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Show The New Administration Last Monday, January 7h, all stale and county offices were taken over by the successful candidates in the recent re-cent election. VVp. do not know why outgoing officers in Utah wait a week after the new year starts to relinquish ''.,of:!(:,'!5- .JoXtftt herelaUau-W, fa the-year, out in liJiT New Year's day being obeserved as a holiday, the 1 transfer is made on the first Monday after New Year.' At tho Capitol Governor George II. Dern was swoiii In to succeed himself as chief exeiutive of the slate. Willi pomp ami splemlor and before a large uudhnoe the solemn ceremony was conducted. Members of t he State Supreme Su-preme Court and other state officers (oi k the qualifying oath. This was followed by the Inaugural Address by the Governor. In the evening a Grand liyrfl and Reception was given at which a throng participated. In fhe reception lino were Governor and Mrs. Dern and other elective officers of tho state of Utah, and their wives. For more than au hour they stood, ex changing greetings with thousands who fell In line to wait their turn to pxtend congratulations. At the county seat there was almost a complete turnover, only fourytar term officers remain there. Two new County Commissioners succeed Mr. Labruiu and Mr. Stenaker. B. F. Quinn and E. E. Howe assume these posts. Wallace B. Kelly vacated the County Attorney's office to John I). Rice wl o made a "clean sweep" in that branch of the county government. In the eoniniisslonership there seems to be a general sigh of relief among'the constituants upon the change. So much internal strife lias existed there for a long time, that the people have grown 'weary of the quar rels and welcome a change. Whatever individual ability may have been pos sessed by members of the commission was destroyed by harassing. Jealous quarreling and jangling among them. Let. us hope the mixed commission will at least be an improvement ovei (he commission mixed. |