Bisbee daily review., 1903-07-28
AFTER GRAHAM
 COUNTY SUPERVISORS
THE ARIZONA BULLETIN POCRs
 A eRoAosIoE INTO THEM.
And Serves Notice That Past Persona; or Political Fridndships "cut No Ice" in the Future.

Ice" in the Future.
 The Arizona Bulletin, leading paper of Graham county. has put on it's war paint, sharpened its knife and toma- hawk and gone forth scalp hunting in its bailiwick for the board cf super visors of Graham county. The board lately transferred the funds of the county to Globe, notwithstanding the fact that there are five banks in their own county, and it seems also that the economical(0 board has been for some printing, and this is what the Bulletin has to say about them:
 "The smallest piece of official ousi- ness ever carried out in Arizona wes when the board of supervisors If this county orderel the cle-k of the oard last week to send all the orders fer public printing to eastern printing houses This business is not only small. but $ a high-handed outrage. Very few bnsiress men iH this county send any money ou' of the county for printing; they prefer to spen1 the money at home. where it will Oe kept in the local channels of trade. But this arbitrary and bulldozing board of supervisors. who the people electe1 last fall. have seen fit to try to injure the county papers by withdrawing from them all patronage. The news papers of this county have all been industrious and loyal in their work for the upbuilding of this countyfh they have spread the marvellous resources and invited homeseekers to our Ia yored county. and have done great deal towards the advancement of our prosperity. and the thanks they re- ceive is a slap in the face by the boar1 of supervisors. who seem to think that , the money paid into the county treas ury is put there for their own indlvld- ual purposes, instead of being provided for use in carrying on the business or the county in an economical manner The Bulletin has been doing the print ing for tn ecounty for thirteen years, and the present board is the first '1 find that the prices paid were cut rageously high. As compared 10 the price paid its own chairman for iand by the present board of supervisors, the price of printing has been ridicu- lously low: but there seems to be different policy adopted by this eco nomical(D board when it comes 10 dealing with the printer. When a member of the board wants to liit mortgage from property, or wants to turn over a bunch of road work Q pet oyerseer, it is 9n easy matter to make the arrangement, bat a news paper which works every day Tn the year for the upbuilding of the couEiy and in the advocacy of every pToposl- ton wi'Ct promises 10 be beHenc'ai to the people and taxpayers. this board seems to take special delight in trying to discredit it by sending the county work not only out of the coun-y. Du out of the territory. County officials have become bold in the past, and at tempted to assail the newspapers as means of covering up lheir tracks, but the people have seen the true purpose of such work, and they are not pima now, and unless the present board changes It's tactics it will be the most unpopular one ever elected in the county before it's term shall expire.
 The Bulletin now promises the peo- pie that it will keep an eye on the board of supervisors from this time on; it's extravagances and question able transactions will be shown up without regard to past personal or political friendships.