The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-10
New County Administration
Goes Into Office Today.
Retain Deputies In Practically
Every Department.
NO new FACES TO SHAWNEE
Newly Elected Officers Are
Known In Politics.
Most Changes Take Place Under
Sheriff Miller.
NEW COUNTY OFFICERS:


SHERIFF, Robert Miller.
COUNTY ATTORNEY, Tinkham yeale.
COUNTY CLERK, Douglas Graham.
REGISTER OF DEEDS. Oran Layton
PROBATE JUDGE, J. d. M. Hamilton.
CLERK DISTRICT COURT. w. E. An
COUNTY SURVEYOR, Jack Campbell
(Re-e1eected.)
COUNTY AUDITOR. j. b. Larimer tHe-
CLERK COURT TOPEKA. Edwin Jones.
MARSHAL COURT TOPEKA, Tom Hur-
COUNTY CORONER. DR.. H. L. Clark.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS,
Josiah Jordan, (Re-eIected.)
JUDGE COURT TOPEKA, Paul Heinz.
SENATOR. Hugh T. Fisher.
COMMISSIONER. 2nd Dist, A. A. Rod
gers (Re-electedl
COMMISSIONER, (3rd Dist, Henry Nc
REPREsENTATIyE: ssrd Dist. L. n.
Neiswender (Re-elected.)
REPRESENTATIVE, 34th Dist. Matt
Weightman (Re-elected)
REPRESENTATIVE 35th Dist, c. H.
Searle (Re-elected.)
TREASURER. T. b. Boyd (Re-eIected.)
JUDGE DISTRICT COURT, Div. I.
james A. Mcclure (Re-elected.)
JUDGE DISTRICT COURT, Div. 2, Geo.
H. Whitcomb (Re-eIeeted.
Nineteen new county officers took
the oath of office today. The new
term of T. D. Boyd, county treasurer,
Altho ten of the officers have been
elected for the first time, there will be
no new faces at the head of the county
offices during the next two years. for
! all. the officers are old in county poll
tics. Practically every new officer has
announced that he will retain his pres
ent force of deputies.
Change in Sheriff's Office.
The biggest change will be in the Of
flee of sheriff. Robert Miller. who for
, four years was undersheriff, today
succeeded Hugh Larimer as sheriff
He has appointed Oscar Carlson, for
many years a deputy, as undersheriff
Oscar Perkins and Robert Pendleton
/ of Rossville, will be his field deputies
Charles Hixon, now a deputy. will be-
come day jailer at the county Jail. a
position he held for many years under
Larimer Robert Garrod. present
| jailer, VIII go to Kansas City. H.ITay-
| lor. a negro, will be night jailer
Tinkhani Veale. who succeeds Hugh
Fisher as county attorney, has beer
first deputy for four years. His first
deputy will be Ralph Cav, retiring
probate judge. Paul Edgar, formerly
clerk of the court of Topeka, will re-
Miss Fern Bunker will be retained a.
stenographer.
| Douglas Graham, who becomes
county clerk today, was formerly CLERK
of the court of Topeka, but for two
years has been assistant deputy tc
Kenneth Raub. who, retiring as county
clerk today. will become Graham's
second deputy. Henry Monroe con.
tinues as first deputy, and Mrs. Bessie
Reid as bookkeeper.
Retain Old Deputies.
| Oran Layton. register of deeds, will
retain Miss Stratemeyer and Miss June
Mitchell as IDENTITIES
| J. D. NJ. Hamilton. probate judge
will retain T.. d. Williams and Mis-:
Eva Corning as probation officers
Roscoe Graves as clerk of the juvenile
court and Miss Edna Davis. Mrs. Anna
! uties.
{ w. E. Anderson, who succeeds Mrs
I Mary Chaplin as clerk of. the distric
/ court, will retain Miss Mae Brewer az
! first deputy and Miss Carrie Bush a.
second deputy.
| In the court of Topeka, G. Clay
! Baker will be retained as deputy clerl
and Charles Lytle as deputy marshal
Thank You, Says Larimcr.
| The change in county administra
ton became effective today at noon
Hugh Larimer, retiring sheriff
asked that his sincere thanks be givel
those who elected him to two term
in the office.
"Altho retiring today" he said, ''
feel just as grateful now as 1 did then
1 have found the public a good EN-
ployer."