Show BOOK BOOl CONTRACT I FOR SCHOOL L BOARD Forty Agents Have Been Here I for Weeks Watching Watching Watching Watch Watch- ing It CONTRACT FOR FIVE YEARS Big Undertaking to Determine Who Are the Low Bidders Forty ros representatives of or rival publishing publishing pub pub- lishing concerns ore spending something something some some- thing like of or their money In Salt Fait Lake Lak in the compe competitive tI- tI tive U campaign for or tJ tin school schoolbook schoolbook schoolbook book contract that will soon oon b be awarded h by the board nf or r education A representative e o of nn one of ot the firms firm made the tho statement to tn rh Fhi The Republican y yesterday that it will cost col all of or the publishing houses about before be- be fore foie orp the contract is let IN This exen expense e Includes 1 lintel hotel bills for Coz about fort forty men for Ol a number of weeks for toJ for the they have ha to to be hp on the ground all the tIno-antl tIno and It Il nl aln o In- In 1 various Incurred tho the accounts legitimately b by the n agents ent The rho loial will h be 10 split spIlt U UI up among two forty publishing pub puh- lishing concerns here The file book look concerns range from flom coa coast l to coast Some of ot I the representatives es Im have been on the ground for 01 weeks wel s. s and anti fat hotel bills have l boon been paid More fol than a score cole of them Um will I remain lennin until the lie contract Is let Ill rl The 1115 tabulated Thursday Thurs tin day and anel the board is going through tho the arduous task of getting s thorn them In III shape Among O o Pl IH Among tho those e present sent In lit Salt alt I 1 are ale representatives l of or tl time the following follo 0 ii cerns A 4 American n ii honk Bool company Chicago o. o Allyn t Hacon Chicago Appleton Ci Co X New w York Atkinson Mentzer Grover Grovel Chicago Chi Chi- ca cago n go O. O P. P Barnes Chicago M tr r. r D D. D Berlitz Ni Now York YOlI D. D It U. U BIt Berry Chicago Central School Supply hou house t Chi Chil cage cago Cen Century tiny cm company compan pa ny N Now New w York Doub Co San Sail 1 Francisco fills Bills Publishing company COI Battle hattie Cr Creek CrI I Mich J Eaton Co Chicago o. o Ed Publishing ishi i tig con company pany Cli Chicago Flanagan Co Chicago Ginn c Co Chicago Heath Co Chicago Houghton 1 Co Boston Hoston William U Url Beerley rl Harrison on Iowa School Publishing company compan Des Ie l f Moines oi ne In la 13 ll I F. F Johnson Johnon Publishing company compan Richmond Va J. J U. U c Co Philadelphia Little Brown Co To Poston ton Maynard Merrill Co New Ne' York Macmillan 1 ilia n company lY Bo Boston ton n B B. B A. A Mc Co Salt Sail Lal Lake e. e New son n Co Ce New Yo Yo k JI I Isaac ac Pitman Son Sons O York II 7 Q 1 q 1 Jh i Practical Text hook Book c company Cleveland Cle O. O PIang Prang Educational company New NewYork eort e York ort and Chicago Rand Band McNally Co Ce Chicago o. o Silver I Bur ette Co Boston and l Now Xo york Scott Foresman or Co Cn Chicago Benjamin II Sanborn Co Chin Chi Chi- ago cago n 0 Christopher Co Now Xe Yol York J. J M M. M New Ne York Charles Son Sony Sons New e York Thompson Brown Biown Co Boston U. U S. S Book hook company Colorado Springs s Colo Cole J G. G Cleaver Weaver el Salt Snit Lake Lalie W. W II n. Wheeler l Co Ce Chicago o. Woodward al l Co St. St Louis Mo Mn fo Hook for Ph t ri t Years Year Tho The school hool books contracted for by hy bythe bytho the tho board of ot education this year will wIH willbe willbe be u used in the grades of Salt Lake schools for the lie next five years Year The fhe law provides pro that the lie board hour l of ot education thou tion shall shaH advertise C or bids at the end of or every cry five years The contracts for readers will probably ally ably be let to different firms finn this year car although the g-en g general rul text books s in the arious various grades will be let to one con con- cern In Secretary r L L. P P. Judd's Judds office at atthe atthe atthe the cIL city antI and county building thou thou-c are arc two or ni tree three c tables till full of sample hooks books They represent nearly the thc total output of or the country so fat far as varieties ate are concerned A sheaf sheat of bids on iii the Ow clerks clerk's desk antI and a copy cop of or the tabulated bids In th the hands of the lie various members of the board boud give an n indication of or the enormous I ou Otis ous amount of or work worl that must bo ho transacted before the time contract c are 1 Id hi 1 |