Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-01-01

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accountant and In making ont ant
filing papers; Ia an expert at tax.roll
And ~ is not easy TO imagine the of
flee Of Sheriff without Wrightman II
It. Wrightman does not object to thii
way of thinking and hopes he may b'
i'm IL by more than mere sketch oi
the imagination when the next Re
publican county convention is helt
and his friends present his name foi
that honor.
THE NEW OFFICIALS
in the court house upon whom the re.
porter seldom calls i'm vain, and who
never refuse to give publicity TO any.
thing on the public records of their
Office, are L. V. Ehlen, county clerk,
Jap Mimic, county treasurer, County
Judge Hubbard and County Recorder
Waters. All of these men were raised
in this county and make excellent
public officials. Mr. Ehlen was taken
off his farm near Butteville, and
placed in the most important clerical
Office in the county, clerk OF the
courts, and has not yet served his first
term.
Mr.. Ehlen is always on duty and
keeps a competent force Of helpers.
He got almost solid vote, irrespect-
i've of party, in the north end Of the
county. The German-American farm
er has made a good record in his
Office. All the business of his office
goes through his own hands, and
while he has shown no one any favors
and enforces the laws about collecting
fees in advance stringently as the
law requires, he has surprised even
the lawyers themselves by his thor
ough knowledge of his duties. He
has shown that farmer can fill an
Office that many have thought 1t re-
quired a lawyer to hold down, and all
admit he has done it very well.
Jap Minto needs no introduction to
our readers. He always shells out any
item Of news about the county treas
ury when a reporter calls. His ap-
pointment last January was a fortu-
nate one, and he has steered the
county finances through one of the
hardest years in history with mas
ter hand. He is always found on duty
and employs no deputy. He insists
on handling the public. funds as funds.
He receives the coin and money of
the realm and Immediately applies IL
to extinction of county debt. AS
soon as there was any money available,
our news columns show Mr.. Mimic
has issued warrant call and stopped
interest. In these days, when so
many officials bank with public money
IL is refreshing to note that the treas
urer Of Marion county has handled
the funds not in his own interest or In
the interest Of any bank, but always
in the interest Of the people. If
there is one county treasurer. in Ore
gon who deals directly, honestly and
independently with the people he
serves, il is Jap Mlnto. This is n use
full lesson to learn. At the risk of
lauding man at the expense Of 9TH
ers holding the same office in this
state, we believe Mr.. Minto's admins
tration is commendable in this re-
spect.
Jap Minto is man with only lin
tied common school education, but a
man OF unlimited and uncommon in
Cegrity. This cannot be over esti-
mated when it is remembered how
many public treasurers have gone de-
faulters, how many have placed public
funds in the hands Of friends where
they are unavailable for public use.
or County Recorder Waters and
County Judge Hubbard not much re-
quires saying. They extend reporters
every courtesy. Mr.. Waters is very
prompt, competent and correct in per-
forming his duties. This is all that
is required. Judge Hubbard, who has
been for four years, at the head Of our
county legislature has not suited all
the newspaper men nor all the other
people. THE JOURNAL has at times
differed with him and very much dis
agreed with him and dlsliked things
ne has done. But on the main issue
he has made a good record. He has
steered his ship through four hard
years and avoided running the county
in debt or increasing taxes. He has,
with the commissioners, run it out Of
debt and cut down taxes. He always
gives newspaper men the news
whether he likes their style or not.
He has faithfully looked after
public business. He has been too
penurious, but when a man is close
with other peoples money these days
1t is a crime easily forgiven.
THE OTHER OFFICIALS
OF the county we have found equally
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