Show i HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF alie press tries to hold up the county for another in addition to its regular bill for print ing a delinquent A reminder oft he by history repeats itself is a good old saying and in the case of the ogdan and the board of county cornil the saying holds exceeding lwell tho press secured the printing jot the delinquent tax list this year at a very low rate at such a rate in fact that there was no money in it and they are thought to have lost money of course that was their business and the fact that they were compelled to fight for the list in the courts was also their business dul the following bill which was presented to the board of county commissioners would indicate that the printers of the press thought the county should pay expenses in their law suits and for the lack of business ability which induced them to bid such a low figure for the printing of the list this is nir board of county commissioners of weber county dr to the ogden press dec 6 to extra expense in defending suit on tax and in printing same by reason of delay in receiving opy lopoo lO the bill was sworn to by C A myers who in the original contract was referred to as the manager of the press after it was filed in the clerks office deputy myers started out to get somebody to 0 K the claim he rushed into the office of county treasurer chambers and presented the bill tor his 0 K but mr chambers declined as he had made no contract to the effect and knew of no such indebtedness he stated to a standard man who was present that there was always plenty of copy for the printers from the start and that he was not responsible for any i lelay county auditor farr said he could not endorse the claim aa ho was not aware of any such indebtedness and therefore it went before the board with no 0 K and Is there yet this printing pt the delinquent tax list in the press promises to bo a repetition of the experience of the board the same people the last almo the press did the work there were bills and hills and all for extras and finally the press in its anxiety to hold up the people of weber county put la a bill tor the printing at the full legal rate of as centa per description when it had been awarded the contract at 6 cents per description lor printing the tar list amounts to and 23 additional for publishing it a third time by caal arrangement with the board of commissioners commissioner seaman said this afternoon regarding the bill for ex tra expense mr thomas asked us it he might have his attorney assist and we told him that we had a county attorney but he might have another one to handle hta end it be wanted to I 1 dont see that we are under any obligations to pay his attorney or his expenses wo did not ask him to go into the suit |