Show ira i B browning tales office march 1st I 1 as state road engineer news comes from salt lake city that ira B browning named by the state road commission to howard C means as a chief ot of the slate road department will the duties ot at that office on march tat 1st the roal road commission divided on the issue as to the chance change of 0 personnel Chair chairman matil henry if blood and W J parker being in favor of drowning appointment and preston 0 peterson opposing it in explaining his opposition peter son declared that he bad been par ticul arly pleased with the record beam bad had made in office in the past four our year years that record he said aid led him to oppose any change in the hope stat it might be permitted to continue blood also said that he had bait a very high regard tor for means personally meins menus retiree from the position after five successive years of 0 service 1 aa as head bead ot of the engineering force of the state highway department prot as the state road engineer under ap of gov gor charles R mabey and later as chief engineer of the department part ment when the law had been changed to remove the appointive power from the governor a is office and place it in the hands of the commission itself browning has also had a wide aide experience peri ence in road toad building having baying been state road engineer under the old regime when the commission was made up of the elpe eldive five state officers and the state engineer lie ile served la in this rapacity capacity during the administration ot at gov simon barn dam berger and later was appointed to the road com commission minion tor for a year un ua der governor mabey humors rumors have bays been current that peterson contemplated resigning from the state highway commission but he reta ed d to either confirm or deny deity such a res ignition it submitted would be purely voluntary on petersons part it was learned that no resignation had bad been aub sub emitted to date to governor george 11 II dern and to so tar far as the governor a office or members of the commis slon had been informed thre was little or no foundation r imo i the change in the he of th III i i gf gi department ot of lr GOS coin mission nib islon bli his caused no little con cern among sub subheads subh heads eada aa as to the sate mate ty IT ot of their own posts in the ah ab sence of chairman blood however 1 pa irson all said that so tar far as be he had been sinfori informed ed there were no other c lansee a lages contemplated aa in the denart der art ant the organization would be I 1 permitted to go on undisturbed hei he aid said parker added that ahw I 1 would be no revolutionary depar depart urea ures in the department depart mout either in per onnel or the work lleane was allowed a mouths Bion the corn Nusa tion in consideration of vacations he had earned hut but had not taken while in tiiu tao commissions employ this wall continue bis his pay day until april lot let though his service 1 terminates on march lit the position pays 2600 per annum |