Arizona republican., 1910-06-21
PROMOTION FOR
 F. {. DEzENDORF
Chief of the Sixth Field Division of the Land Office Is Given the
 Second Division.

Fred c. Dezendorf, chief of the sixtl
 division of the general land office witt
 headquarters at Phoenix, was yester.
 day transferred to the new second di
 vision. embracing California and Ne
 vada, with the exception of the To.
 Angeles district The new chief of th, 1 sixth division will be Grant w. Helm
 now in the service at Los Angeles. The 1 sixth division hereafter will include the
 Los Angeles district and Arizona. in- 1 stead of Arizona alone. as heretofore | The headquarters will be Los Angeles | The change from a comparatively
 small district to a large and importan,
 one is promotion for MT. Dezendorf
 and one that he appreciates, showing
 as 1t does the confidence the depart-
 ment places in him; but on the other hand. he stated yesterday that he greatly regrets leaving Phoenix, espe-
 clally at this time when the future of
 the city and it's prosperity seem as-
 sured and certain. He will retain a
 certain connection with this city. for
 ne will, for the present at least. keen
 his home on West Adams street and
 will send his children here next win ter to attend school on account of the superiority of this climate to that of San Francisco. where he will be sta. toned. He will go to his new station after the passage of the sundry civil bill in congress.
 Dezendorf has been connected with the land office and the assistant attor ney generals office at Washington for the past fifteen years. Before coming to the southwest he was in the legal branch of the interior department and was considered an expert on mineral and land law. Five years ago he asked to be transferred to the south west on account of his wife's i'll health He was given the sixth division. which then included New Mexico. He was admitted to the bar in both New Mexi- co and Arizona.
 During his stay in Phoenix he has conducted a number of important jn- vestigations which have resulted in many suits being brought to set aside patents alleged to have been illegally acquired. He conducted the Parker townsite sale, one of the most success ful of any government auction sales ever held. His prompt and thorough investigation of applications by set tiers for surveys was largely responsi- ble' for good sized recent appropria- ton by congress for survey work as we'll as enabling settlers to get their land surveyed without tiresome delay. His efforts in behalf of settlers on un- surveyed lands were thoroughly an- preciated by the settlers themselves and by the general land office. He was recently complimented by letter by | the chief of the field service. H. H Schwartz, and also by Surveyor Gen. | eral Ingalls, for his work in this re- | spect.
 Dezendorf was offered a position last | year with the law board at Washing ton. but declined, preferring to remain m the southwest. The present position ne feels compelled to accept as his 1eclination might conflict with the plans for the reorganization of the Held service. He sewers many ties lere and leaves Phoenix with regret He Is member of the Phoenix board 'f trade and is the recently elected president of the Associated charities