Show t commissioners delay appointment of sheriff 1 action scheduled for next regular meeting summit opposes ancor ot A horation po ration other matters considered by beat board the appointment ot of a county sheriff to succeed lewis R file fife whose resignation was tiled filed several 0 weeks ago was again postponed by the county commissioners at their regular meeting on saturday last reason heason tor for the second delay deay in this matter seems to have been a conflict between the action or of part ot OL the commissioners and tile the becom emendation men dation of 0 the county democratic committee when sheriff fife filed his resignation sign atlon he recommended the appointment ot of john B carpenter as his successor the latter was apparently ly given at the same time an understanding from one or more ot A the commissioners that its his appointment would be only a matter of form and that he could make his plans accordingly but one of the commissioners consulted at the time nor was the county committee whose recommendations are supposed to have some weight with the confils con mis slon sion all the members ol of which are democrats the matter ot of carpenters political affiliations was questioned and the possibility that some others might wish to tile file applications resulted in the he county boards P delaying actie actio i or ie appointment appoints at the october meeting in the roeana ii the she county committees mit tees for MIS appointment was asked by win K N pryor altred alfred froyd and david pryor who also made application to the commissioners tor for appoint appointment mert to the office carpenter never asked for the bartys endorsement so the committee at a meeting in cedar city on friday en dorsil the J other applicants in the order named in the tace face ot of these endorsements and the fact that carpenter had gone ahead and procured his bond as well as trading his used car lor for a new one on the strength ot of the prospective appointment the board rot entirely united tor for him decided that another postponement was desirable to permit ot of a satisfactory solutions being worked out A committee from summit consisting ot of marion simkins charle charlei i it II dalley dailey wm allen alien and ray grimshaw met with the commissioners and ana tiled filed two petitions one signed by 24 persons asking that their names be stricken off ot the petition filed the month before asking that summit be declared a body politic and an incorporated town the other petition signed by 19 re fil dents ot of summit who were not on the other pe petition letitio titio lied filed and asking that the petition tor for incorporation to te denied the clerk was instructed to notify the committee who presented the first petition of the new petitions and that unless they cart can show by the next regular meeting that a majority 0 of the qualified c P lectora want to incorporate the matter will be dropped mr air nels madsen of summit appeared in person and made application to purchase the old house on the old denson farm east of summit 0 commissioner leigh was authorized to inspect the house and sell it tor for what he feels it is worth the treasurer was authorized to issue certificates of redemption on all the property of david C bulloch george A berry abid glade derry berry upon the payment by them of pit ell the taxes due against the property as originally assessed they bad requested compromise settle eints mr E N thompson district engineer tor for the made a report of 0 the progress of the projects in iron county and ot of the ml the tha appoint appointment men of aia genii I 1 ll 11 jensen as alsista 1 mana manager er of ft lie ile VERA FERA ti 4 wai explained that she would have the actea KI V manage mont ant ot of this agency corking un ull ej f the direction d of ll 11 thompson who he would still ho be rt re po ai manager he H also tri that tho the akra office had been ai oil to trio tho federal building aher th r it would not be necessary to pay rent arid and tha thai telephone and other expense the county had bad been pay ing would be materially reduced continued to back page pace commissioners DELAY appointment OF SHERIFF continued from front page W L adams and john H pendleton representing the Par carowan parowan chamber ot of commerce development committee asked the commissioners il ii they would be willing to lease with an option to purchase properties held by iron county which this committee may want to lease in the furtherance of a project they are working on oil the commissioners indicated a willingness to cooperate as tar far as possible in this or any other project that promised to mean ocal local 1 development the matter of 0 reimbursing arthur nelson deputy sheri ir tr for expense necessary in fit repairing his car which was wrecked on the cedarlund road while he was on duty as deputy sheriff was again discussed and the clerk was instruct td t to write mr air nelson and explain that at the close of the year the commissioners will 9 appropriate any amount lett left unexpended unexpanded in the 1935 appropriation for sheriffs expense up to boo the clerk was instructed to publish in the local papers the tact fact that no extension ot of time can ile be made mada this year in the delinquent date tor for the payment of current taxes |