Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-03-04

Trusting to be favored with your

Trusting to be favored with your
valued order.
Yours respectfully,
John M. Caldwell,
" Fred r. Cation,
Salesman.
Mountain Home, Idaho, February
22nd, 1916.
To The Honorable Board OF County
Commissioners, Elmore County, Noun
tain Home, Idaho.
Gentlemen;
Pensuant to your request OF today,
we wish to submit the following re-
lative to the purchase OF road machine
ry.
We will furnish for you (. O. b.
Mountain Home. Idaho, one 20-40 Gas
and Oil Tractor, 2. Case reversible
engine graders equipped with engine
steering bitches, and one scarifier
attachment, said tractor to be suitable
for work done by the above men
toned graders, for 100000. Pay
ments to be made as follows: $500. 90
cash, this being the freight collected
by MIR. Morton from citizens of Noun
tain Home, Idaho and other payments
to be divided into $4,000 each, pay
able every six months, first one to
be payable january Is, 1917. The
Commits sioners are to issue orders
for warrants to be isued stated
above, these orders to draw Z per cent
interest. Warrants are to be ISSUED
on day and date they are payable.
We will be glad to make amy modl
fication as to payments to suit COM
missioners.
The above machinery is warranted
for period of one year as to defec-
tive parts, which wild be furnished free
and if they do not show up in one
year they never will, but should they
we will be glad to make an agreeable
adjustment.
This machinery is guaranteed to do
aus much and more work as amy kind
of machinery of like proportions work
ing ON the same job If properly ham
died, and if after a fair and thorough
trial We cannot do this the machinery
will not be yours.
Trusting that We may be favored with
your order, and thanking you for
your kind attention, we are,
Respectfully yours,
j. |. Case Threshing Machine Co.,
BY John w. Morton,
Local representative
Whereupon the Board adjourned I'M
III 8 O'Clock A. NJ, February 23rd,
1916.
Attest: F. M. Hobbs,
Clerk. Geo. Z. Butler
Chairman.
Mountain Home, Idaho, February
%, 1916.
Pursuant to adjournment, the Board
OF County Commissioners me. at 81
o'clock A, M, at the Court House,
Elmore County, Idaho, February 23rd,
1861.
Present, Geo. E. Butler, Chairman,
j. ID. Whitson and F.. M. Hobbs,
Clerk
Whereupon after duly considering
the then respective bids submitted on
road machinery and the bid of J. l.
Case T. NJ. Company being the low
est and best bid:
1t is therefore the order of the
Board that the bid OF ]. |. Case 7.
M. Company be accepted and the fol-
lowing contract were then entered
into between the Board of County
Commissioners of fillmore County, Ida
no, and John w. Morton, agent for
the J. l. Case T. M. Company of
Racine, Wisconsin, which In words and
figures are as follows. to-wit:
One CASE 20-40 Horse Power Trac-
tion OH Gas Engine with the usual
fixtures and extras furnished as part
of it's regular equipment Also for
the above machinery long canopy with
kerosene burner, high altitude
pistons ON traction.
In consideration whereof purchaser
will receive same on cars ON arrival
subject to the warranty below printed
and pay to your order $2664.30 F. o.
B. Mountain Home, Idaho, as follows:
Cash $4,000, and execute warrants.
Warrant for $529.2O due Jany 18th
1917.
Warrant for $5642O due Jany, 18th,
1918.
Warrant for $5S1.2O due July 18th,
1918.
Warrant for $599.20 due Jany. 18th,
1919.
Secured by proper storage, first
mortgage on said machinery, and
an innings thereof and also