The state herald., 1902-01-17
COUNTY PRINTING.

laws OF 1893 reads aa futIows;
SECTION l. 1t shall y the duty Of the
board Of commissioner each county
in this state, to cause - advertisement,
to be inserted In the official paper OF
their respective couptles, under the
heading of Stationery proposals., ask,
ing for bids for the supplying, for one
year, commencing witbsthe first day OF
the month OF January next following the
publication OF such advertisement. OF oil
books. stationery, records, printing
lithographing, and suck other supplies,
specifically montionips and describing
them, as ara furnished: TO the several
officers ofsbe,rg eos., saia;ls s4ds .sis.'
ment to be published not less than
twenty days, and to commence with the
first issue OF said paper in December Of
each year"
Presumably in compliance with the
above seoti,n OF tho session laws, the
county commissioners Of Phillips county
caused notice for bids to DO published
in the Holyoke Republican. The Her.
AID dled Nth the county clerk sealed
bid on county priatlng and stationery
The Holyoke Republican filed similar
proposal. When the county commits
sioners on Wednesday OF this week
reached the matter OF letting contracts
for county work and before the bidl
were opened Commissioner Peterson
made motion that the Holyoke Rspub
lican be declared the official newspaper
Of the county for the year 1902. Thit
motion was seconded by Chairman
Foster and was carried Commissioner
Peterson and Foster voting for the mo
tien and Commissioner Borland voting
no. The effect Of this motion was tc
give to the Holyoke Republican tho con
tract for the county printing at legal
rates. The board then proceeded TO op
en- the bids OF the HERALD and Republi
can Tor county stationery and count,
printing. The HERALD's bid was about
one-fourth Of tho legal rates ana the Re
publican after giving prices on station
cry simply offered to do all other print
ing at reasonable rates" which nc
cording to the action OF the majority
Of the board in declaring II
the Official paper Of the county. meani
legal rates. The action OF the majority
Of the board in this matter is somswha,
OF departure from the usual action ia
cases OF considering tids. The HERALr
would not have been surprised at beins
turned down even II iis bid was the low
er oil the two BUTT ~ not expect {,
have It's bid completely ignored BY the
letting OF the contract before the bid,
we're opened. As 10 ehctber the com
missioners by refusing to open the bids
till after they had lot the contract for
county printing. have complied with the
law, we leave TO the HEBALp readers tc
draw their own concl1slonp. A con
servaive estimate Of the amount oI
money tho HERALD would have received
from the county on lis lid OF u lega
rate is FOO. According to this estimat,
the Republican at full legal rates vii
receive about $500 from the county. d
course matter Of sG00 extra charge OF
the county prinI'g 10 OF NJ
concern To the people Of Phillips county
where the tax payers arc no FREQ iron
burdonsome taxation that they will oi
course feel like encouraging such new
departures as this In public economy
This is tho firs, time in ten years tha
tho county printing has been CONTRACTED
at legal ra,os when there was more thar
one paper IN the County to bid for II. W,
probably should beg the Holyoke Re
pnblicans pardon Tor mentioning thi
little transaction for 1t will DO force,
thereby 10 repeat IT'S s,ereotyped an
swer, ''soured on all mankind" We rc
grct very much to pat tho Republican
10 that tronble bat we must have som
little fun TO break the tiionotony o
newspaper liio IN tbs rain bel, even n
the expense Of forcIng such repetition
OF course Il ID barrel, possible that lik
n "Roody goody" little boy we might b,
able TO keep mum nbout such unploaa
ant little transactions but the effort q
do 40 would spoil ouch Of the enjoy
mont " newspaper work.