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Show if SETTLE FIGHT ON SMTffiTS Democrats and Bull Moose Hold Conferences; Party Leaders Optimistic, Progress was reported last night in the efforts of the Democrats and Progressives Progres-sives to reach an agreement on tlie apportionment ap-portionment of the appointive offices under the new county administration. Several informal conferences on the situation situ-ation were held by the party leaders yesterday yes-terday and a formal and, it is hoped, final conference of the affiliation conimit-tees conimit-tees will be held this morning. The question as to which commissioner-elect commissioner-elect will have charge of tho coveted roads and bridges department is still unsettled un-settled and It may Ik-, decided today by a Hip of a coin. The personnel 'of the appointees to the places under the commissioners com-missioners will depend largely on. which commissioner gets this post. The appointment to the position of county physician has become anybody's contest. It Is understood that for the sake of hannonv both Dr. Harold Van Cot t Hiid JDr. f. .1. LTowells. until recently re-cently tlie principal contenders for thjs office, have beta eliminalcd from consideration con-sideration and at present It is reported that Dr. C. 1'. llarviclle is in the lead for the position. The Lemocrats and Progressive have about concluded to como to an agreement whereby there will be memberts of both pa rtics In important positions in each office of tlie new ad ministration. This wiLl necessitate somewhat of a revision in the tentative list of appointments prepared pre-pared by the officers-elect. |