The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-09-10
MEETING OF THE CITY
COUNCIL; WHO IS IT?
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ing company for surveying and ex-
penses was held up on account OF
lit being double the amount usually
charged by the city engineer. Mr.,
Pelkey said he was not willing to
lpay the engineer $40 a day and also
lpay his board and room. Mr.. Berry
imam suggested that as Mr.. Young
was engineer for the city and it is
This duty to see that the work is done
1t was Mr.. Young's duty to adjust the
difference.
W. A. Beakley entered written
protest against paying the bill of the
Optimist for publication of the or
dinances and legal notices for the
reason that The Republican had filed
a written statement that they would
do all such publishing free of charge
and the offer had been accepted and
an appointment made for two years.
Paying this bill was an unnecessary
expense.
City Attorney L. R. Thomas said
that Editor Trego had refused to
enter into the contract or perform
THE service, and that in that conting-
ency the council had given the bust
ness to the next highest bidder. Mr..
Trego rose to correct this statement
and say that he had never refused
to render the service, and that the
agreement became binding upon both
parties when they accepted his bid.
1t became matter of record when it
was spread upon the minutes, and
the minutes were afterwards read and
approved in the presence of all the
parties and the minutes were signed
by the mayor and clerk for the coun-
Gil The publication of notices began
the same week, The Republican had
published everything that had been
handed in for publication, had done
it the same day and nobody had ever
raised the question that the service
was not satisfactory.
Mr.. Thomas said MIR. Trego had
refused to sign their contract, and
that his refusal cancelled their agree
ment. Mr.. Trego replied that the
council had begun operating under
the agreement and had afterwards
opened negotiations to modify. the
agreement and their overtures had
been rejected, but that this did not
modify the original arrangement.
That the council were empowered by
law to appoint one official newspaper,
and they had appointed The Republi-
ran and the appointment could not
be cancelled without his consent or
his neglect or refusal to perform sat-
isfactory service, and that neither
of these circumstances had arisen.
That their own record showed The
to be the official news
paper, and If they appointed some
other paper afterwards such action
was void; that they might appoint
new one every 80 days and the APP
pointments would all be void, and all
made in them would be
void.
Mr.. Thomas said that the appoint
ment was made with the proyiSo that
a contract be entered into to the
same effect, and Mr.. Trego rose to
deny the statement and said the con-
tract was never mentioned until
couple Of weeks after the appoint
ment was made and the work COM
That he was very much sur
prised when the contract was laid
before him to read, and that its pro-
visions were not in accordance with
The agreement anyway; that it sought
10 regulate his affairs after death and
tell his relatives what to do with his
estate, and he was not farming these
matters out to the city council. i