El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-25

DROP DR.. LYNCH
Is Removed as Assistant
County Physician; JAM
tor Is Also Dropped.

DR.. Frank Lynch was removed %
assistant county physician and
George Thomas was appointed 10 Ill
the vacancy, by a resolution lnIro-
duced by Seth Orndorff, and passeu
by the county commissioners at tnel'
meeting Tuesday afternoon. In lnIro-
ducing the resolution Mr.. Orndortf saiu
that he did not believe that Dr. Lynch
was devoting the proper attention 70
the office, and for this reason deslreu
the change
The resolution was opposed by ooth
Adrian Pool, county Judge, and COM
missioner James Clifford. Both OF
these officials made brief talks TO lIS
commissioners in which they pralseo
the work of DR.. Lynch, saying, tue1 S
had never been any complaints Iouset
against him since he was asslst AN
county physician. When the vote Wa
called for Mr.. Orndorff, George rem
dell and J. NJ. Walling voted IN ITS Ia
vor Mr. Clifford cast the only NOle
against the measure, the county Juuse
not having a voice in the matter
Courthouse Jnnftor Dismissed.
The commissioners passed another
resolution dismissing from service al
ter November so, H. G. Van HaseIen,
as janitOr in charge OF the courthouse
work and his two assistants. Jaille e
Buchanan was appointed JanlIOr IN
charge of the courthouse work by the
resolution, and Juan Elias was nauo
his assistant.
The bonds Of D. Montoya, constable;
Miguel Chavez, justice of the peace
and Jesus NJ. Guerra, justice OF Inc
peace, were approved.
David NJ White, road superintend-
ent, appeared before the board ana
asked authority to organize a F4aS
crew to complete the road worB' y. Wh 4In
was granted. He recommended TO inc
board that hereafter the members OF
the road gangs be paid on the first anu
| 18th of the month, instead OF eaCh
week Mr.. White will start work Win
in a short time in completing the re-
pairs already under way on the road
between the smelter and the railroad
! tracks.
Judges Ask for Interpreter.
A resolution was submitted by the
three district judges, judge Dan M:
Jackson. of the saith district court
Judge Leigh Clark, of the special dis
I trict court, and judge P. R Price, OF
| the 41st district court, asking the COM
missiOners to appoint as soon as posi-
/ bic an official court Interpreter. ms
court interpreter was removed by a
| resolution recently passed by the com
! missioners, to take effect NoNemoeI
Z 30 The resolution was laid on the
| table until the next meeting.
Seth Orndorff asked the county audi
\ tor. Roy Barnum, to prepare a finan-
cial statement of the county finances
! to be submitted at the next meeting
! Of the body He introduced resolu-
1 ton to this effect, which was passed
Asks Aid for Destitute.
| Mrs. Carrie Hooper, superintendent
| of the Woman's Charity association,
! appeared before the commissioners 10
| ask for assistance for the poor and
destitute of the city Mrs. Hooper said
that she had been appealed to by three
men who have tuberculosis for lodg-
ing and something to eat. She inform
the commissioners that she did not
have any money for the work. On mo-
ton of Mr.. Orndorff $40 was donated
for the charity work and the commits
| sioners promised to cooperate with the
city in assisting the Charity associa-
| tion to care for the worthy poor of the
] city.