Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-11

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insertions "brevier type" the tota
I. cost Of which shall not in any even
exceed 25 cents per line nonparie
type, the usual abbreviations IL
- description to be used on the saiC
2. delinquent tax roll, it is ordered tina
the contract, on the terms abov'
stated be, and the same is hereby le
= to the West Side Enterprise.
T. Ed. f. CoAD, Judge.
WM. RIDDELL, Com.
- J. B. TEAL, Com.
That contract will be followed to the
letter on the part OF the West Side
Enterprise. No attempt at jobbery has
been made on the part of this paper OF
the court and not one cent will be col
lected under that contract more than
It plainly specifics and when you
imply otherwise you are doing an
injustice to both the court and to this
paper.
In conclusion, Mr.. Hayter, I will
say that the county court is to be com
mended for their fairness in this mat
ter Of bidding for the tax roll. The
custom has been followed for years
and it appears as though it is about
the only chance Of newspaper out
side Of Dallas getting look in on
business Of any kind emanating from
the court house. There are printing
plants outside of Dallas and in Polk
county almost IL not quite as well
equipped for business as there are in
the county seat They are entitled to
some of this business as we'll as county
seat plants and il there is no other
way Of getting their share Of the busi-
ness let the county court be even
little more fair and give the outside
plants a crack at getting the business
through bidding for it.
You, Mr.. Hayter, have written an
uncalled for article attacking both
the county court and the now ex-pub-
Usher OF the West Side Enterprise.
The court and other county officials
have been your best friends but because
about forty plunks or thereabouts of
Polk county funds have gotten out Of
a Dallas print shop and all in one wad
you squeal like a stuck pig. / have
always regarded you as successful
publisher and splendid business man
with whom it is pleasure to meet and |
be with, but certainly think, and /
believe that every fair minded person
who readsyour article In last Fridays
Observer and this reply will think |
likewise, and that Is that for once you
have gone off on tangent and have
made u monumental ass of yourself
Il. RALsToN.
The brother Is frank, isn't he? And |
he has such nice, delicate way of
expressing himself. But personalities
have no place whatever in this matter,
and as the OBSERVER has no desire to
reply in kind, the cx-edltor Of the
West Side will find himself mistaken
il he thinks this paper is going to per-
NIT itself to indulge in any personal
to divert the peoples
minds from the real facts at issue.
We are perfectly content to let our
case rest upon the comparative show
Ing made In last Fridays paper, when
L was proved beyond question that a
rate greater than the law allows is t
being charged for the publication Of '
he tax notice. Talk is about the {
cheapest commodity known to man, /
'ut facts are stubborn things. a
Neither does it matter il Mr.. Rails
on's contract does read that "the
otal cost OF the publication shall not
xceed 25 cents per line, nonpariel
MEASURE. " The cost does exceed that
um, and the only guido the Sheriff
las In collecting is the amount set
orth in each description of property
s published He Is helpless in the ,
natter. as long as the publication is
llowed TO remain as it Is.
Mr. Ralston has looked up the tax |
office as published by the OBSERVER
lst year, and he finds that the notice
as set In nonpariel type as required |
law. He also finds that the spacing /
etween the words Is wider than the |
yle adopted by the OBSERVER in set
ng up the comparative showing in
'st weeks paper. Mr.. Ralston is |
ght in this. The sale last year was Il
t on a linotype machine, and it Is |
'obably known 10y all printers that
)rds cannot be spaced as closely on
typesetting machine as by hand. |
1t had Mr.. Ralston carried his inves.
cations a little farther, he would IA
we found that the OBSERVER made |
e allowance for this difference by
arging only 20 cents a line instead
% cents. 1t is true that the differ. i
CO did not amount to cents a line,
I we desired to keep we'll within the ~
v In our charges, aud so we sub -, -
tied n price to the court that we
ew to be safely inside the lawful Il
e, to the end that It might be fair TO
delinquent taxpayers and to pro-
[ the members Of the court from any
ssible criticism. The total reduction
'de by this paper was something
sr SIS, although the real differepca II