Show GEORGE MCABE OF OGDEN his achievements in the employ of the government J H writing from washington to his utah paper gives ilia following sketch of the rapid rise 0 george P mccaba of ogden in the government service george P mccabe solicitor for tin agricultural department la a fine example of the possibilities of the civil service for deserving young men sir mccabe la in a class with milton E ailes oscar J prank H hitchcock lawrence 0 murray and other young federal officers alio started at the bottom of the civil service adder and have climbed on their merits to positions ot trust sir mccabe came to wellington in 1899 from ogden utah having been certified in tho regular way from th eligible register of the civil service commission to a clerkship in tho cash room of the treasury department he was transferred to the interior department and given then then 1200 and finally 1 he had been serving as clerk under A L lawshe president auditor tor the philippines and at that time a deputy auditor mr lawshe offered mr mccabe a position in the philippines you will have to pay me 2000 a year if I 1 go to the philippines said mr mccabe all right son are engaged mr lawshe however prevented mr mccabe going to the philippines and after procuring a transom to agricultural department haan department abura such enjoys the fullest confidence of secretary wilson the principal work before mr mccaba ja to look after the violation of the regulations ande by the bureau of industry for shipments of h lock in antei state raffle he has over 2000 ol 01 thess cases on hand now in of the case railroads have admitted their violations of the law and have voluntarily paid fines mr me cabe ib also ahe of tho secretary of agriculture in the keep jn commission he ha 10 do likewise with violations of the regulations prescribed by the of agriculture regulating the foiest reserves mr mccabe i very popular in ahe department ho is and painstaking 1 but his forces are not overworked ha H amiable to and considerate ot him mr mccaba was january 31 isn his father D mccabe was an who went from allegheny county pennsylvania to ogden and was one of the first non cormons mormons to migrate to fatali arriving there in he is now an engineer on the union pacific railroad young mccabe was educated in the common schools at ogden and at the military academy ho worked for a time as fireman on tho union pacific and then went to north dakota and taught school and ran a newspaper the grandin chronicle located twenty two malca from pargo ho had his newspaper printed in fargo at the ofhie of the argus and his advertising patron ago came from fargo the school he I 1 taught wag patronized by swedes and danes ho had difficulty in getting apy of the to board him but finally was able to secure hla meals at a farmhouse farm house but had to sleep in the schoolhouse school house ho put la the seasons of and in Orand lu and then a fire destroyed the office of the careo argus which made it impossible to have hla paper printed so be abandoned the dual role of editor and teacher and returned to ogden where he became principal of an ogden school he held that position when he was certified by the national civil service commission for a position in washington mr mccaba came to washington it was with the object ot using the government service to afford him 1 salary while lie completed a law course at the columbia university now the george washington university he completed the three years course in two years and was admitted to the bar instead of returning to lie found that ha bad made such rapid progress in the departments that he found it congenial to remain here for the present billy wilson was in salt lake fri day making arrangements with the plo grande for the running of an excursion from that city to the hermitage october IS |