Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-27
NM. STEPHENS TO BE GIVEN
 COUNTY FARM
Mrs. Chapnan's Probable Depu- ties; Sheriff's Office and Sup ervisors Continue to Be Sub
 ject of Wonder and Conjecture

9PN~1i4"' 'lOli dDOul pOLItlCdl dppOlIt ments was again rife Very little prog ress IS made by the people who art out in finding truthful data abou the forthcoming appointments, and i is whispered that among the "ins" the stock of reliable information is not any too extensive.
 It was learned yesterday on what may be regarded as reliable authority that William Stephens, former chair man oi the board of supervisors, will receive Fred CampJell's present posi- ton as superintendent of the county farm at the hands of the new board of supervisors. But who will be clerk of the board is not yet known. The latest information IS that nobody knows yet because those who will dictate this appointment have not made Up their own minds at this time
 (. H. McLane, the manager" of the late democratic campaign, who took the place of the non-existent chairman of the county central com mittee, was again much ill the public notice yesterday; The street." which IS doing most of the conjecturing and chasing the various aspirants as to CD ability and @ personal popularity was still wondering whether this i'm portant job, so filled with hard work, would 30 to Mr. McLane, MT. Me Swiggin or Mr. Keohane, and there were a few to shake their heads and wonder if we fellows haven't been barking up an uninhabited tree alto gether, with the real coon smiling to himself off i'll some other part of the woods"
 George Ruffner continued to deny himself to all friends who sought to fathom his mind. But there was a re- port that George Payne, the office deputy under both Sheriifs Davis and Dillon, after declining an appointment under Mrs Chapman ill the recorders office, was going to be one of those kept on" Mir Ruifner's declared in- tention of having his undersheriff tend to the books and run the of flee would lead, in the light of this report, to the presumption that the new undcrsheriff would be MT. Geo. Payne But that's story the end of which is not yet. Only January can prove it, according to some eager searchers for the dope.
 The gossip is not confined entirely to the personnel of the new offices. Some talk is heard about policies. One important office in the court house is going to have as many deputies under the new incumbent as 1t has been enl- ploying heretofore, in spite of dec laration of the ofiicer-elect that the force would be cut down. However, this is a minor point and the work of the office at times fully justifics the number employed to conduct it.
 Jimmy Coyne, 1t is said, has been offered one of Mrs. Chapman's deputy ships in the county recorders office lie will not be new to the job, having served under several other recorders and having worked right alongside of Mrs. Chapman when she, herself, was a deputy under Recorder McSwiggin.
 ShcrifFs Office Talk
 Friends of Mr. Rufincr, however, were discussing reports yesterday of list of his possible appointecs. Dis cussion of Charles Scholcy for under sheriff was halted when it became known he had declined the appoint mcnt on the grounds of more pressing private affairs. But it is regarded as assured that Jim McLanc, a former cowpunchcr cmploye of the new sher- iii, will be .hc chief field deputy. John Summers Of Prescott will be bailiff oi the superior court and James Mckee one of the jailors
 Johnny Munds and Tommy Thomp son at Clarkdalc and Mayer respect lively will be retained under the Ruff ner administration and it is not known but what the latter will be attached to the field force of the Prescott office. He has been serving at Mayer for, the past year.
 In Recorders Office
 Joseph P Metz will be the chief deputy to Mrs Chapman, it is report ed. He was chief deputy under Me Swiggin the early part of this year, but removed to kingman with Mrs. Metz to take job with the Santa Fc there They are back in Prescott now, ! a fact that lends color 10 the report of his coming appointment
 Frank Stced, an cz-scrvicc man who | was formerly prominent in American . Legion affairs, will be a deputy re- corder. Mrs. Ida Mosher will be in dex clerk and Laura Theobald ste nographer under Mrs. Chapman