Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-02-05
Commissioners Proceedings


expense within said Clearwater coun-
ty.
5. That the rates charged by said \
Orofno Publishing Company, Limited,
for printing and publishing done under |
said contract of January 2lst, 1914, |
were .exhorbitant and unreasonable, /
and were generally known and be- I
lieved to be excessive, ard that the
extravaganza and improvidence of said
retiring commissioners in entering in
to said contact was one Of many similar
issues of the campa ign which resulted
in the election of the present board.
6. That said contract of January
21st, 1914, expired on the End day of
January, 1915.
7. That there is and for more
than one year last past has been
published in the county seat of said
Clearwater county weekly news
paper of general circulation, known
as the Clearwater Republican; that
on the 2lst day of January, 1914, p.
l.. Orcutt, the owner and proprietor
peared before the Board of County
Commissioners Of said county and
offered to publish all legal proceed.
ings, orders, notices, tax lists and
statements required by law to be pub
lished, at rate equivalent to thirty
per cent. of the price specified in said
contract of the Orofino Publishing
Company, Limited, which offer was
rejected by said Board, and the said
contract of January 2lst, 1914, entered
into with said Orofno Publishing
Company, Limited; that said Clear
water Republican espoused the cause
of the Republican party in the cam
paign at which this present board was
elected, and has always been affiliated
with the Republican party since the
establishment of said paper; that it
appears to this board that its pre-
decessors, or the democratic majority
thereof, refused to consider the COM
petitive bid of said Clearwater Repub-
lican for political reasons; that said
Clearwater Republican is, in the
judgment of this board, reliable
newspaper; that said paper, as this
Board is informed and believes, has
larger circulation than said Orofino
Tribune, and contains about three
times the amount of local reading
matter published in said Orofino
Tribune; that said Clearwater Re-
publican has, at all times, as evil
denced by the statements in its columns
and before the Commissioners of
Clearwater county, been ready and
willing to publish all legal proceed
ings, orders, notices, statements, tax
lists and other matter required by law
to be published, at the rate of three
cents per line; and
WHEREAS, said P. l.. Circuit has
appeared before this Board and sub
mitted his proposal to publish the
proceedings of this Board and all
other orders, notices and statements
required by law to be published, at a
rate of three cents per line for the
first insertion and one and one-half
cents per line for each subsequent
insertion; and
WHEREAS, it does not appear
necessary or advisable to this board
to contract for printed matter,
stationery and supplies until such
supplies are needed and except as they
are needed, or otherwise than for
fixed prices on each item furnishe d
and
WHEREAS, it appears to this
board that the said contracts OF
January 9Th, 1915, entered into with
said Orofino Publishing Company,
Limited, were collusive and fraudu-
lent, and were known to be improvi-
de mt and ill-advised from an economic
standpoint at the time of the exc.
cution thereof, and that said contract.
were entered into by said Franz
Zelenka and Elmer Torgerson will
intent and for the purpose of inter
fering with the exercise by this pre-
sent board of its prerogatives, ant
for the purpose of patronizing part!
with a view to continuing the main
tenance of democratic newspaper
at county expense, and without regar,
to economic consideration or thei
duties as county commissioners, o
the wishes or prerogatives of tn
: people whom they were elected t
serve; and
WHEREAS, it further appears tina
no part of said contracts of Januar
Sth, 1915, has been executed; Now
therefore,
BE 1T RESOLVED by the Boar
of County Commissioners of Clear
h water County that the agreemen
entered into on the 9Th day of Janu