Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-01-16
County Commissioners Reject
Its Bid for Publishing
Proceedings
Legality Of Paper Changing
Its Name Recently Was
Also Questioned
Bismarck Daily Tribune, Wing
Statesman dod Mckenzie
/. Gazette Named

AT the meeting of the county COM
missioners yesterdsk the bismarck
Daily Tribune, the Mckenzie Gazette
and tho Wing Statesman. were ap-
pointed us the olflclal county papers
for the ensuing year. These papers
were designated upon the resolution
Of Commissioner Davies, which was
seconded by Commissioner Patterson.
When the roll was called all the CON-
missioners voted in the affirmative.
At the morning session a PROPOSE
ton was received from the State
News, in the form of a bid, and offer
ing to publish the proceedings at a
lower price than that fixed by law.
There was some question as to Whe-
Their the proposition was legal, and
the question Of the legal standing OF
the State News, in view OF the fact
that paper had beer published under
; that name for emily a short time.
The matter OF selecting all the pap
ers was then laid over till the aft err
nO0 when the following resolution
offered by Commissioner Davies, pre-
vailed with Commissioners Davies,
Patterson, Sandry, Thompson voted
in the affirmative. The resolution is
as follows: = r. ~ #
Whereas the. State .NeWs.. 4 week
ly newspaper published at Bismarck,
N. D., has made application to this
board to be designated as an official
newspaper for Burleigh county, and
in said application has submitted a
bid for the publication of legal no
tees therein at a rate lower than
that provided by law. and
Whereas, We deem that said news
paper is not unqualified newspaper as
provided by Sec. 2279.R c N d 1905,
to publish any legal notices or any
matters required by law to be so
printed in a regularity designated
and legally qualified newspaper from
the fact that said newspaper has not
been established lat least one Cd
year and in being in regular and con-
tinuous circulation during that time
as provided BY section 2279 R c N D!
1905, and
Whereas, said newspaper has sub
mitted a bid for the publication of the
legal notices and proceedings lower
than that provided for by chapter 232,
laws N d 1911, that part Of said act
applicable there to reading as follows:
such proceedings shall be published
as soon after each meeting as prac-
ticable, and the beard shall pay for
such publication seven ca cents per
counted line of nonpareil type for the
first insertion and four: 60 cents per
line on. nonpareil type for each sub
sequent insertion; or five cents per
line of counted BREWER type for the
first insertion and three ca cents per
line Of BREWER type for each subse-
quent Insertion" and
Whereas, the members of this
board deem that said newspaper is of
doubtful legality under the statutes to
be designated as an official newspap-
er, and further that under the statut-
es providing for legal rates for publ
cation of legal notices that they, are
not permitted to accept bids for a low
er rate, Of compensation than that pro-
vided Iii the statute. and from the fur
ther fact that the board deems it UNI,
wise at this time to designate a news
paper of questioned legality the selec-
ton, of which paper might be the
cause of much litigation wherein the
county and its citizens would be plac-
cd at much expense and in%ccnven-
fence,
!. Nov, therefore. be u~~resolyed., that
in view Of the. ideas expressed above
that the application and bid SUBMIT
ed to this board by the State News
is hereby rejected.
In supporting the designation of the
three papers as selected by the board,
Commissioner r. G. Patterson stated
that he had not entertained any other
idea than that Of supporting the APP
pointment of tire Bismarck Tribune.
He recognized 1t as q daily paper, the
Oldest paper in the county, that it had
q large circulation, and reached prac-
tically all of the taxpayers of the
county.
In supporting the three papers it
seems that If Mr.. Patterson has
any personal interests i nthe Palla-
dunn, one Of the weekly papers pub
lished in this city, he certainly sacri-
feed his interests this time. He re-
,ccgnized that the Palladium has re-
ceived splendid treatment from the
county commissioners in years gone
by, and he was willing that other pap
ers should receive recognition at this
time.
1t also appears that last year when
there was a tic vote between the Pal
ladium and the Mckenzie Gazette,
W. II. McMaster, who was then pub
Usher Of the Palladium, told Editor
Malquist, publisher Of the Mckenzie
Gazette, that If the Gazette would
withdraw that the Palladium this
year would be willing to stand aside