The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-12-30

tlOnlng so SmOOCnly dIu 0AA~ASA'AS
der the present system.
THE COUNTY PRINTING.
A year ago there were seven news
napcrs in this county. During the
mast wear the delinquent tax list, the
financial statement and all the pro-
ceedings of the county commissioners,
except those for one meeting winch
were rather brief, have been published
in six of these papers, the M1iaca
Times being excepted. The Union,
Milaca Tribune, Wahkon Enterprise
Isle Advance, Onam1a Lake Breeze
and the Book News agreed to have
one paper offer to do the county print
ing for the price fixed by law for the
publication of such matter IN ONE
paper only. This paper was to fur
nish the ether five papers with print
ed supplements Of the delinquent tax
list, the financial statement and sucn
proceedings of the county commits
sioncrs as it was considered necessary
to publish throughout the whole coun-
ty. The Union was the paper chosen
to make the bid for the county print
ing at full legal rates. The Unions
bid was accepted and in so doing the
county commissioners were acting &C
cording to the provisions made by law
for such matters. The law provides
that the commissioners have published
in a paper in the county the tax list,
the financial statement and the pro-
cecdings of the commissioners at full
legal rates or at lower rate IT salts
factory arrangements can be made
with any paper. The commissioners
are not required to grant the print
ing to the paper submitting the low
est bid. The Union, in submitting It's
bid last January, explained to the
commissioners the agreement that had
been made with the other papers. The
Milaca Times bid Of 45c folio,
which was soc lower than that Of the
Union, was rejected by majority OF
the commissioners because it provid-
ed for the county publications appear
ing in ore paper only and not in any
of the other six papers of the county
Last year the Milaca Times was not
asked to cooperate with the other pa
nors in the county in the matter of
printing because the previous year 1t
had refused to consider a proposition
whereby all the papers in the county
would publish the tax lists, ETC., and
all be paid according to their labor
performed in preparing and circulat-
ing such printing.
The papers in Mile Laos county
last year were merely following
practice that has for years been adopt
ed by the newspapers in many other
counties Of the state. There. are eight
newspapers in Todd county, and for
the past twelve years the county print
ing has been awarded to one paper at
full legal rates with the understand
ing that printed supplements should
be furnished to the other papers, SO
that the tax lists, etc., will be pub
lished in one paper at the county seat
and in all the other papers Of the
county. Lower bids for the publlca-
ton of the tax lists in one paper only
are rejected.
We have taken occasion to discuss
the subject Of the county printing be-
cause there has been some misunder.
standing in regard to the matter
There has been an attempt to create
, the impression that the commissioner
were acting unfairly when they &C
: copied the Unions bid which was sub
+. mitted with the agreement that tn
Union would furnish the printing t
t five other papers in the county.