Great Falls tribune., 1921-12-24
NEW COURTHOUSE
INPH|L[|PSCOUVTY
. READY FOR BUSINESS
Officials Will Be in Offices of
Modern Building by
Holidays.
Special to The Tribune.

Malta, Dec. 23.-With the coming of
the holiday season the people of Phil
lips county will see the county officials
located in their new home which has
just been completed by Contractors
Jarl & Lasker Of Great Falls. The
contract for the building was let al
most a year ago and the construction
work commenced Immediately Ihe
contractors have been fortunate in Sc
curing material for the building and at
no time have they experienced a de-
lay. The building is a credit to the
county Of Phillips and is one Of the
best in the state. The exterior is
made of Lewistown brick, which are
rather dark with white or cream col
ored trimmings. The first or ground
floor US well as the other two floors
are fitted up for offices and with the
exception of possibly one or two rooms
the entire building will be in use.
Officials Handicapped
In the past the county officials have
been handicapped to great extent for
vault room and the only vault available
was used by all the county officials
and was entirely too small for any one
Of them. In the new court house each
Of the offices that needs a vault has
a large one with plenty Of daylight.
full steel curtains so that it reduces
the fire risk to the minimum. TIE fur
niture and fixtures in the old vault
over the First State bank will be used
in the new ones and about $1,000 worth
Of additional equipment has been pur-
chased and will be installed the COM
ing week The vault furniture is all
steel and a greater part of it is equip
ped with individual locks making theft
of papers almost an impossibility.
Sheriff on Ground Floor
The ground floor will be used by the
assessor, the county agent an. the
sheriff with plenty of room for all and
there is possibility that one excellent
office room on this floor will be for
rent. The sheriff has his office next
to the Jail building which was built a
few years ago with an outside door
and walk leading to the Jail door dis
tance of but few feet.
The clerk and recorder and treasurer
will occupy the second floor together
with the county superintendent and just
off the clerk and recorders office will
be found the commissioners room.
This is one Of the smallest rooms in
the DullQlng Dut lar larger InaH the
quarters they have had since the or
ganization of the county. The planning
of the building and furniture placement
has been carefully arranged so that the
cement pillars which are necessary for
the strength of the building are so ar
ranged that they will be little noticed
in either of these offices.
The court room and the office of the
clerk of court will be on the third
floor. The court room is one of the
best rooms in the building and far
larger than the one now in use.
Judge Calls Term
Early in the new year Judge Borton
has called term of court to be held
in the new building. The furniture and
fixtures now in use have been repaired
and fixed up SO that they are in first
class condition. There are several
large and we'll ventilated jury rooms in
connection with the court room and the
floor is covered with battleship limo
leum to deaden all sound.
The building completed, together with
the grading of the lot and the new fur
niture, will be under the bond issue
voted by the people of Phillips county
and the rent saved the county by the
new building will more than take care
of the interest on the bOnd issue,