Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-03-04
Some History.


county court is extravagant in the mat
ter of printing. and is not guided by
the law in placing contracts for the
same, The LEADER presents few facts
which may interest our readers who
really appreciate the truth.
70 begin away back yonder when the
price of both labor aud printing mater
ial was away down and the pressure of
Grover Cleveland was felt from coast
to coast, we find this item on the Com
missioners' Court journal of Lincoln
county, Oregon, under date of August
8. 1893:
Ordered that the Lincoln County
Leader be selected as the official paper
of this county until the first regular
term of this court In January, 1894,
and that the compensation for SAID pa
per Tor publishing county business oe
liked at 40 cents per square.
Now, that something like it--not a
cent too much. We do not blame the
Court for it's liberality; neither do we
blame ]. F. Stewart, at that time editor
of THE LEADER, for accepting it. The
present editor of The LEADER gets 30
cents per square for the same service
and would take more if he could get it.
Under date of August 10, 1894, we
find the following entry in the journal: ::
In the matter of county printing. 1t
is ordered that all papers in Lincoln
county desiring to publish or advertise
for the county be required to file list
of their yearly subscribers with the
county clerk, duly verified according to
law; also statement for the price pro-
posed to be charged by them for each
class of work.
1t does appear, that the county court
of Lincoln county has always had more
or less respect for circulation, doesn't it2
Under date of February s, 1895, we
find the following:
In the matter of the county printing.
Now on this 9Th day of February, 1895,
came on to be heard the matter of let.
ting the contract for the county print
ing for the year 1895, and it appearing
to the Court that the Yaquina Post had
the largest circulation of any paper in
Lincoln county, Oregon, it is therefore
ordered and adjudged by the Court that
the Yaquina Post is hereby designated
as the official paper of Lincoln county
for the year 1895, and that the price to
he paid by the county for such work
shall not exceed the sum of 20 cents
per square.
Here again is circulation recognized,
but Van evidently didn't want to get
rich, and therefore bid down to bed
rock.
We fail to find much more in the
records touching upon circulation until
January Z 1898, when it bobs up again,
as follows:
In the matter of letting the county
printing. Now at this time this cause
came up for consideration, and the Lin.
coin County Leader being the only pa.
rnbsfling list of subscribers, as by law
re4ulred, 1t is hereby ordered that said
paper have the county printing for the
|, year 1898.
The above history covers the period
during which J. f. Stewart was editor
Of THE LEADER. We mention this moi
because of any desire to drag Mr.
Stewards name into this controversy
but merely to keep an important link
in the chain.
We now touch briefly upon the per
iod when Mr.. Stewart was County Judge
and w. l.. Davis editor of THE LEADER
Under date of November 2, 1898, We
find:
In the matter of the delinquent taxes
for the years 1895, 1896 and 1897. Or
dered that preliminary steps be insti
tuted for the sale of said delinquen,
property upon said rolls, and that the
County Judge secure bids for the pub
lication OF said delinquent rolls.
On the above date the letting of the
contract for publishing the delinquent
tax rolls was supposed to be in the
hands of the Sheriff, but the matter
was evidently side-tracked by the Court
as the County Judge did not "secur,
bids" from any publisher and the rolls
were not published that year. In Feb
ruary 1900, however, the rolls wer,
placed in the hands of the present edi
tor OF The LEADER for publication by
the Sheriff, but the County Court fixet
the compensation. Commissioner,
Wakefield and Goodwin, knowing tha
Judge Stewart was printer, left til,
matter with him, and the Judge fxet
the price at 10 cents per square-2h
cents per square more than we received
for the recent tax roll. The point W,
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