| Show LAND OFFICIALS A western community that has bag courteous and capable officials in its local land office has bag much to be thankful for in ID none of its representatives la is the general government brought into closer contact with the people and there is no do other department that has baa such opportunities to ease and lighten or multiply and increase as the case may be the anxieties with which the average settler has to deal as the one which meets him when he approaches the business of securing bis land titles it is with uncommon ples pleasure pure therefore that the NEWS refers in a tone of compliment to the retiring and incoming in cum benta bents of the position of register of the salt lake land office the latter official la is mr byron groo a utah man in every sense a journalist of ability and experience a gentleman of wide acquaintance with the people and their needs and of capacity and courtesy in any walk of life lie he so aa eumes charge of the office tomorrow mr frank D hobbs concluding his bis official labors this evening colonel hobbs career in our oar midst baa beet a constant evidence that gentlemanly conduct and kindly consideration are not ir compatible with rial firmness and the preservation of governmental interest he be has ever sought the welfare of the bona fide alde settler and has bag diligently endeavored deavo red to reduce the costs and difficulties in the lat batters iatter a way he b baa been a consistent servant of the government in that his actions have bave all tended to the encouragement of those who were legitimately en titled to the nations generosity and yet he has baa winked at no chicanery nor or been lax in the enforcement or of the spirit of the law ot of him it can in a word be truthfully said that he has baa been at once a friend to t the be in inte teresta reata of the government the west and the settlers the NEWS is glad to hear bear chat bat it Is ie his intention to remain with wik us as am a citizen and we are also ISO glad that in losing him as an official we are fortunate in finding so ao worthy a a 4 i successor as mr groo |
