Show WILL WALK ON MONDAY Welcome the Coming Speed the Parting Official LIST OF THE GRADUATES NAMES OF THOSE WHO WILL DOTE DO-TE COUNTYS BUSINESS Some of the Portunate Appointees Who Will Draw the Salaries Hereafter Host of the Chiefs Have as Yet Made No Announcements Announce-ments of All the Members of Their Several Staffs What the Retired Public Servants Will Engage En-gage In After Monday Next Gossip of the Changes In Officialdom Official-dom Today is the last one in which the officials of this county whose terms expire with the beginning of the new year have to serve the public On Monday all will be superseded by those who rpieived majorities at the recent election After that other hands will serve the processes other fingers will dally with the keys on the typewriting machines other clerks will push pens across the face of the records very soon other men will shove the brooms other hands will run the machinery in short there will be a new crew The parting of some of the officials I deputies and clerks is s tSS to be somewhat painful There is one class I which is so used to serving the public that to cut i off means poignant I anguish I is expected that when this portion ceases to labor for the body I politic there will be sighs of regret weighing as high as a pound apiece heaved around the hallways and down I the marble staircases There are others who fondly hoped and expected Ito I-to be reelected and for two more years sit in office and draw salaries These will leave with a feeling of sadness sad-ness also because when one fails of vindication he feels that life is not I the rosy journey people say it is Then I there is another class to whom the I I parting comes with a genuine regret because of inability to compete with the worlds chilliness during the hard cold days of winter when employment is so hard to find There are several of this class in and about the south end of the big structure Positions are difficult to secure right now and there seems to be no chance to obtain anything I any-thing ere spring Of course it is but natural this class should feel bad at having to leave good places I is but fair to give the devil his due and say that in the judgment of the public the several officials with few exceptions have conducted the business with ability and have made good records I is equally true that public opinion is inclined to think that a great many have made records of which no one may be proud which have been the means of costing the taxpayers entirely too much money and which no doubt had much to do with the big majority which was rolled up for the Democratic ticket last fall But this story has nothing to do with criticism The two most important persons who will perform official acts for the last time today and for a brief space perhaps per-haps on Monday morning are Judges Ritchie and Street They stand aside in order that Judges A G Norrejl and A N Cherry may assume the duties of the office It is but fair to say of the last named retiring officer that he leaves with the utmost good will of all who have had business in his court and returns to the practice of his profession pro-fession honored and respected by his political opponents He made no protest pro-test whatever over the result of the recent election and solemnly assured all who mentioned the matter to him at the time the matter was pending before the supreme court that if the justices should declare the election an illegal one he should resign and ask the governor to appoint one of the successful suc-cessful candidates to the place In future Judge Norrell will have charge of the criminal work relieving Judge Hiles who takes the probate and equity division while Judge Cherry will have jurisdiction of law and iurv cases on the civil calendar Hon D C Dunbar succeeds Charles I E Stanton as county clerk and ex officio clerk of the district courts Mr Stantons deputies who will go with him are Al C Reece Fred W Dennis and Miss Lida Redell the latter possibly pos-sibly remaining a few days to accustom accus-tom some of her successors with the routine of the work George Blair will assume the work which has been done I by Mr Dennis Frank Taylor will take charge of Norrells court and Deputy Felt will have the work in Judge I Cherrys branch I is very likely that Deputy Clerk Loomis will remain for a month in the office up stairs breaking i in the new clerks I I Next to the office of county clerk comes the position of sheriff where I Thomas P Lewis succeeds Harvey I Hardy The outgoing sheriff retires with the good wishes of everyone He hao made a good officer if the judgment judg-ment of the people counts for anything Although handicapped by an adverse county board and attorney he has managed to get along quite well There has never been 3 complaint fled by any of the judges or by the commissioners commis-sioners themselves concerning his work during his term no complaints have been made as to the work or conduct of his deputies pave in one instance where the offender was dismissed in stanter He leaves with the good will of all with whom he has come in contact con-tact His deputies will doubtless all retire with him They are C E Clark chief deputy George W Gibbs Axel Steele Ralph Guthrie C E Mont I gomery John Thomas Booth William L we and B F Stewart the two latter lat-ter being court bailiffs They will be succeeded by Joseph Eldredge chief clerk Andy Burt J B Timmony Bo man Cannon Joseph Raleigh D L Levey and possibly one or two others to be appointed later Mr Lewis will do considerable work in the office himself him-self Raleigh will have charge of the jail in the day time succeeding Will Neely while Leey will take charge at night filling the place made vacant by Johnson The changes in the office of the county collector or county treasurer as the office is termed under the new taw will not take place at this time but in June next so there is no telling who Mr Lynch will select to assist him himBarney Barney Quinn the new assessor who steps into the shoes of W J Lynch will appoint Angus M Cannon jr as his deputy Other appointments of clerks will not be made until later in the season when the work is further advanced J S Jensen who takes the place of W Scott Crismon as county recorder Is going to appoint August Stein as chief deputy so says report despite the fact that McKaig threatens them with arrest in the event this occurs Mr Stein is now hustling for the endorsements en-dorsements of the members of the party to present Jensen and has the task practically completed There are several other positions to be filled butt but-t date no announcements have been made Charles S Wilkes succeeds Harry Joseph as county surveyor who agrees to go down the elevator like a gentleman I gen-tleman much to the relief of a I number of those who feared he might insist upon staying in spite of all that has been said and done Wilkes ha not announced who his assistant will be to succeed Samuel Paul who has done some splendid work in the matt mat-t i l i Y ter of draughting since he has been employed in the office Francis Armstrong Arm-strong J S Rawlins and L E Hall will take possession of the county commissioners office while A S Ged I des Charles S Roberts and Martin Christopherson walk out The proposed pro-posed actions of the new board remain re-main to be seen as concerns the matter mat-ter of a clerk but it is fair to presume that as a measure of economy the salary of 100 per month which has been paid Frank Emery will be cutoff cut-off The probable arrangement of the board has already been mentioned in The Herald but will bear repetition Mr Armstrong will doubtless be chairman chair-man while Mr Hall will have the pauper matters in hand and Mr Ra wIns w-Ins the roads generally There maybe may-be a different arrangement but this seems to be the prevailing opinion Mrs Margaret E Caine who succeeds suc-ceeds I M Fisher as auditor wilKfind the books and accounts in the office in very good condition and a comptome ter all ready for use in additions Who she will appoint as a deputy clerk to succeed Miss Smith is yet unannounced un-announced but she will scarcely undertake un-dertake the work alone The last of all to end this chronicle of leaving and arriving is the county attorney C O Whittemore who steps aside in order to permit Waldemar Van Cott to take charge Whether Mr Whittemore will leave Monday or not is a problem I is very likely that he will continue in the capacity of I deputy to Mr Van Cott until the I Morris trial is finished With him j goes Fred C Waite and D C Eichnor I who have served as deputies and Judge L R Rhodes who has been I assisting him in the boodle cases and I other criminal matters during the latter I lat-ter portion of his term Mr Van Cott will appoint James A Williams as one of his deputies bu has as yet not announced the remaining candidates There are some employees who have not been alluded to who are deserving I i of a passing mention the same being Chief Janitor Scott of Bingham and I his force who will doubtless be wi doubtess succeeded suc-ceeded in a few days by others of I Democratic faith I is not likely that I the engineer who is an oldtime resident resi-dent and one of the best men in his trade in the entire west will leave or that the elevator boy will be displaced dis-placed The joint committee has the formers destiny in hand while the latter position is not strictly speaking speak-ing a political job I Judges Street and Ritchie will Richie wI resume re-sume the practice of law Harvey I Hardy will enter the real estate and I j mining business Scott Crismon will I devote his entire time to mining Ged des has a connection with Barton Co Christopherson is running a fruit tree farm and is a member of the I I Western Shoe and Dry Goods company com-pany Roberts will retire to his hotel in Bingham Whittemore will again I enter the law business Mont Fisher J will seek a job Charlie Stanton will engage in business AI Reese is likely like-ly to become a newspaper man again Gibbs will go to sawing boards and drilling his battalion of artillery Joseph will run lines and mines and chase after the surveyor enEralship while the balance will seek whatever they can find To paraphrase an old French expression ex-pression Le roi est mort Vive le roi |