Show Petty Stuff I MEMBERS EMBERS V of the Salt Lake county commission 1 n make themselves ridiculous as is they quibble I ayer Yer over the confirmation of the appointment of i-eber i C. C Smith as a deputy sheriff It will wilt be that Mr MI- Smith was appointed a by Sheriff Harries to perform some special rk for which no regular deputies were avail- avail When the e. e appointment reached the com- com l for confirmation official sanction for appointment e was withheld on the grounds th that JV t Smith had sacrificed his citizenship in Utah The fact of the matter matter is that Mr Smith SmithS SmithS' S S' S out of the state for a period of three years a a m mission for the Mormon church He how- how ver could never be regarded in any other otner light an an Sn a citizen of the state Born and arid raised in inah b ah with all his interests here and and having ved ed the state in official capacities before th the Ie estion stion raised concerning his appointment seems It is calculated to reflect more discredit the county commissioners than on the sheriff S fr r. r the man he selected for a deputy There is too much important work to b be beme bene ne me in the county for the commissioners to be besting besting sting their time with matters calculated d to toe S. S Ore 6 e difficulties for the sheriff If all the men he county payrolls have the same clam m top to IZ hip p in this state as Mr Smith the county t Js should be commended for their s lec- lec a Hons The he commission should lose no time in inthe I correcting ng the slig slight t it has cast st u upon n one n vho whose e t record ecord shows nothing but clean citizenship It |