Show STATE BOARD RAISES WAGES OF Many Highway Commission Executives ves Granted Increases The state board of examiners Thursday approved salary Increases f for r several everal state because of added duties duties- but turned down other ra raise requests made on similar grounds Nearly every executive of the state stale road commission which recently underwent underwent un un- un derwent a shakeup w was s c allowed more snore pa pay Two road officials received pay cu cuts K C. C Wright promoted from as assistant as to chief engineer was raised from tl to a month E. E C. C Knowlton assistant engineer was given given give giveen en an increase from 70 to a month Engineer Gets Boost Bood S. S L. L Cate Gate former Salt Lake district engineer promoted to assistant cog engineer engi neer acer wa was raised from to W. W L. L Anderson chief draftsman draftsman drafts drafts- man from to and C c. F. F Dean senior accountant from to H. H S. S Kerr former chief engineer now engineer engner in ih charge of rights of L way was cut from to R. R W W. Groo whose duties as head of the state highway patrol have hav been less under the reorganization was cut from to An increase from to a month for Orlando Augason bookkeeper bookkeeper bookkeeper book book- keeper in the state treasurers treasurer's office was wa approved It was explained he ho had new duties under the F FER ERA FERA A. A Two Increases Denied A request by George A. A Fisher secretary see sec ret of or the land board for board for salary in creases for Agnes Thompson and Helen Hel en Blixt stenographers was denied after Secretary of State Milton H H. Welling ng said he understood they were they were married Governor Henry H. H Blood remarked there would be no increases in such cases unless there is a blanket raise in pay Mr Fisher said aid the stenographer stenographers stenographers' phera pher duties had been Increased because because be be- cause of refinancing of or farm debts A request by State Auditor J Julius JuliusC C C. Andersen to hire an accountant at a month to keep FERA FER A accounts accounts accounts ac ac- counts was denied Guides Sell SeU Po tal The session brought forth a remark by Secretary Welling that he of ofa a capitol capital guide who In normal years made more money than was paid the governor by means of selling post cards He made the remark when Governor Blood said it had been suggested sug another guide be hired The meeting also disclosed the legis lathe committee e of nine named to investigate state government with a aview aview aview view to economy has for tor its secretary one of the highest paid women in the capitoL The board approved monthly salary of for tor Miss Ora Laraway secretary of the committee It was was revealed the cost of the re- re audit of irregular accounts of Secretary Welling is costing the state stale a month when that sum was approved as salary for three persons per persons sons making the |