The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-08-27
How Auditor Creyer
Shields Commissioners
Official Report Of County Printing Deal 0mts Most lmpor
tant Facts....Is Neither Accurate Nor Complete
For Information Of Taxpayers

For Information Of Taxpayers.
One of the duties of the county auditor make accurate
of the proceedings the county commissioners
bids submitted for the county printing by
which offered to publish the procea
the financial statement all printing
county and county auditor for 3 cents per folio for the
alto be printed in the Daily Weekly the Sank
Centre Herald the Melrose Beacon the Albany Tribune
Cold Spring Record the Richmond the Payne
vile Press The JournalPre company offered publish
the delinquent tax list in all these eight papers cents
description.
The Times publishing company offered to publish the
ngs of the commissioners etc. in the Daily and Weekly Times
and the Der Nordstern for Is cents oo first insertion
35 cents folio for each subsequent insertion 1t also offered
to publish the delinquent tax list in the Weekly edition Of the
Times only at IL cents per description
These bids were certainly OF interest to the taxpayers
Here is the treatment they received from the county aud
John G. Crever under date of January Z, 1908
"The bids for printing were opened and notion July
seconded laid Thursday January 9th at
o'clock a. M" #8
The following the official made by Auditor
the final action Of the board on January 9, 1908:
motion duly made seconded and carried unanimously the
bids for printing rejected.
a. Sullivan attorney Publishing company
presented bid for the ST. Cloud Times follows To publish
the proceedings of the County Board County Equa
zaton Financial all other official printing tue
County and County Auditor for 3 cents square or o
first insertion and 17 cents for subsequent n
all to be inserted and published in the a
Times and Der Norstern free of charge and to publish tn
nquent tax list at cents per desert iption.
George W. Stewart attorney for the JournaPress cons
pany orally bid the Journal Press Company OF one
half that offered by the attorney of the Times publishing o
pany"
Then follows the resolution by Commissioner Kng
awarding the printing to the Times although the name '
Kramer is omitted
That the up Auditor Crever Who
is a stockhoder in Der Nordstern.
The fact that Company included in adon
it's weekly and daily editions the sauk Centre Herald tie
Melrose Beacon the Albany Tribune the Cold Spring Record
the Richmond Standard and the Paynesvle Press Is en
ignored and suppressed.
The fact that the print the delinquent
only in it's weekly edition. clevery woded that 1t wou ~
the casual reader and that the JOundt
offer its editions and the sir other papers at
cents per description IS suppressed and egnored -
aoord IN the ohoe report prepared by hd
or John inform the taxpayers that the county board
of given offer to haze the entire cc
mas published IN Daily Weekly JommatPresS, the
Sauk Herald, the Merose Beacon, the Albany T5e
the Cold SpnG Record the Richmond Standard and the Pde
rie Press at onea paid the Times for publishing Inc
proceedings financial statement IN the Daily and Wstg
Times and Der Nordsen and the delinquent tar last on ~ ne
pceekly edition of the Times.
There are other inaccuracies report Attorney Sui
did not make his offer until after offered by
had been read and when Attorney Brr
Press called attention to the fact that no @
had been made Attorney Sullivan then made an offer OF
when Attorney Stewart the Journal Press company @
publish the proceedings the financial statement and
the delinquent list the Daily and Weekly JournalP
by the Times reporting this bid Mr. Crever fails
taxpayers whose being suandered for
service the material substance of the Journal
Press offer.
This is the record and these the undspued facts
have the proceedings OF the board ~
county accurately and ntegenty reported and
published.
taxpayers the right to know which commissioner
made the the bids which commissioners seconded
it, which offered the resolution and which COM
missioner seconded it.
They pay bills this year twice high price as was
necessary auditors the most I'M
paran facts in the case and neither accurate complete
These cannot be ruthfuly denied by Auditor
es and matter of public record publish
information of the of Stearns county, who
to elect his successor the coming election