Weekly journal-miner., 1921-01-05
YAVAPAI COUNTS
 1920 AFFAIRS CLOSE
(From Sundays Daily)


 wind-up of a county administration
 ill Yavapai. Saturday the outgoing
 officers handed over the keys to
 their offices to their successors, in many cases merely taking the key out of one pocket and putting 1t in another, for many of the outgoing officers are holding the door open to allow themselves to walk in again on Monday as officials in new ad- ministration, secure for another two years against the whims of the voters and the chances of that trick jest gambling game in the world, politics.
 The passage of the old year, how ever, did not consist merely in hold ing the door open for the new. Many offices in the court house building were working late Friday night in an effort to have everything strengthened out for the new year and the new term.
 | Probably the most over-worked of these was the board of supervisors, who had to wait until the other oi- fices had completed their reports be- fore it could make up its own and wind up the routine business for 1920, and a democratic year. This business was begun Thursday, but it was not until 10 o'clock Friday night that the board of supervisors, composed of C. C. Stukey, w. w. Midgley and J. A. Jaeger, with R. E. Donovan as clerk, finally completed its task and stepped out with clear conscience 10 turn over the last leaf on the 1920 calendar
 In the treasurer's office, P. J. Keohane will lay down the weary task of counting moneys and bal ancing up accounts, handing it over to F. E. Smith, of Jerome.
 The county attorneys office for the first time since the completion of the court house, will be regularly maintained as one of the county of fices that are open and inhabited daily. A quantity of mahogany fur niture, displaced from the justice court by the arrival of Judge Nc Lanes new furniture, will join some classy mahogany book cases from the county school office in adding to the distinguished legal appearance of the county attorneys rooms. County Attorney Neil C. Clark laid down the last brief for the state to enter into private practice ill Pres colt, and on Monday County At torney John L. Sullivan and his dep uty attorney, R. B. Westervelt, will assume charge Of all briefs, cases and other reasons why a man shouldn't run for office.
 Downstairs, w. Curtis Miller laid aside the last text book and turned over the book of instructions for county school su- perintendents to Mrs. Ward Wheel er Mrs. Wheeler Monday will open the office in her new capacity of | superintendent, with Mrs. Alice Archambeau as her deputy.
 There are several offices, however, which will undergo no such changes. The superior court doesn't change at all, having been entitled by law this time to hold its head above the muddy waters of the political stream. And the office of Sheriff Warren G. Davis, a direct contributor to the activity of the superior court, will f remain the haunt of Sheriff Davis, Undersheriff Ed Bowers and their corps of deputies, including the fly ing squad.
 Across the hall County Recorder and County Recorder-eleCt E. A. McSwiggin will succeed himself. Not wishing to seem opposed to change, McSwiggin painted on his door the . title Of his office and its office hours. And farther down the hall, County Assessor C. E. Gentry will for another two years issue automo bile licenses and play his careful and adept share in caring for Yava- pal finances.
 As for the justice court, Judge Charles H. McLane will be on the job as usual. He said yesterday that the office was closed all day, be- cause of a lack Of crime in Yavapai county; and in wishing happy new year to his clients, past and future, congratulated the county on this achievement.
 The office of the chamber of com mcrce will remain busily on the job for 1921 at least, and those acquaint cd with its competent officers are confident of its doing so longer than that.