Show rouil RUMORS AFLOAT the piles of lumber noted by the last week as being about tile the court ruins have g given iven i rise to some conjectures in tile the mands of some of bur bjur citizens arid and justly too the first farsi question asked was where did it come from this was immediately immediate lv followed with did the authority to supply that aliat lumber come irom from leve have any bids been published eliat all the lumbermen might have a chance cf bidding or has tile the contract been q let to one man irrespective 1 of the require in ants of the law which says in in section 10 page of the laws of 1888 to cause to be erected or rebuilt and furnished a court etc provided that none of the at afore ore kaid buildings shall be erected or constructed until plans plang and specifications ficat ions shall have been made therefore and adopted by the court all such buildings must be erected by contract let to the lowest cespon sible eible biddar after notice has not I 1 wi th at binm lumber ber been furnished by a member of the county court who rho by the following section of the same law i is thus foi bidden to be an all interested party part SEC 0 83 33 no member of the court must be interested directly or orin indirectly in any property purchased for the use of the county nor in any purchase or sale of property belonging to the county nor in anyson any contract made by the court arother or other person on behalf of the county for the erection of public buildings etc by reference to tile the minutes of ape the session of the cou court rt a failure was experienced experienc cd in the endeavor to find any reso resolution ludon or order passed by the court a authorizing the obtaining of material it was found that hons P T farnsworth and benj bensett Jen iett sett were appointed to act as super visor s of the ibok to f 0 be doric done there it is cl clear eaFfrom from the language and intent of the lawthan law that every person ceball have a fair and equal opportunity to kopul put in bids that publication shall be made for bids and that the lowest responsible bidder shall have the contract awarded to lim pan can it ps pos possibly then that tle the court could act independent of all tile intent of tile tho law that it could agnore in wo loro the plain provisions of the enactments ena cements quoted and in comparative private session award contracts and itself become a party to those contracts T also the question is asked has the county court gone into merchandising ch chan andisi dising rig has it taken the insurance money and purchased ased a stock or c goods s so eo as to pay the contractors trac tois and builders bui buil dens of tho the cout court house orders for such goods we are aro informed on good authority that the ahe stater statement has bai been made that no cash is to be paid for the recon of our court house what is the court going to to do with tho the money pr or is the insurance to be paid in merchandise and county warrants some work lias liao already beeri done dah oil oh the court house were bids received for this were they advertised for in come newspaper having general circulation in iii the county the ork had bad to be done d one but there is a right rig t and clear way to 0 have had b ad it done was this way followed what authority has the court now to audit and allow bills of this character the citizens whose taxes to go toward the erection of all such buildings earnestly protest a against all underhanded work they want i lings lone done in in abo way w ay prescribed and nd when CASH is is received and work to be done they expect casa CAS for 0 their hire they cannot see where tile the court I 1 I 1 gets authority to appropriate i that cash to any one or more marcan mercantile tile institutions and issue orders on those business alacia ifor for payment of material or lalo labor r it is too one sided too thin wont ont hold water or stand t the h 0 scrutiny of investigation I 1 I 1 t are afloat that the matter I 1 if continued in willbe will be a t sub eject of investigation by the nex next t grand jury now it is not desired I 1 that such be the cas cass s and there are no reasons why it sll should oid lie be it it the letter and spirit of the law are arc carried out nobody could raise liis his voice ii opposition to tle the matter everybody would have to acknowledge that the court was bound by the law and acted in accord with its intent S such uli it i is holed hop ed will be f I 1 ail H I 1 the case |