Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-30
ALL ARE GLAD TO GO
Old County Officers Anxious 10 Get
Out of Public Life.
COUNTY COURTPRAIsEDBY GEDDEs
Chrisiopherson All Puts In n Good
W0rd-Recorder crismon VIII
Engage in Mining.

At noon on Monday next the REG
entity elected county officers, with the
exception OF Treasurer-ei elect Stephen
ii. Lynch, will take possession of their
respective offices in the city aud coun-
ty building.
MIR. Lynch, who sucoeeds Collector
Spencer, Will not assume the duties Of
the Office to which he was elected un.
III next June, on account OF 1t being
merged into the tressureI's ofiic3.
A News representative In hi 3
rounds today had chat with ns many
of the outgoing officers US could be
seep; all OF whom were in an appar.
emily merry mood.
The first retiring official &C.
costed was w. Scott Crismon, the
county recorder, whom james G..
Jensen succeeds. Mr.. Crismon said:
"Everything in my office Is In first
Glass shape. Personally | am glad my
term 10 up. Hereafter L WIN follow
mining, in which l am now extern
sively engaged. l have had talk
with my successor relative to the
retaining, Tor IR while at least, of my
clerical help. / regard 1t as necessary
for him TO do this; for example-the
documents which come In today are
tomorrow put through the indexes and
next day they are spread upon the
records, then proof read and then
abstracted, which usually takes about
seven days to complete the work, be-
fore the documents are resdy t.
d. liver." or his assistants, IL. II.
Mckaig, II. NJ. Mack, Mics Florence
Roundy, Miss Alice Crismon, Miss
Alice Ebel and Miss Hattie Shelly, he
spoke In the highest praise.
The next place visited was the office
OF the board OF county commissioners.
Commissioner Roberts was not preBsnt.
Comm lssiUner Gedues was first ap-
proscbed and when asked II he was
ready to vacate on Monday said:
oEDDEs Is GLAD, TOO.
"I will cheeriully surrender to my
successor my office at IL noon Mon
day, feeling that serious AND often
unpleasant responsibility has been
taken off my shoulders. feel stiii
more pleased In vscating from the fact
that when the present board come Into
office the county WINS practically bank.
rupt, but today Its credit Ia good and
the financial condition excellent.
With care on the part OF
the incoming board the county,
under It's present condition, can pay at
least $780, year Of It's Indebted ness.
leave with the best OF feeling to.
wards my associates, and shall vel.
come the new board-Francis Arm.
strong, L.. l.. Hall anu J. b. Rawlins
Monday next"
so is CIIRlSToPHERsoN.
Commissioner Christopherson was
next approached. He said. 81 have
nothing particular to SAY" and then
proceeded to say: "But shall be glad
to step down and out on the 4th proxi.
mo. We are turning our office over to
the hands OF competent and expert
enced men. When We took our office,
everything was In chaos, and 1t IL no
exnggerItlon OF the truth to say THAT
today 1t Is In tirst-clsss shape. recall
the time whom We had to be- person.
nlly responsible for supplies for tho
jail and :nfirmary. but fortunately
cur Successors will not have that
experience to 20 through. Even the
COAL iOT tuib uullulnR we unu COuslueTs
able trouble in procuring on account OF
the county's credit not being consiu-
cred good enough"
MRS. CAINE's PREDECESSOR.
County auditor, 1. M. Fisher. who
will be succeeded by Mrs. Margaret
A. Game, had the folio wing to say:
~ shall turn over to my successor
the office and duties Of county auditor
on MONDAY, next, January 4, 1897, at
IL o'clock noon at which bour my
right to act as sucn auditor ceases
and shall be surrendered. Ths accounts
will have been closed for 1895 and
fairly started In 1897, 60 that II my
su ccessor approves OF ms system she
can simply continue the routine with.
out a Jar aud avoid the worry incident
10 originstion OF a system. / hope
and expect to have my report Tor that
portion OF 1896 which the office has
been in existence completed by that
hour and BIS ready to submit the same
10 the first session OF the new board OF
commissioners. II fall In this, how
ever, hope and believe my successor
will grant me access to the accounts
for short time TIL can complete the
report. She Ia entirely welcome to
access to the office now anu all the
accounts aud has been since the day
after electiOn.D