Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1908-02-12
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..uu.. printing. as required Boy the
.IamtoH. Nas determined yesterday by
ba board of supervisors by an unani-
nous vote ruis decision WIS reached
only after a thorough inspection ana
discussion Of the bids, aud also ugid
examination of the bidders who test.
God under oath. and answered the qurs
lions of District Attorney Morrison.
There were four bidders for the county
printing ,iz. tbc journal Miner $1,000;
the Courier $500; the Ncws Herald 10y
nj Porkin.. si3SO, and the Mining Re
view by Hi Perkins whicn bid by the
inch for the publication Of proceedings
81 the board, ETC., and submitted a
schedule Of prices for q portion Of the
job printing required. From the test'.
mony advanced, 1t WIS evident 10 the
board that neither the Ncws Herald or
she Mining Review was the best r.
sponsihlc bidder and accordingly the
contract was awarded 10 the journal
Miner ia accordance with law and tho
facts IN the ease.
!. " Milnos, president and general
manager Of the journal Miner Publish.
any company, IN replying to questions
tsstifrd that the Journal Miner wns
established in 1854 aud that the daily
cdition tncrcof bad been published reg
ularly since september. 1904. Asked
regarding the mechanical facilities ~
che plant, he testified that the equip
sncnt was superior 90 any IN northern
Arizona aud that it employed larger
force ~ worlmcn than any other
paper IN this section
Mi Perkins, who had put in bids for
both the News Herald aud the Mining
Review. was th" mex, witness. and his
testimony revealed a queer state Of
affairs IN connection with the two pa.
pcrs ne represented. II showed that
only last saturday he became the
proprietor ~ the Ncws Herald, tprc.
sumably for the purpose of securing
the county printing! but that the Min
ing Review has been practically bank
rupt for several months These ndmi-
sions were wrung from witness by Dis
trict Attorney Morrison, who asked
"Mr. Perkins. you are the proprietor
and publisher Of the News IIeraldf"
am, was the reply
"Sincc when have you been It's pub
ushcr,"
81 purchased the paper on February
Z. In the issue Of that date Mrs. Ham
mor published an editorial announcing
The sale to me-
'"Thc News Herald has been pub
Iishod In Ysvapai county for one yea
or morc'"
alt has"
"'po you mean tina, was II PRINTED
m this county,"
81 did not say printed / said pub
Iishcd"
"whcrc then has II been printedf
." For the past six months II has bee
printed Mt Wickenhurg. The plant wa
moved down there from Congress June
tion."
"Thcn II has been printed at Wick
onbuTg, Maricopa county and simpl
distributed at Congress Junctionf'
Yes. that Is true. Hereafter, how
ever. ! am going to print II ut Pres
colt"
"will YOU move the plant up hcrc''
"No, only bought tho Subscription
list and good will. I"
snow. Mr Perkins, tell us abou
the Mining Review which has n hi
before this board You are the pre-
prictor''
"No, leased the plan, and the pu
pcrS wcro executed last saturday"
"what are the fncilitic. 81 N
object"
"Th"y are as good NJ those of an
s1iher office except We have not IA
wire affecting machine tina, the jour
nj Minor has"
lyon have been getting out m
Mining Review regularly since you b,
"smc its manager about year ago'
"No. | cant Say that we have. W
have been . little behind "
A" Some ~ the members ~ this boar
tcll me that they received the 9TH
day a copy Of tao Mining Review whiC
was dated IN December IIo~ IL that
"we have not missed any issues bl
have been behind The most was scv,
weeks The paper was Published
the Prescott Publishing company ~
there were differences among the stoc
holders a. what 10 DO. Ths, was n
reason Tor oar getting hchind."