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Show W. I. SUMM IS TO TAKE CHARGE OF LOCAL OIK W. H. Shearman, son-in-law of Fred J. Kiesel, is now a permanent resident of Ogden. his resignation as head of the Salt Lake waterworks department in the Salt Lake City board of com-mieslonera com-mieslonera having been accepted late yesterday afternoon Stephen B Newman New-man was named as his successor. The former Salt Lake man came to Ogden Immediately after the accidental accident-al shooting of his uncle, Albert Kiesel, Sunday, this occurrence hastening his decision to resign from the Salt Lake City commission. Action on the resignation res-ignation was then taken before the departure of Mayor W. Mom Ferry for Los Angeles to attend the funeral of nis tamer. Mr. Shearman, as a member of the Fred J Kiesel family, has been closely close-ly associated with the Kiesel interests for some time past and these, particularly par-ticularly since the death f Theodore Schansenbach last fall and William Schnnscnbarh last week, have demanded demand-ed his presence in Ogden. . It was stated last night by Hon. Fred J.,Kieser. president of the Security Secur-ity State bank, that his son-in-law is to be made vice president and managing manag-ing director of that local banking Institution In-stitution as soon as it is possible for him to take up his duties The acceptance of the resignation of Mr. Shearman from the Salt Lake City commission was moved by commissioner commission-er Heber M. Wells in the following words of tribute: "1 feel I could not let this occasion pass without expressing something of my feelings with respect to the retire- , ment of Mr Shearman. For more than three years I have been associated v.iih him In close dailv contact and I therefore have had abundant opportu-! opportu-! nity to study his character, his cbarac-I cbarac-I teristie.9, his impulses and his equilibrium equili-brium on the firing line. It would be 1 remiss in me not to put on record at this time my estimate of his qualities. qual-ities. "Harry Shearman has been a faithful faith-ful public servant. If necessar I would have pleasure in heralding it from the housetops, but I prefer to ask that if be read into the record. 'H has been alert, honest and painstaking pains-taking a veritable watch dog of the 'treasury; conservative, industrious, enterprising en-terprising and equal to every demand made upon him. ' We shall misfl his wise counsel, his cheering presence, his rare understanding under-standing of men and measures, his ; quiet courage under the supreme tests and his abounding humor which is a saving grace in any serious business. I regret more than I can sa the sev-j sev-j erance of our official relations. "Harry Shearman has been an Ideal commissioner. With perfect command at all times of his own department he I has not failed to exercise a keen and just discriminating interest In the other oth-er four at the same time inviting fullest full-est scrutiny of the other commissioners commission-ers into his own. "It is my sincere wish that hence forth his lines may be cast in pleasant ! places, and without prete nding to be ' a prophet, It is my prediction that the , future holds in store for him greater I honor and renown than he has eer known " The remarks of Mr. Wells were or-1 or-1 dered spread on the minutes. |