 1897, and until the Bird day
of March following no public intima-
ton was given that the bid of THE
TRIBUNE had been suppressed although
it had been repeatedly asserted in three
County papers that proposal to do the
County printing had been filed by THE
TRIBUNE. On the Bird of March the
following article appeared in the Cald-
well Record:
THE COUNTY PRINTING.
The following communication in re-
gard to the County printing explains
itself. The statement is not signed by
Howard E. King owing to the fact that
he went home yesterday, before leav-
ing however he told Record reporter
that no bid from the TRIBUNE had
ever been presented to the commits
Sioners:
CALDWELL, IDAHO, March 2. 1897
Ed Record:-A report has been cur
rently circulated that at the January
meeting of the Board of County Com
missioners of Canyon County, the
Board ''smothered," or in other words,
ignored a bid from THE CALDWELL
TRIBUNE to do the county printing at
the rate of two cents per line. We de-
sire to rectify this mistake, irasmuch
as no bid from that paper was ever pre-
sented to said Board, and that we were
not aware that such bid existed, and
know nothing about it. Our reason
let the public know the truth of the
matter, as so many conflicting stories
have already been published.
Signed,
D. KNOX.