The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-01-05
COUNTY OFFICIALS
ARE SWORN IN
NEW COUNTY BOARD HOLDS COURT
Retiring Officials Close Up All Pending
Matters So Fa. As Possible Before
Turning Over the ReinS.

With the exception of the County
Clerk, W. f. Hanson, who was sworn
in on the preceding Saturday, all of
Hood River County's newly elected
officers began their duties in an official
capacity last Tuesday The first days
business was principally taken up with
the routine work of installation.
County Clerk Hanson administered
the oath to each of the other officials.
The clerk IS office on the initial day
of the new incumbent was the scene Of
unusual activity, among other things
quite number of hunting and fishing
licenses, ten of each having been
issued. On account of the increased
county business incident to changes.
j. +. Lucas, eN-asscssor, has been APP
pointed deputy county clerk for the
time being. So far no other deputies
have been announced
Immediately after installation the
new board of commissioners began
work upon the problem of better roads.
The personnel, altogether new with
the exception of Coroner Edgington,
who was reelected, is as follows:
Geo. d. Culbertson, county Judge;
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county commissioners; 7. +. Johnson,
sheriff; W. +. Hanson, county clerk;
Jasper Wickham, assessor; j. M.
Schmetaer, county treasurer c. d.
Thompson, county superintendent;
Murray Kay, county surveyor; DR.. J.
Edgington, coroner.
Those auditing the financial affairs
as conducted by The retiring admins
traton found them to be correct and
satisfactory.
The outgoing county commissioners
have completed as near as possible all
county business within their jurisdic-
tiou. They closed the deal for the
purchase of the court house site, pay
ing the sum of $4,000 for the property,
terms of payment, $500 cash and bal
ance April |. This expense will be
taken care of by an extra mill added
to the tax levy.
The new commissioners have ap-
pointed W. l.. Clark and T. A. Reavis
to succeed themselves as road viewers
for the year 1911.
At meeting of the school district
boundary board Wednesday afternoon,
Supt. Z. ID. Thompson submitted a
petition asking for a change in the
boundaries of districts l3 and 9. THIS
petition proposed The cutting off of
| two sections from the south end of the
Odell district and adding them to the
Dukes valley district a number of
citizens from the Odell district were
present and protested against the
change, some of whom SAID that the
proposed cut off contained only one
student and that he would have to
travel nearly to the OdeIl school to
reach that of Dukes Valley, a dis
tance of nearly two miles.
The old board goes out with feel
ing on the part of the taxpayers of the
county that they have managed the
affairs of the county well and econom-
icalIy. They have had many things to
accomplish in starting out the new
county and have inaugurated system
of good roads that in itself is a big
undertaking, but one which has the
approval of the majority.
The new board. both members Of
which are new men, will have the
assistance of the former county clerk,
Geo. ID. Culbertson, as the new county
| Judge, and with his assistance, will be
able to take up the work where it was
left by the old board with a better
understanding than it all were entirely
new to the work and conditions which
surround them.