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Show c f t Published Every Saturday B DY GOODWINS WEEKLY PUBLISHING CO., INC. A. W. RAYBOULD, Business Manager 3 i SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: Canada and Mexico, $2.50 per year, ding postage in the United States, all to foreign countries, within the Postal six months. Subscriptions M per year. I VHA T fnandias - 8lngle copies, 10 cents. Payments should be made by Check, Money Order or Registered Letter, payable to The Citizen. Address all communications to The Citizen. Entered as second-clas- s matter, June 21, 1919, at the Postoffice at 8alt Lake of March 3, 1879. City, Utah, under the Act Ness Bldg. 8alt Lake City, Utah. Phone Wasatch 5409 311-12-- 13 THE COUNTY OFFICIALS HA VE A CCOMPLISHED i "4 ever been devoted To higher ideals for ages she has leavening force of that great sanctuary, the home always she accorded a superior place in the social realm in America ; but it imerica that she claimed and won equal political and industrial Sow she has consecrated herself to the uplift of the nation ; what iccomplished since her incursion into things political ; what plans have formulated for the future, are merely incidental in connec-- ; this article. The Citizen in telling the story of the County Reoffice, is merely interested in reviewing the accomplishments of anj Lillian Cutler, who, among.many, sought political preferment an election at the hands of her party. i ; Lillian Cutler, County Recorder. story is not biographical. Pleasing as it would be to write a life Lillian Cutler, it would not be appropriate here. The Citizen ly relate the cold facts regarding her tenure of office since the of January, 1921. n Lillian Cutler was inducted into office she soon became that her books of record were in a most deplorably :d condition a condition bordering .upon total ruin she soon hat if the basic records of all the deeds and land holdings of the s maps, plats and drawings, were to be preserved intact, instant expensive repairs must be immediately made. :ronted with the insistant cry for retrenchment, that was chiefly about by the spending orgy indulged in during the democratic vliss Cutler was forced to decide whether to save a few dollars iduct of her department or bring its records up to date repair np them for the benefit of the present and future generations, ly choose course, well knowing that to have left the l the dilapidated condition in which she found them would have boonierang to her personal aspirations to serve the people to the er.abilitv and to leave no legacies for future office holders to Vo ind .to gloat over. N't Repairs Record Books. Hss .Cutler had her books books that had been neglected even nt of being left unindexed made over and brought strictly up lute. This necessarily enlailed some expense; an expense, have become far greater had the necessary work to prerecords been longer delayed. What appealed to Miss Cutler as a job in connection with the proper conduct of the department, ily have become a tragic affair for the county had the books of s ) worn and torn that they could not be deciphered. Miss 2nt $1,187.85 of the taxpavers monev in bringing the books in recorded all the deeds and real estate transfers of the county, rmal ; she also spent some of this sum in repairing and revivify-call- y worn out maps and plats and having new tracings struck so she lias avoided the consummation of a calamity and rejuve ap-the-f- the-latte- t act r ' how-wou- ld 0 nated a set of basic records of paramount interest to the citizen's and their only means of identifying their property as a last resort. By her act she has protected the property of all residents of Salt Lake City and county for years to come. Incidentally Miss Cutler has liquidated a democratic legacy of $1,18.85 left by her predecessor and in addition paid the salary roll for the last half of December, 1920 also a legacy from, her predecessor which totaled $1,732.38. Miss Cutler has introduced sane working conditions in her department. Eschewing fads and fancies she has provided new equipment to bring the work of the recording clerks up to date and to render their efforts more accurate and speedy. Such new equipment as has been installed, includes new typewriters the old machines being absolutely worn out when she took office typewriter addressographs, five e copying devices, such as are used in all modern offices and new books of record, all of which cost the taxpayers approximately $1,028.45. New office equipment books cost in the neigliborhood of $667.00. This makes a total of $2,883.30 that Miss Cutler has spent in preserving the records of the county and in placing her department on a modern plane. In paving off democratic debts and legacies, she was forced to contribute $2,841.23 ; or a total of $5,724.53 spent in necessary repairs, rectifying bills. democratic incompetency and paying hang-ov. line-o-tim- -- er New Methods. Miss Cutler has installed a card system that corresponds with that of the assessors office, thus making it easy to find and locate land deinscriptions on which tax assessments arc based. She has also taken an terest in the tax notices which go astray, annually, by the thousands and at all times endeavors to obtain the correct address of the property owner, which often saves them many dollars in interest and penalties on unpaid lists. Miss Cuttaxes and helps to keep down the growing ler is insisting that documents of record contain the name and correct adholder of the property and in this she is asking and dress of the of attorneys, abstractors and real estate dealers. receiving the While Miss Cutler has made no apparent saving the first year of her official career, she has the satisfaction of knowing that her department is now up to date, that her records arc sea worthy and intact, that her help is enthusiastic and happy, and that modernity and sanity prevails where chaos was formerly supreme. tax-delinqu- tax-payi- ent ng co-operat- ion $ What a man wants is money enough to pay for what his wife wants. Government statistics prove that each individual in the United States spends an average of 5 cents for ice cream each week, 7 cents a week for soft drinks God knows how much for hard drinks 20 cents a week i for candy, 22 cents a week for face powder, perfumes and soap, 58 cents a week for pleasure and $1 a week for food delicacies but only 2 cents a week for beds, bedding and mattresses. We seldom sleep. |