The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-06-07
That E'Star Chalnber" Session

The County Printing contract i
) Sheridan county is not a job to b
sneezed at.
Under the present figures of tn
contract, it is estimated to amour
to about $4,000 per year, and a
The prices now paid, it's pretty juicy
/ 1t is SO juicy that it fairly make.
the county printers mouths water
i But under the present arrange
ments, "There amt goin' to be ami
core"
| The County Commissioners, at d
"Star Chamber Session, week ago
| Wednesday, awarded the contract se
Mr.. JOS. Dolin, proprietor of the
Pioneer Press.
When we say 'Star Chamber, we
use the term advisedly.
The County Commissioners were.
as it were, in secret session, they
! did not want to be bothered by the
public in general, or the printers in
particular. They wanted chance
to think and not be interrupted by
sslf-seeking and morbid mobs of
newspaper publishers clamoring for
chance to make bid on the coun-
ry printing.
No. they had something OH their
minds.
They We're trying to figure out a
way to deliver the county printing
contract to the Pioneer Press with
out the usual business formalities,
(for what is law, or business for
malities, or the public interests, be-
tween friends) and the presence of
other printers offering prices on the
county printing would, no doubt,
have tended to confuse the line of
thought.
So, they just slipped away where
they could be by themselves and
think it over. It seems that there
were several things that should be
carefully considered. /
In the first place, a couple of the |
local banks are in pretty heavy on |
Pioneer Press paper. This paper is
probably not the very best banking
paper, and if the Pioneer Press did
not get this contract, well, there
would be grave doubts about
in other words, it would be likely
to become "shaky." Tt is rumored
that certain members of the Coun-
ty Board of Commissioners are in
volved with these banks and because
of which the banks have more pull
with them than is good for the pub
lie interest. These institutions, of
course, believe in safety frst".
In the second place there is a ring,
We understand, in the county court
house, and the Pioneer Press natur-
ally is the mouthpiece of this ring
IF Office holders who are very anx-
ous to be returned to their soft
places at the county crib. This ring
10 doubt, overestimated the infu-
ence of the Pioneer Press. How
ever this may be, the Pioneer Press
,an not serve this ring for patriot
SIN alone and in order to prevent
my possibility of suspending publ !
:ation, it was necessary for 1t to get {
his contract and as this ring is pos
ibly Hooverizing, what could be
more thrifty than to have the coun- ,
y finance their publicity organ?
And in the third place, it is rum 5
red that in the secret archives of I
he county courthouse there is evi- {
ence which if exposed would cause
great number of sleepless nights {
o a number of county hangers-on
nd proper protection must be had, t
it takes every dollar in the coun- j
v treasury. r
The county commissioners were I
0 anxious to have this Wednesday Y
1eeting private that they resorted
0 ways devious and peculiar. y
The editor of the Producers News, t
week ago last Monday called upI t
he county clerk and recorders Office /
nd inquired of the> chief deputy, e
Tho answered the phone, when the t
ounty printing was to be let: r
cling her that the Producers News t
ras anxious to submit bid on this t
We We're informed that Y
le county commissioners would
axe up the matter of the county Il
rinting, the following Monday, K
une 8, when they met in regular q
ession, or as soon thereafter as +
1e matter could be taken up.
The editor of the Plentywood Her !
Id saw the members of the county j
oard prior to and on Wednesday