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Show WARD ALL SET TO TAKE OFFICE Oscar B. Madson to Step in As Soon As Commis sioner Leaves H J. Ray Ward commissioner of pub- H He safety, is preparing to take over ' B hit pew duties as United States mar- R shal for Utah In Salt Lake April 1. . H And like preparations have been he, I B gun by Oscar B. Madson. Ugtlcn dairy - Bj man. to succeed Commissioner, Ward B in Use ball. H A It bough the nomination of Coin- , H Ward, made by PresTdcnl H Harding, hns not yet been approved j K by the ibe actum is declared! B to do and the confirmation lej H expected at any time. The H ment of Mr. Madson ay H will not be made until Commissioner B Ward formally resigns, but Ibe nam- H ing of Mr. MAdson Is said to be as 1 certain the appointment of Com-j B mlsslonrr Word as marshal, l M I K Commissioner Ward was in Salt B Lake JPriday conferring with Mar- H, shall Aquila Nebeker, whom he will B succeed in office. The outgoing mat B shal is said to have requested t'.oir- Bi mlssmner Ward to be ready to take B over the office by April 1. in order B, i hat he might leave at this time to Bj engage In the livestock and ranching K husiness. It wa .-aid yesterday by , 1 'Jommissioner Ward that he Will be B ready to assume his new duties at this B time, providing his appointment confirmed. K Commissioner Ward said that he K has not yet selected his second dep- Bt uty, but that he was constantly be-l H ing besieged With" applicants tor the! H place. The second deputy will be a! J Salt Lake man. Commissioner Ward H has declared. l PUBLIC SAFETY DRPARTMKOT. B Mr. Madson will the partment of public safely, which B dudes the polb n department, the fl. department and the health depart m mcnt. It Is said, therefore there fl he no other changes at the city ball I B through his appointment. B Mr. Madson la engaged in the , H wholesale dairy business and fniinerlv served as Weber county commissioner. H He Is ono of Ogden's most widely H known and popular citizens and dm - H ing his term of office as eommlssion- H er was a firm booster for good roads H To him belongs much of the credit H for the present (rood highways in H Weber county. Madson served three terms, one of two years and two terms , H of three years and was chairman 1 the board. NATIVE N fl He was born In Ogden in 1870 and H was married in 1904 to Delia "Baus- H cher. There were four children. The wife and three of these children died h , during the Influenza epidemic of Mr. Madson has opera tie Modi: 1 Dairy for SO years and is the owner H of much property. He resides in the B Third ward. |