Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-05-07
COUNTY PRINTING LET
TO HIGHEST BIDDER
Commissioners Accept Highest Bid On
Lowest Circulation Offered.


and Mr.. Allen got the contract. Both
these commissioners were reelected |
and are now serving their second |
and last terms. Mr.. Rupley, chair
man of the board, is also serving |
his second term and cannot hope for
reelection, hence they are in a posi-
ton to defy public opinion
During the year which will close |
July /, next, the commissioners pro-
ceedings have been published in the |
Pullman Herald, Uniontown Press, |
Cotton Newsletter, Garfield Enter
prise, Oakesdale Tidings, Rosalia |
Journal, Tekoa Blade, Pennington |
Independent, St. John Reporter, En- |
dieott Index, Winona News, Lacrosse |
Herald and Albion Independent, with !!
a combined circulation of more than
5000 copies a week. The same SER
vice was offered to the county COM
missioners Tuesday of this week by
C. H. Talmage, president and mana
ger of the Pacific Farmers Union
and his bid was rejected by the board.
The Reasons Given
When Mr.. Talmage called upon
the commissioners Tuesday after
noon and asked why his bid had not
been accepted, Commissioners Ru-
pley and Mccoy refused to make a
statement. Mr.. Ellis said that Mr..
| Talmage had not sworn to the circu
lation. Later Mr.. Mccoy gave as the
reason for rejecting the lower and ac-
cepting the higher bid, that Mr..
Allen had not had the proceedings
published in all of the papers he had
| agreed to use when the contract was
let to him. Mr.. Talmage later saw
Mr.. Rupley at the Hotel Colfax, and
wnen pressed for a statement Mr..
Rupley gave as the reason for re-
jecting the bid Last year the Her
aid was not published always on time
and some times it did not get into
the post office until the first of the
next week, and then many of the
people of Colfax and vicinity thought
that we did wrong by letting the
printing to a paper outside of the
county seat"
There you have the three separate
reasons given by the three members
of the board. Wilford Allen, former
publisher of the Herald, when asked
regarding these charges, said: THE
statement that the records were not
published in all of the papers agreed
when the contract was taken, is alb
solutely without foundation.
agreed to publish the records in a
list of papers with a guaranteed cir
culation of 2,250 copies. The re-
cords appeared in every paper speci-
fed and several others with which
contracts were made later, and the
circulation was between 4,5OO and
| 5000 copies. In regard to Mr.. Ru-
pley's statement that the Herald did
not some times get into the post
office until the following week, that
is not true. 1t is true that the paper
on a few occasions was not mailed
was never a week when it was not
in the Office the same week 1t was
dated. Even if they were true, it
would be no legitimate reason for
accepting a higher bid for smaller
circulation. AS to Mr.. Rupley's
statement that the people of Colfax
and vicinity were not satisfied when
the printing was taken from Colfax,
| quite agree with him, but it is
equally true that the people of 13
Whitman county towns and vicinity
willnot be pleased when they learn
that the printing has been taken
from them and given to a single paper
in Colfax."
The failure to get the county
printing will make no difference with
the printing of the patents for Whit
man county papers. Many OF these
have renewed their contracts for an
other year and arrangements have
been made to secure all of the county
records and commissionr's proceed
lings and these will be published the
same as if the Herald had secured
the county printing and with the new
linotype machine and other new
equipment better patent and quick
er service will be given this year
than last. The Herald's contract for
the county printing does not expire
until July /, next.