Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-05-07
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Official Paper Of Union CC.
As no THAT & CATALOGUE.

/ We understand the University cat
! aIogne for 1903 Is now being printed
from the press Of the EsoBRElsR at Elk
Poins. Inasmach as we printed ia last
weeks Republican an official notice
/ calling for bids for printing such GAIA.
loguei such bids 10 be received and
Ioneaed at Aberdeen Oh May 5, we fail
| 20 comprehend The state nf things
which allows work on its publication
TO begin at this premature date. The
ways OF some In authority are getting
TO be mighty mysterious and alto
getfer loo puzziing for rs 10 fathDm
| We care not very much who does the
work, only 30 Its award is properly
made. Is we had known that II was
Iforeordained lhat Bro. Bruce's gilt.
edged skill and low priced rates would
land the Job IN bis office, whetheror-
no. we tnaght have saved the pennies
we paid fssf postage in forwarding our
little bid to Aberdeen. Strictly speak
Iings the printing for all Stale institu.
tlOns ought tp DO done Iii the towns
where each II loeatedif the facilities
Of the local printeries will permit,
and we guess, taking last years cata-
logue fora sample, 30 one will for a
II QBAlA4A DA &JNC 4&tN
71at6tsc17l p1 hitting Office To do work ac-
ceptable 10 the most fastidious, unless
the critic be preiudiced or pettigrewed
by partisan purpose or politieal passion.
Either printing office ia Vermillion
can do better book work than hereto
fore has sometimes been done on the
catalogue when printed out of town.
La fairness to all we will add that it ie
our belief THAT the iversitY faenltg
would naVH mitch preierreu that the
work be performed la town, where
general supervision and special atten,
tion to proof revision and other details
could have been more conveniently at.
tended to. Termglltog Republican
The Republican, has again made tile
mistake Of regarding the State Uni
versity as the Vermillion University.
Ver:Gillion printers have no more
claim on the University printing than
any other printer Ia the state, only as
regards the convenience OF haying the
work done close lit hand, the quality of
the work and the price charged. To
the f-st particular Vermillion printers
have the advantage over any Others:
in the last two they must compete
with the other printers Of the state
Three years out OF the last six the
COURIER has bid on this work, and the
contract has been awarded to us on It's
merits every time we have bid. TO
offset the Republicans graiuiious fling
at tout Of town work, we will simply
state that the last time the University
Catalogue was issued from the Cou-
RIER PREss. The professor having the
matter Ia charge gave II as his opinion
that our catalogue was The most ac-
curate and satisfactory ever Issued BY
the University
We are not authorized to speak for
the Board Of Regents As to the last ad
vertisement Tor bids. we understand
that this called FOR bids to do the print
Ing for all the state educational institu-
tions In very limited time. II this is
the case, the probability is that there
were only one or two printing establish
ments III The state that could meet
these conditions and 10 the plan was
found 70 be impracticahle. Wiley Il
Danforth themselves have afforded the
best possible ok xplanation OF how the
work came to be awarded to Elk Point.
e was Bro. Brnce's giltSedged skill
and low priced rates That landed thcs
business.