The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-03-12
CITY COUNCIL HAS AN
INTERESTING SESSION
Awarding of Contract For City Printing
Brings Forth Much DiscuSSiOn-Re-
port on Scarlet Fever

DR.. McKeown who has been taking
care OF the Scarlet fever cases at the
homes of Lige Jordan and Cal Young
reported that there was only one case OF
the fever at the present and that he
would lift the quarantine on the differ
ent homes in a short time. In all he
said there had been 9 cases. There
were several instances Of where quar-
antine was broken and one woman was
fined $25 according to the doctor.
Applications from S. E. Richie. F.
H. Hutchings. w. c. Roach and ]. E.
Thoin for saloon licenses were read.
1t was moved and seconded that the
licenses be granted on receipt of checks
amounting to $3.50 from each appli-
cant.
Ordinances regarding the inspection
of milk COWS we're read and laid over
until the next meeting night. 1t was
also reported that the veterinarian who
inspected the herds of M. O. Logan
and Emil Frank found two Of Logan's
COWS in a tubercular condition, and
one or more suffering from the same
disease in Franks herd. The animals
it is said were killed.
It developed at this meeting that
the Office OF Health Officer is an ap-
pointive position instead Of an elective
one and in the future it will be up to
the Mayor to appoint a man to look
after the sanitary condition of the city.
Water Commissioner Talbot stated
that the city's water works system had
been repaired and that once more
everything was running smoothly.
A motion by Woldenburg which was
seconded and carried, instructs the
clerk to advertise for bids for the print
ing of bonds for Improvement Districts
4 and 7. 1t is the duty OF the pur-
chasing agent to get prices on printing
and give the work to the firm making
the lowest price, but Woldenburg
wanted to add more expense by ad-
vertising for bids.
The next matter to come up was
the letting of contract for city print
ing for another year. The bid Of the
Echo was made according to law based
on what is known as a legal square,
which was IS cents per square for first
insertions and IS cents for subsequent
insertions. The bid Of Geo. Sterling
was As cents per inch, without making
any price for subsequent insertions,
which the statute requires. Under the
terms of Mr.. Sterlings bid he would
have had a perfect right to have
charged As cents an inch for the first
and all subsequent insertions Of an ad-
vertisement. Councilman Woldenberg
asked Mr.. Sterling if he did not mean
that the As cents was intended to
cover the first and also all subsequent
insertions, and was told that was what
he meant, and the bid was changed
with the consent Of Mr.. Sterling so that
As cents was made to cover the first
and all subsequent insertions OF the
same advertisement. The bid, how
ever, was still based on inches, which
the statute does not recognize, but does
provide that printing bids shall be
based on squares, and defines just
what shall constitute "a square.
Then, Notwithstanding the fact that
the Echo should have been awarded
the contract, having submitted the
lowest bid, Woldenburg moved that
the contract be awarded to Mr.. Ster-
ling at higher price. Miller and Seeley,
who, as every one knows are obedient
puppets Of Woldeuburg, voted with
him, but his motion lost. Wheeler
then moved that the contract be awar-
ded to the Echo. Councilmen Schu-
bert and Featherstone voted for this
motion. but it also lost, Councilman
Snyder voting with the Woldenburg
crowd. The only thing left to do then
was to call for new bids, which was
done. The Echo has opposed Mr..
Woldenburg's freak legislation and
his transparent methods TO spend the
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