The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-14
FORMAL TRANSFER Of
REVENUE OFFICE TODAY
w. c. Whaley Will Supplant
E. III. Callister as Local Col
lector; to Make Inventory.
NO DEPUTIES NAMED
Comments Briefly on Future
Conduct of Office; Will
Consult Committees.

ny order of Secretary McAdoo of the
treasury department. nl internal revenue
Offices IN Utah. Idaho and Montana will,
be closed from this afternoon at o'clock
until next Monday morning at o'clock,
while the transfer Of the office is being
made from E. H. Callister to w. c.
Whaey.
Mr., whaIey reached Ogden last night
from Montana and Will arrive here early
today 10 assume charge OF tho office. His
term Will begin officially on Monday
morning. The intervening time will be
spent In taking stock of stamps and 9TH
er supplies now In the hands OF the col
lector and his deputies.
Mr.. Whaley Is resident Of Townsend.
Mont He is an old time Democrat and
an original Wilson man. His appoint
rlent to the position OF internal revenue
collector was made several months ago
bat confirmation was withheld until Mr..
Whaley severed connection with Mon
tana creamery company against which
suit had been brought b. the federal gov
eminent Mr., whaley stopped In Ogden
last night to visit his old friend. III. l..
Bell. assistant superintendent OF the
Southern Pacific company whom he mas
known for thirty years.
With reference TO the rumor OF the re-
moyal OF the district headquarters from
Salt Lake TO Helena Mr. Whaley said
that the matter would be governed oy
the attitude OF the department officials az
Washington. II Is certain, he SAID, that
he viii conduct the affairs OF the district
temporarily. at least. from Salt Lake The
new official positively denied a reported
interview In one OF the Butte papers re-
crntly that II had been decided TO re-
move the headquarters from Salt Lake
at once.
Mr.. whaley has not given the appoint
ment Of deputies much consideration up
to this time, preferring TO get the anairs
OF the headquarters properly transferred
before assuming additional troubles He
admitted that he had received instruc-
tons from the department TO reappoint
temporarily all deputies now at work In
order that the affairs Of the. district may
not be interrupted. He has also been
notified Of the attitude OF the department
against the removal or deputies for po-
lIticaI rea sons only Mr. whaiey said:
with the regard to the appointment
of deputies / shall be governed large
ly by the action OF tho local Demo-
state committees OF the district,
While ] have read something in the
papers regarding so-called fact;onal
troubles. l feel reasonably certain IL
will not affect appointments In the
revenue department II ! find. how
ever. that the various committees
cannot reach an agreement, then i
will use my best judgment IN tne Sc
cpal attention to the man who Is best
qualified do not believe that there
will be a chief deputy In any one OF
the three states In this district. but
this is matter which Will rest large
ly with the department
While the matter OF collecting the
income tax comes under the superVi-
sion Of the internal revenue collector,
+ have not vet received instructions
from Washington regarding this part
OF the work.