The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-06-23
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Individual Commissioners Will Make
Investigation and Report Later
Resolutions Adopted.

cally q week came 10 all Gnu.
During the session 16 different
textbooks for as many different stud
les were examined, leaving five
to be examined later. These were
disposed of by assigning certain sub
jects to different members Of the
board, with instructions to report the
results of their examinations at a
subsequent meeting of the commits
sion. The studies for which books
are still to be chosen and the commits
sioners to whom they have been as
signed are: History, Hamilton; ma
ture, Monroe; geography, Harmon;
literature, Lenning; miscellaneous,
Lewis. .9 n
The different contracts not having
been prepared for signatures before
the commission adjourned, the secre-
tary and president were authorized
to sign, in the name of the commits
sion, all contracts awarded. Prepare
ton of the contracts is now under
way. f
~ .. Contracts and Bonds.
Following is a list of the publishers
to whom contracts were awarded, the
books they are to supply and the
bonds exacted from each:
CHM & Co., readers and geo.
SIdpliCo. -. O,OOV
American Book company, spell
ers, physiology and supple
mentary civics.... 49,. .... 1900
D. C. Heath & Co., arithmetics $500
Scribner & Sons, history ...... 1000
Maynard, Merrill & Co., gram
mar 49,. 49,. ...... o.. 1000
B. H. Sanborn & Co., copy
DOCKS. -. .... -. ........ l,oVU
Rand, McNally & Co., Ian
guage.... 80. 49,. go. .... 1000
Silver, Burdette 4 Co., music
and supplementary drawing. 1000
Walters and Ingram, drawing. 1000
F. C. Kress, civics. 1000
Whitaker Ray Co., Pacific
SuOrleS... .... 49,. 80. -. oUU
State Publishing company,
mental arithmetic. So. :. 500
Total. -. ...... .... ....$34 500
In the contest between the union
and non-union houses the latter got
a little the better of the others. The
bulk of the books to be furnished will
be by firms not entieled to the use of
the label attesting that they employ
only organized labor. The largest
bond required is that demanded from
CHM & Co, which aggregates $4,000.
Next come D. c. Heath & Co., with
81, 500. These two, with the Ameri-
can Book company, which gives a
bond of $1,000, furnish the larger
part of the total amount. of the diff
ferent bonds, $4,000, or more than
two-thirds.
Resolutions Adopted.
The following resolutions were Offer
ed and adopted:
Your committee beg leave to offer
the following:
"The Montana state textbook COM
mission, at the close OF it's session, ex-
presses it's obligation and thanks to
those with whom it's labors have
brought it in contact.
First, to the governor, the Hon.
j. X. Toole, and the attorney general,
Hon. j. Donovan, for courtesies tx
tended and for advice freely and
promptly given, that has enabled the
commission to proceed intelligently
and expeditiously with it's work, and
to the other state officers for courte-
sizes extended.
Second, to the representatives OF
the publishing houses, who have ap-
peared before the commission to pre-
sent the works of their various estab-
lishments, for the courteous, consid-
crate and businesslike manner in
which their work has been done. The
commission appreciates the spirit OF
fairness and strict integrity with
which this competition has been con-
Quoted. and believes that there has
been in their work bebore the COM
mission only that which calls for our
highest commentator.
Third, we express our thanks to
president, the state superintend-
ent, the Hon. w. w. WEIGH, for the
earnest, courteous, able and impartial
name in which all the duties con-
nected with his responsible and try