Salt Lake Herald | 1908-01-19 | Page 30 | Heath Keeps Job as Park Keeper

TH KEEPS JOB AS PARK KEEPER Park Board Also Reappoints His Assistant A H Holter Best Place HId Held Open The board of park commissioners yes yesterday yesterday yeSterday afternoon decided to retain Henry Menry F Heath as at Lib Liberty Liberty Liberty erty park and his hig assistant A M 11 Hol Ho Holter Holter ter The positions pay 1000 and a year No o decision was as ar arrived arrived arrived rived at In regard to t the position of su superintendent superintendent of or parks which pays a year ear and this will be considered at a meeting probably to be held Monday next Before making the decision as to these positions several applicants were exam examined examIned ined med as to their qualifications by the board C A Erickson William Hard Harding HardIng Harding ing and George Sutton Button were candidates for the position secured by Mr Heath X Charles harles Butchart wanted the Job won yon by Holter Helter The retention of Heath the present was due to the record he has made during the past two years at Liberty Libert park and not on the ground that he Is a competent florist which is i required by the ordinance Mr Heath Heth was frank in saying that he was not an expert but pointed wit o t that he had con conducted conducted conducted ducted the th park well and knew enough about planting flowers to fill all re requirements requirements requirements The board decided that he was the best man because of his practical practical practical rather than his theoretical knowl know knowledge knowledge 1 edge and retained him I IThe The same was true of his assistant Holter Helter who has been florist at the park for eight years The candidates for superintendent of I parks who appeared were E J Wil Wi Williams Hams liams N Byhower L M Lee and George Sutton Button who would have taken I either that position or the one as park keeper All were questioned minutely as to their qualifications but no action was taken Williams has been a gardener g for for lor years and Is now employed at atthe atthe atthe the home of Senator Thomas Kearns Law has had fifteen years experience and Sutton has been een working at the business for about the same time By Byhower Byhower hower hewer came here from Holland eight years ago where here he graduated from a horticultural school and has done much work in this county He is secretary o othe othe othe the county horticultural society ty and a ad deputy d county inspector