The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-06-07

county printing and was informe
/ by this board that the contrac
would be let at the regular meetin
an June and that he would be give
an opportunity to place his bid. %
the date of the Star Session, in tn
morning, Mr.. Nelson asked one O
the members of the board what tn
Wednesday meeting was for an,
this member told him that it was fo
the purpose of settling the seet
grain business; that the count,
printing would be taken up at tn,
regular June session.
The editor of the Antelope Inde
pendent asked Commissioner Matki1
early in the week when the printing
contract was to be let and he was
informed by this gentleman that il
would be let on Monday, June 8
The Antelope Independent impress
ed it upon. Mr.. Matkin emphatically
that he wished to appear before the
county board before the contract
was let and offer bid. He was as
sured that nothing would be done
without giving him an opportunity
to appear before that august body
and submit his bid. Mr.. Redmond.
the county auditor, also promised
the Independent that he would write
him before this matter was taken
up, giving him an opportunity to be
present.
The editor of the Culbertson
Searchlight saw Mr.. Weinrich, COM
from the southern part of
the county, on the evening before
Mr.. Weinrich came to the county
seat for the Wednesday Star Cham
Der session and asked him at that
time when the contract for the coun-
ty printing was to be let and said
that when it was let he would like
to have an opportunity to be pres
ent and submit a bid. He was told
Dy the county commissioner that
The matter would be ta1en up at
.he regular meeting Monday, June 8.
A month or SO ago the editor of
he Dooley Sun interviewed the
members of the board of county
commissioners, at which time he told
hem he would like to submit bid
md he was told by the commission
RS that he would be given this op-
,ortunity and that the matter would
'e taken up at the regular June
meeting.
Friday morning, upon receipt of
he Pioneer Press and reading the
in that paper to the
fleet that the Pioneer Press had
eceived the contract for the county
rinting and returned the sickly ex-
'lanation of how it came to be
to that paper, the editor
f the Producers News called up the
Jerk and recorders Office, the chief
equity answered, and inquired of
er how it happened that the bids
rere let Wednesday at the adjourn
d session instead of at the regular
ession, Monday, June 8, when she
ad informed him early in the week,
aat the contract would be let. She
ositively denied having made any
lch statement until she was told
lat witnesses in the Producers
|ews Office heard the editor repeat /.
hat she had said and then she re-
rendered she had made such a
satement but offered as an excuse
lat she didn't know that the county
were going to take
lie matter up at the special session
4 Wednesday.
However, the records show that
lie county commissioners at the adj !
urned session previous to the We'd
ssday meeting had entered it in the
cords that the printing contract
ould be taken up on the Wednes-
~ adjourned meeting and that the ,
'ednesday meeting was held for
e purpose and for, practically
at purpose only, and they also
lew that when. they told these sew
al interested parties that the mat
r would not be taken up until the
gular June meeting, that they in
nded all the time to let the con-
act to the Pioneer Press at the
ednesday meeting
The records themselves show that J,
e county clerk and recorder also 2
lew that this business was to be 7
tended to at the Wednesday sec
t meeting. y
The Producers News plant was :
ver visited by any member of the !
unity board that we know of. :
We wonder. how and nm what avi- :