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Show HICK ' Mrs. Margaret Zane "Witcher Xotv Working on General Shake-Up. j j NUMBER OF NEW FACES WILL GREET ATTORNEYS Fred C. Bassett and Lilburn P. Palmer Slated for Chief Deputyships. There is consternation, nob unminglod with curses, In the county clerk's office. Mrs. Margaret Zano Witcher. county clerk-elucl. who assumes office New Year's day, has Issued the edict that there shall bo' no smoking in the office. As a consequence, there are loud cries of "sturtg:" Thero Is also considerable unrest among tho deputies - and clerical force of tho office as tho end of the clerk's term draws near. The distribution of the political patronage is the reason for this disquiet. dis-quiet. Mrs. Witcher. It is told, had the patronago beautifully distributed. In her own opinion, but when ,the slate reached the county commissioners theru was a sad disillusionment. "Nay. nay. Paulino." quoth the county fathers, and thoy heartlessly heart-lessly smashed tho schedule and rearranged re-arranged it to suit their own sweet will. I despite Mrs. Wltchor's protests. All of which mado Mrs. Witcher fe.-l very much I like resigning, it is authoritatively told. Some Now Paces. After tho first of the year there will be three or four new faces among the deputies. Chief Deputy William U. Jenkins Jen-kins and W. II. Farnsworth of the probate division, 0 candidate for county clerk before, be-fore, tho convention, at least will go, and 1 it is said that cither X. II. Tanner, clerk In Judge Morse's division, or Jack Ras-mussen. Ras-mussen. appointed by Eldrcdge for fear ho might become a formidable contender for county clerk, occupying a similar po-l po-l sltion in Judge Ritchie's division, will not j be retained. There also will be an I cwodus among the girl clerks and ston-; ston-; ographc-rs. 'tis said. Howard A. King, Merle In Judge Armstrong's division, and Harry F. Evans. In Judge Lewis's di-I di-I vision, have been assured of their retention. reten-tion. Conscquentlv tlicv arc not looking uneasy or uncomfortable nowadays. It has beeu settled that Lilburn P. Palmer, second deputy In the county recorder's office, is to take Farnsworth's place, but who Is to get Jenkins's place is somewhat uncertain. Lorenzo Irvine, a deputy sheriff, is sure that tin- plumSvill fall into his lap. but Fred Bassett, a deputy In the county auditor's office, is not the least alarmed by Irvine's clnlms of the place. To a man up a tree. TJas-sett's TJas-sett's chances look the better of the two. Gcnuiuo Consternation. There is genulno consternation tn the county recorder's office, though. AH the deputies paid their campaign assessments cheerfully, but nothing has been said as to their reappointment. Nobody has even br-en around to tell thorn to look cheerful. cheer-ful. Fred Jacques, county recorder-elect, has beaten the sphinx a block by his silence on this subject, and this has not tended to reassure anybody's fears. Palmer, Pal-mer, apparently. Is tho onlv one of the deputies there sure of being cared for. Thero will be no change In the countv treasurer's office. County Treasurer John A. Groesbeck announced Mondav. This, with the county assessor's office, is about the only plaro where thore will be no changes. O. R. Lund will bo first deputy, W. J. Moore second deputy, S. B. Clawson and T. O. Shcckell chief clerks. Will Leatham will bo reappointed reappoint-ed ns deputy in the county assessor's office. of-fice. It is said. Thore will be four or five changes in the county sheriff's office, but Shoriff-olect Shoriff-olect Joseph C. Sharp declined to make any announcement Monday. ' |